106 



SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS 



cylindrical shape is best; but at the Ohio Experiment Station 

 tapering ears were quite as productive as cylindrical ears. The 



FIG. 52. AN EAR TOO FIG. 53. A TOO 

 LONG AND SLENDER, SLENDER EAR, 

 WITH AN INSTTFFI- WITH SHORT 

 CIENT NUMBER OP GRAINS, BARE 

 Rows. TIP, AND WIDE 



FURROWS. 



FIG. 54. AN EAR OF 

 ONLY MEDIUM QUAL- 

 ITY, BUT WELL-COV- 

 ERED TIP. 



ear should be straight and even, without undue swelling at the 

 butt, and the rows should be straight. 



