20 EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Ten representative ears of G of the flint and 3 of the dent 

 varieties were seeured from the growers, and the relative pro- 

 portion of corn to cob determined. With but two exceptions 

 the differences were not marked. The yellow flint corn gro\vn 

 by W. C. Ford consisted of 21.3 per cent, of oob and 78.7 per 

 cent, kernel. This corn had an exceptionally large ear with a 

 bulging butt, and the kernels were quite shallow, a condition 

 which would affect adversely the total yield of grain. Brewer's 

 dent corn, grown by E. "\V. Capon of IMonson, consisted of 80.7 

 per cent, kernel and 19.3 per cent. cob. This corn was quite 

 immature when cut and would have shown a larger percentage 

 of kernel had it reached maturity. 



In the selection of seed corn the relative proportion of kernel 

 to cob should be carefully considered. If seed corn is pur- 

 chased rather than home grown, it is advisable to obtain ear 

 corn, test its vitality by approved germination tests, and finally 

 determine the proportion of kernels and cob. This is easily 

 done by weighing separately the kernels and cob and calculat- 

 ing the percentage of each. The ear should not contain over 17 

 per cent, of cob. It is a significant fact that the prize corn in 

 this contest contained only 15.2 per cent, of cob. 



