An Experiment in Corn 



The ear of corn shown at the left is one which, on an 



ordinary corn plant, was allowed to take its course. The 



other ear is one which was covered with a paper bag at the time 



when the pollen was flying. The strands of silk thus being 



protected from pollen, the kernels beneath did not 



mature. It will be seen from this that the breezes 



are as necessary to the corn plant as the 



bees and birds are to the flowers. 



