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FOR BETTER CROPS 



ears, some or all of whose kernels are mouldy, frozen, barren, 

 immature, or are too shallow or too deep, too wide or too narrow, 

 or whose germs are small, indicating poor feeding value, weak 

 constitution, etc. 



Plate No. 4 



The kernels in the top row in Plate No. 4 are taken from ear 

 No. 2 shown on the preceding page, Plate No. 3, and those in the 

 bottom ro-w^ are taken from ear No. 1. 



The remaining ears should now be arranged on the planks 

 side by side for the final germination test. Remove not less than 



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Plate No. 5 



The lo-wer row of kernels in Plate No. 5 is from ear No. 1, Plate 

 No. 3 shoM^n on the preceding page, and the kernels in the upper ro>v- 

 are from ear No. 2. Judging from out>vard appearances of the ear, 

 little or no difference in their values could be discovered. The ears 

 from which these two tows were taken -were almost exactly of the 

 same size, yet ear No. 1 (see Plate No. 3) -weighed 16 per cent more 

 than ear No. 2 and shelled out 20/4 per cent more corn than ear 

 No. 2. Ear No. 2 is not only very much poorer in feeding value than 

 No. 1 but has a much low^er vitality and M^ould give a >veaker plant. 



six, better ten, kernels from each ear and place them in the 

 germination box to sprout. The places or squares for the 

 kernels in the box should be numbered to correspond to the 

 number of the ear from which the kernels were taken. This 



