AN EXPERIMENT IN 

 CORN 



The ear of corn shown at the left is 

 one which, on an ordinary corn plant, 

 was allowed to take its course, except 

 that one-third of the silk was cut away, 

 leaving a lopsided ear. The other ear 

 is one which was covered with a paper 

 bag at the time when the pollen was 

 falling. The strands of silk thus being 

 protected from pollen, the kernels be- 

 neath did not mature. It will be seen 

 from this that the breezes are as neces- 

 sary to the corn plant as the bees and 

 birds are to the flowers. 



