THE PLANT 



corn crop. If a stalk can be made to produce two ears of 

 corn just as large as the single ear that most stalks bear, 

 we shall get just twice as much corn from a field in which 

 the "two-eared" variety is planted. 



This fact ought to be very helpful to us next year when 

 our fathers are planting corn. We should get them to 

 plant seed secured only 

 from stalks that pro- 

 duced the most corn. 

 If we follow this plan 

 year by year, each acre 

 of land will be made to 

 produce more kernels 

 and hence a larger crop 

 of corn, and yet no more 

 work will be required to 

 raise the crop. 



In addition to enlarg- 

 ing the yield of corn, 

 you can by proper selec- 

 tion of the best and most 

 productive plants in the 1 



field grow a new variety 

 of seed corn. To do this FlG -,54- 

 you need only take the 

 largest and most perfect kernels from stalks bearing two 

 ears ; plant these, and at the next harvest again save the 

 best kernels from stalks bearing two or more ears. If 

 you keep up this practice with great care for several 

 years, you will get a vigorous, fruitful variety that will 

 command a high price for seed. 



SELECT SEED FROM STALK 

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