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It should be said in this connection that the tassels from which the 

 pollen was obtained were plucked in the afternoon and mailed in an en- 

 velope from Galveston, Ind., in the evening and used the next morning at 

 Lafayette, Ind. The fertilization was not so complete as in other cases 

 of hand pollination. 



d*. The silks of Boone County White were pollenized with pollen 

 from Iieid's Yellow Dent. AVell filled ears were obtained. The kernels 

 had uniformly yellowish bodies and white crowns. The kernels were 

 shorter than the usual Boone County White kernel, but this may have 

 been due to the extreme dry weather of the season. In all other ways the 

 character of the ear was unchanged. 



The work under "e" was divided into three parts. 



e 1 . Two rive ear lots were pollenized with pollen 24 hours old. To 

 obtain this pollen tassels were plucked in the afternoon and laid on paper 

 in a room. The next morning the pollen was jarred out of the ripe anthers. 

 The following morning this pollen was used to pollenize the selected ears. 

 With pollen 24 hours old very well filled ears were obtained. 



e 2 . Two five ear lots were pollenized with pollen 48 hours old, ob- 

 tained as in "e 1 ." The ears obtained from this pollination were not so 

 well filled, there being many vacant places, showing a failure to fertilize. 



e 3 . Two five ear lots were pollenized with pollen 72 hours old, ob- 

 tained as in "e 1 ." In this case practically no fertilization took place. The 

 best ears had not more than 8 or 10 kernels on the cob, and the others 

 only 3 or 4 kernels. 



No conclusions are offered concerning these experiments. It is pro- 

 posed to repeat the experiments in 1909, also to plant the corn obtained in 

 d\ d J , d\ and d\ and note results. 



