THE CORN CROP IN THE UNITED STATES. 



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An Ideal Kentucky Ear. 



The following is from Bulletin No. 145, Kentucky Experi- 

 ment Station: 



"A white dent variety, producing a cylindrical ear ten inches long, 

 the surface moderately smooth (as in Reid's Yellow Dent), with 18 to 20 

 straight rows, the tip and butt completely and symmetrically filled, the 

 seed wedge-shaped and rather deep, the cob white, of medium size ; the 

 total weight of ear when cured, 18 to 22 ounces ; the weig'ht of grain 16 to 

 18 ounces; the percentage of grain 80 to 87; the plant above medium in 

 size, producing a good growth of blades, and with a tendency to produce a 

 single ear complying with the above standard of perfection." 



According ta the statements made in the bulletins of sev- 

 eral of the State Corn Growers' Associations in the corn states, 

 the weight of shelled corn at husking time should be at least 85 

 per cent of the total weight of the ear, and the weight of the 

 shelled corn at husking time should be not to exceed 15 per cent 

 moisture. 



FIG. 3. A $250 Ear. 



