EXPERIMENT STATIOX REPORT. 377 



DATE. HEIGHT. 



June 22 3 ft. 6 in. 



DATE. HEIGHT. 



June 28 5 ft. 1 i 



2.3 4 " " " 20 5 " 2 



24 4 " 5 " 



25 4 " 8 " 



2G 4 " 10 " 



27 5 " " 



" 30 5 " 3 



July 1 5 " 31/2 



" 2 5 " 4 



At the first hoeing all suckers were removed from the plants in 

 alternate rows and this desnckering was continued throiigh the 

 season. Upon the other row's the suckers were detasseled as they 

 n eared blooming. 



A block of corn that seems short as the tassels apj^ear will grow 

 up to a good height in the next two weeks, during which time the 

 Ijlossoms have come and the ear been impregTiated. The corn was 

 studied daily and certain plants were marked with a white tag. 

 Those showing the most vigor, indicated by size of stalk and 

 leaves, and having one or more acceiJtable ears set well up from 

 the ground, were marked and the tassel removed to prevent in- 

 l>reeding. i^Totes were made upon the tag of the earliness, color 

 of silk and any special point that might be of value when the final 

 selection of seed was made. 



Upon August 1st the mature plants, having lost all the green 

 color, were pulled up and laid in a row from which the stalks with 

 two good ears were selected. From this lot the stalks with the 

 pairs of ears nearly of the same size, and borne well up from the 

 ground, without suckers, were laid aside. After the eai-s were 

 husked from these, the pairs of best shape — cylindrical and well 

 filled out at the ends — with more than eight rows of fine gi-ains, 

 were selected. 



A set of forty-three ears of the ''Malamo" sweet corn is shown 

 at 1 in Plate I. The ears are somewhat taper-pointed and vary in 

 rows of gi-ains from eight to twelve. Those shown upon the drying 

 ])ole* are chiefly more than eight-rowed and wull furnish the seed 



* The dryer consists of a fence picket througli which nails are driven at 

 regular intervals upon the four sides. By bending the nail tips upward, the 

 ears may be securely held in place by pushing the butt ends down upon the 

 nails, as clearly shown in the engraving. These holders, when fitted with a hook 

 at the upper end. may be suspended quite close to each other in an airy room 

 and provide the conditions for a satisfactory curing of each ear. free from 

 all contact with others. 



