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Experience throughout the " corn belt "' has shown that the yield ot 

 corn may be greatly increased by planting from ears that possess certain 

 qualities. These are: 



I. A cylindrical shape. (Fig. 357, A.) An ear of this shape carries 

 more grain and has more uniform kernels than a tapering ear. An ear 



B 



E 



F 



Fig. 359. — A and B, Poorly filled tips. C, Poor butt, shank too small. D, 

 Poor butt, shank too large. E, Well filled butt with shank of proper size. 

 F, Ideal tip. From "Examining and Grading Grains." 



may taper because the kernels grow shorter toward the tip (Fig. 357, C), 

 or because some of the rows of kernels drop out between the butt and tip 

 (Fig. 357, V>). In cither case there is less grain produced than there 

 Would Ik- were tlic keru'jls deeji througlidut the ear or were the missing 

 parts of rows present. 



