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ECONOMIC PLANTS 



There are three important reasons why this should not 

 be done. In the first place, we are more likely to neg- 

 lect the work until too late, when we find ourselves 



FIG. 04. FIG. 95. 



Fig. 94, two good ears of seed corn. Note the straight rows of kernels, and the well-filled butts 

 and tips. Fig. 95, two poor ears of seed corn. Note the crooked rows and irregular sized 

 and shaped kernels. No corn planter can plant uniformly such seed corn. (Extension 

 Division, Minnesota Agric. Dept.) 



without good seed for the next year. Again, we often 

 begin harvesting from the poorest parts of our fields 

 first for early feeding, as this corn is more likely to be 

 soft and will not crib well. The chief reason is that 

 the occasional good ears which are harvested through- 

 out the husking season have necessarily been fertilized 

 to a greater or less extent by pollen from the scrub 

 stalks and those which are perhaps barren. 



