THE SEED. 53 
ments comparing the results from seed from 
‘different parts of the ear.* In these experi- 
ments, extending from 1852 to 1885, the results 
shghtly favored the tip kernels. The follow- 
ing table gives the results: 
YIELD PER ACRE IN BUSHELS. 
| 1882. | 1888. | 1884. | 1885. | Average. 
Ι|τ---.- | —_ |  ϑ΄΄'ἃ'.-..,.. τὺοςλο:Ῥ!η.-Ψ... ___ 
At the Ohio experiment station the average 
yields per acre for four years were, butt, 66.9; 
central, 62.8, and tip 64.8 bu. per acre.+ 
At the Kansas station the relative productive- 
ness was first from tip, second from butt and 
third from central kernels.{ 
There is not sufficient evidence at hand to 
justify the rejection of either butt or tip ker- 
nels, provided they are of good vitality, in 
favor of the kernels from the center of the ear. 
The size of the seed planted, on the basis of 
the evidence given above, would not seem to 
play any special part in productiveness of crop. 
If the size did affect the yield we should expect 
* New York agricultural experiment station; report 1854, 
p. 90, 1885, p. 38. 
¢ Ohio agricultural experiment station. Report for 1886, 
p. 126. 
{ Kansas agricultural experiment station, Bulletin 45, De- 
cember, 1893. 
