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of 105 bushels per acre which was very good. It was a fairly good 

 sized ear — 9.8 inches long and had a weight of 14^ ounces of grain. 

 The per cent of grain to cob was 91, which was very high for Boone 

 County White. That was exceptionally high, and I had an idea that I 

 had a very fine ear of corn, and it produced 105 bushels per acre. But 

 let me show you where my best ear was : it was the second one from 

 the outside edge. That was my most productive ear, the one that gave 

 the largest yield per acre, and it was one that I had considered to be 

 about the poorest ear in the lot. It gave a yield of 156.3 bushels per 

 acre. It was a large ear, having rather small per cent of grains on it, 

 but it had a power of reproduction which cannot be found out by the 

 score card. The weight of the grain on that ear was one pound. 



Mr. King. — Was there any difference in the care given it? 



Dr. Tucker. — None. We planted one row after the other, taking 

 the same care. 



Mr. King. — You said this was next to the last row. What of the 

 last row? 



Dr. Tucker. — The ear on the last row on that side made 144 bushels 

 per acre. That was more than my best ear., 



Mr. Ellis. — Was there any difference in the soil? 



Dr. Tucker. — There was no difference that I could discover. It was 

 in the midst of a one hundred acre field. 



Mr. Boles. — How do you account for the fact that your good ear 

 did not make any more? 



Dr. Tucker. — It was only good looking. It did not have good blood 

 in it. 



Dr. Huston. — What kind of corn was it? 



Dr. Tucker. — Boone County White. 



Dr. Huston. — Was there any relation between the position of your 

 tiles from drains to this plat that could influence it? 



Dr. Tucker. — I think ncit as the large yielding ears were scattered 

 throughout the plat, not all being on one side. 



Dr. Huston. — It was symmetrical so far as the plat was concerned? 



Dr. Tucker. — Yes, and the yields varied the other way as well. 



Mr. Boles. — Then you never know the best ear until you try it? 



Dr. Tucker. — I did not then know because T bought the seed. In 

 the future I will select the seed from the actual performance and not 

 from the score card. It is all right on the show table to compare ex- 

 hibits. I do not see that it has value anywhere else except as an aid 

 in studying corn. 



