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In the fall when the crop is mature and before any severe 

 freezes have occurred, husk each of these rows separately and 

 weigh the product, determining which rows have given the best 

 yield. Remember that two rows were planted from each ear to 

 average up the soil conditions. The total yield of the two rows 

 planted from the same ear should thus be taken as the pri- 

 mary measure of the value of the original ear. Considering both 

 yield and character of product determine which of the twenty- 

 five ears planted has turned out the best and select the eight or 

 ten best, making note of the numbers of the rows so selected. Half 

 of the seed of each original ear has been retained, it will be 

 remembered, for further use. 



After determining the ten best rows select the best seed 

 ears from these rows and enough more of the best seed ears pro- 

 duced in the remaining portion of the patch to obtain sufficient 

 seed for your entire crop in 1910, This seed should then be dried 

 quickly by hanging in a well ventilated room artificially heated. 



1910 OPERATIONS. 



Select again, in 1910, a small field at some distance from any 

 other corn field and prepare for planting. Of the seed retained 

 from the ears planted in 1909, take those sacks numbered to corre- 

 spond with the rows which were selected in 1909 as superior, mix 

 the seed from these sacks together thoroughly and plant in the 

 isolated plot. 



By this method it will be noted all of the seed planted will be 

 known to have come from an ear of high producing power and good 

 general character, these points having been determined by test- 

 the preceding year. 



The general crop this season is planted from the ears se- 

 lected from the trial plot in 1909. - 



When the small isolated plot from the select ears ripens in 

 the fall, carefully examine and select the best twenty-five ears 

 which preserve carefully as in other cases for continuing the se- 

 lection. 



After these twenty-five best ears have been selected, sort 

 over the remaining ears and preserve a sufficient number of the 

 best to plant the general crop in 1911. 



1911 OPERATIONS. 



The twenty-five best ears selected the preceding year should 

 be shelled together in sacks numbered from 1 to 25, the poorly 



