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ELEMENTAKY AGEICULTURE 



Fig. 60, 



is not thoroughly ripened. The distance around the 

 ear one-third of the distance from the butt should 

 be about three-fourths of the entire length. The 



rows of kernels must 

 be straight, and there 

 should not be fewer 

 than sixteen nor more 



A prize ear. ^^1^X1 tWCUty - eight 



rows on the cob. In most sections the ear is from 

 eight and one-half to ten inches long, and it should 

 be filled out to the tip (Fig. 60). 



Good Kernels. The kernels to be planted should 

 be wedge-shaped, with the edges touching those next 

 to them their entire length from crown to cob. They 

 should have deeply indented crowns without pointed 

 or sharp corners. The color needs to be true to 

 variety and free from mixture. 



Cobs. Ordinary types of white corn should have 



Fig. 61. A coh may he .too large or too small. 



white cobs, and yellow corn should have red cobs. 

 However, certain varieties of types vary from this 



