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to size of plant as well as to size of ear and that by selecting well- 

 developed ears borne comparatively low on the stalk of smaller 

 plants we shall accomplish more in inducing earliness at possibly 

 less sacrifice in yield than in attem.pting to regulate the size of 

 ear alone. 



Figure Vi. — In tli low-ear breeding plot in the flftli generation. 



