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The harvest was made on September 30th, and an average sample- 

 ear selected from each row. The outermost row planted with white- 

 grains showed about twenty per cent, of the dark grains, while the 

 outside row, planted with black grains, gave practically the same 

 number that were either white or off of the black color. Rows six 

 and seven were adjoining, and upon the row planted with white 

 grains the white predominated, and upon the other row the black, 

 led. The number of each color was as follows : 



White. Pink. Black. Total. 



Ear from white seed 330 33 93 456 



Ear from black seed 178 49 193 420 



It is seen that, while the mother plant controls the color, this is- 

 much more evident with the white than the black color. No notes- 

 were made upon the prevailing winds at the time of blooming, which 

 might have favored one or the other side. The well-known fact of 

 the readiness with which corn will cross finds a good illustration in- 

 the present instance. 



Some of the grains, ranked as pink in the tabulation, are speckled 

 or marked with bars of color ; occasionally a half of the grain only is- 

 purple, so that some ears have a wide range of grains, in this respect 

 indicating an unsettled condition of things. 



A count was made of the best ears throughout the plot, and the- 

 following are the numbers for the various rows upon the cob : 



White Black 



seed. seed. 



No. of 8-rowed ears 15 15 



" 10 " " 42 41 



" 12 " " 58 74 



" 14 " " 4 6 



This shows a very large percentage for the 12-rowed type. 



As the seed used in the plot is from the same ears as that for Plot 

 IV., Series VI., all being over 10-rowed, a comparison with the 

 harvest of that plot may be interesting, for which facts see previous- 

 page. 



Inbreeding of tlie Crossed Corn. 



During the present season an attempt has been made to inbreed 

 corn. Of the lot of corn transplanted from the greenhouse to belts 1, 

 2 and 3 of Plot I., Series VI., five separate hills were thinned to a 

 single stalk shortly before the time for the tassel to appear, and 



