AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS 



EXPERIMENT 



Every school boy and girl can make this experiment at leisure. 

 From your own field get two ears of corn, one from a stalk bear- 

 ing only one ear and the other from a stalk bearing two well-grown 

 ears. 



Plant the grains from one ear in one plat, and the grains from 

 the other in a plat of equal size. Use for both the same soil and the 



FIG. 



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IMPROVEMENT OF CORN BY SELECTION 



Boone County white corn on left, and original type from which it was developed 

 by selection on right. From original furnished by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture 



same fertilizer. Cultivate both plats in the same way. When the 

 crop is ready to harvest, husk the corn, count the ears, and weigh 

 the corn. Then write a short essay on the way you did the work 

 and on your results. Get your teacher to read and correct your 

 writing, and then send your essay to your home paper and to some 

 agricultural paper. 



