BREEDING AND CURING 



plant so that the roots will feed wider and 

 more actively, and the stem be stouter and 

 the leaves larger and more numerous for 

 a greater result in size and number of ears. 

 Under the rule of dominance of the starchy 

 factor in corn, it is only necessary to plant 

 the two kinds that are to be bred together 

 in parallel rows side by side, and have 

 them come into tassel and silk at the same 

 time. To thus grow an early and a late 

 sort planted at the same time would be 

 futile; but, knowing the difference in the 

 time required for the two kinds to blossom, 

 the plantings can be quite easily adjusted 

 to accommodate this matter. 



It is supposed, for example, that both 

 kinds are w^hite corn and they have grown 

 side by side. At harvest time it will be 

 observed that a large number of the grains 

 upon the ears borne by the sweet corn 

 stalks are starchy; in other words, the 

 shelled corn for such ears may at once 

 be separated into two lots, the ordinary 

 sweet grains like the ones that had been 

 planted in the spring, and a second lot 



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