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will mature, you can not afford to risk Nos. 1 and 2; if far enough south to 

 be sure that No. 1 will mature you are better off without Nos. 2 and 3. The 

 chief reason why Iowa's corn grades so low on the market is because we too 

 often grow the large, deep-kerneled southern varieties which seldom mature 

 here. If we would raise our standard, each corn grower must select only 

 those varieties which mature in his locality. He can not hope to obtain 

 anything like maximum crops if he attempts to grow such widely varying 

 types as the cbove illustration shows. 



FIG. 13— PROPORTICN OF CORN TO COB. 



Ear No. 1 shows a moderately long kernel on an average sized cob. The 

 kernel has a good full germ with sufficient space between the rows to dry 

 out readily. The proportion of corn to cob is good 



Fig. n. 



