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as the ear will have less leverage, thereby averting the injury caused 

 by lying on the ground; and (2) because if at a convenient height it 

 can be gathered with a great deal more ease and at considerable less 

 expense, because the work can be done more rapidly. 



Shanh. — This should be of sufficient size and strength to hold the 

 ear well and in a rather drooping position, so that rain will be shed 

 and hence prevented from running into the ear and causing the grain 

 to rot, as would often be the case if the ear were held in an upright 



Fig. 9— Well-shaped kernel possessing a large, strong, healthy germ. 



position, especially if the end uf the ear was not covered well by 

 shuck. 



Shape. — The cylindrical ear (Fig. 4 — 1) is the best type, as it is 

 the one that generally yields the highest percentage and the largest 

 total amount of shelled corn. The rows of kernels should run paral- 

 lel the full length of the cob without change in shape or diminution 

 in size, or if so, but very slightly. If the ears are tapering towards 

 the tip there is a suppression of yiehl, <lii(' to one or both of two 



