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THE ESSENTIALS OF AGRICULTURE 



are Early Yellow Canada, Longfellow, King Philip, Waushakum, 

 Triumph Yellow, and Early White Sanford. In Rhode Island a 

 short, early, and distinctive white corn known as Rhode Island 

 White Flint is generally grown. In the southern Connecticut 

 valley some of the earlier dent types, like Learning, Rustler White, 

 and Brewer's Yellow, are grown in preference to the flint types. 

 175. Selecting seed ears. In selecting seed ears two primary 

 problems are involved the time and the method of making the 



FIG. 63. Illinois high-school boys selecting seed corn 

 " Corn judgment " should develop early in life 



selection (Fig. 63). In the Northern states, such as the New 

 England States, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas, 

 it is very necessary that the seed ears be picked before the gen- 

 eral crop is mature enough to be harvested, in order to be able 

 to choose ears from early-maturing plants and to be able to dry 

 them thoroughly before freezing weather occurs. South of cen- 

 tral Missouri early maturity is not so important a factor, and 

 the seed may usually be left in the field until the crop is har- 

 vested, without its vitality or germinating power being injured. 

 However, the practice of selecting the seed early in the fall from 



