CORN BREEDING 



141 



FIG. 74. SHOWING BAD EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS IN-BREEDING. 

 Compare with Fig. 75. 



FIG. 75. SHOWING LARGER YIELD AND BETTER EARS 



FROM CORN NOT IN-BRED. 



Compare with Fig. 74. 



129. Inheritance of color. Any part of the ear or grain 

 that develops when pollen is excluded is obviously merely 

 the outgrowth of tissue from the mother plant. By in- 



