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lative tba,t every grower should look upon his seed as the factor in his 

 work, largely under control, that makes for success or failure, as the 

 case may be. 



. Plot I., Series 0, was devoted wholly to corn for the present season, 

 excepting some late-planted squashes and cucumbers. The seed used 

 was pink grains, selected from a dozen well-shaped, eight-rowed ears 

 from Plot IV., Series VI., of the previous year. The harvest was 

 concluded upon September 27th, and, upon making a close compari- 

 son with that of Plot IV., Series VI., previously reported, there was 

 no difference to be found in the percentage of the various colors of 

 grains, so that what was there stated holds with equal force here. 

 The only difference between the two plots was that of the rows of 

 grains upon the ears used for seed. Excepting this, that the plot 

 now under consideration is a higher piece of land and not 'so rich in 

 plant-food, and while there was not a great difference in size of plants 

 and yield, they were in favor of the Plot IV., Series VI. 



The following table shows the types, in rows, for one hundred ears 

 for three plots, where the seed ears varied in number of rows : 



8- rowed 10-rowed Over lO-rowed 



seed. seed. seed. 



No. 8-rowed ears 26 36 21 



" 10 " " 46 25 44 



" 12 " " 27 37 31 



" 14 " " 12 4 



100 100 100 



Average. 



No. 8-rowed ears 28 



" 10 " " 38 



« 12 " " 32 



" 14 " « 2 



100 



From this it is seen that the greatest number of 8-rowed ears was 

 from lO-rowed seed and the greatest number of 10-rowed ears was 

 from the 8-rowed seed. The greatest percentage of 12-rowed ears 

 was from the 10-rowed seed and the majority of the ears with over 

 10 rows was from the ears with 12 to 14 rows. Out of this single 

 test one would not get much light upon the method for selecting for 

 definite type as to number of rows to the ear. This is a feature in 

 cross-bred corn that is quite different from that in color, for it is more 

 deeply seated than mere color of the grain, that may be influenced by 



