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VALUE OF FIRST-GENERATION HYBRIDS IN CORN. 



In view of the interest that attaches to these early experiments, 

 Mr. McCluer's tabuLated results are o;iven as follows: 



Table I. — Results of Mr. G. W. McCluer's experiments with corn hybrids at the Illinois 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, showing the effect on the size of ear. 



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