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out around a cup-shaped cavity ; (6) the shank should be 

 of medium size ; (7) the tip should be filled out with deep 

 kernels in as regular rows as possible ; (8) the kernel should 

 be uniform in size and shape, but not pointed ; (9) the 

 furrows between the rows should be narrow, with kernels 

 fitting closely together at the top ; (10) at least of the 

 weight should be corn. From 80 to 100 average ears should 

 weigh 70 Ib. 



EXERCISE 



1. In Holmes county, Mississippi, one season, the mem- 

 bers of the boys' corn club grew corn averaging 76 bu. per 

 acre. The corn grown by their fathers and neighbors aver- 

 aged 16 bu. per acre. When corn was selling at 50$ per 

 bushel, how much smarter, to the acre, were the boys than 

 their neighbors ? 



2. How many hills of corn are planted to the acre when 

 the rows are 3 ft. 8 in. apart, the hills in the row being the 

 same distance apart ? 



3. How many stalks to the acre are there when the average 

 is 2 to the hill ? when the average is 3 to the hill ? 



4. Seed corn will average 800 grains to the ear. How 

 many ears will it take to plant an acre, 2 grains to the hill, 

 when the rows are 3 ft. 8 in. apart, the hills in the row being 

 the same distance apart ? 



5. Which will produce the greater yield per acre : 2 ears 

 to the hill, 100 ears making a bushel, or 3 ears to the hill, 

 190 ears making a bushel ? 



6. If the farmer can increase the weight of each ear of 

 corn 2 oz. by proper selection of seed in the fall, what will 

 the increase amount to on a 30-acre field averaging 6480 

 stalks per acre, with 1 ear for each stalk, when corn is sell- 

 ing at 50$ a bushel ? 



