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SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS 



cylindrioal sliape is best ; but at the Ohio Experiment Station 

 tapering ears were quite as productive as cyUndrical ears. The 



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Fig. 52. — An Eab too Fig. 53. — A too 

 Slender Eak, 

 WITH Shokt 

 Grains, Babe 

 Tip, and Wide 

 FuBROwa. 



Long and Slender, 



WITH AN insuffi- 

 cient Number of 

 Rows. 



Fig. 54. — An Ear op 

 ONLY Medium Qual- 

 ity, BUT Well-cov- 

 ered Tip. 



ear should be straight and even, without undue swelling at the 

 butt, and the rows should be straight. 



