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from which planted. The remaining portion of ears, with numbers 

 securely fastened, should be saved for next year's multiplying plat. When 

 corn is up, it should be thinned to a uniform stand for all rows. It should 

 be frequently observed during growing season for rows that develop 

 desirable characters. At harvest time each row should be husked sepa- 

 rately and the corn weighed. The remnants of seed ears, from which a 

 limited number of the highest yielding rows of best type were planted, 

 should be shelled together and planted the following year in a multiplying 

 plat which should supply seed for the general crop. From the multiply- 

 ing plat should be selected choice ears for another test as above described. 

 This method repeated each year makes progress in corn improvement. 



REFERENCES 



"Corn Crops." Montgomery. 



" Book of Corn." Myrick. 



"Manual of Corn Judging." Shamel. 



"Study of Corn." Shoesmith. 



Kansas Expt. Station Bulletin 205. "Growing Corn in Kansas." 



North Dakota Expt. Station Circular 8. "Home Grown Seed Corn." 



Pennsylvania Expt. Station Bulletin 116. "Corn Growing in the East." 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Bulletin 307. "Tests of Corn Varieties on the Great Plains." 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Bulletin 168. "Grades for Commercial Corn." 



Farmers' Bulletins, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: 



313. "Corn — Harvesting and Storing." 



317. "Increasing Productiveness;" "Shrinkage of Corn in Cribs." 



400. "A More Profitable Corn Planting Method." 



415. "Seed Corn." 



414. "Corn Cultivation." 



537. "How to Grow an Acre of Corn." 



546. "How to Manage a Corn Crop in Kentucky and West Virginia." 



553. "Pop Corn for the Home." 



554. "Pop Corn for the Market." . 



