CORN JUDGING 



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(6) The preferred length at present is about IJ times the cir- 

 cumference, taken one third the distance from the butt. Yet 





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Fig. 55. — Ear with 

 Curved Rows, Bare 

 Tip, and Other 

 Faults. 



Fig. 56.— An Ear 

 WITH Flinty 

 Grains op Ex- 

 periment Station 

 Yellow Corn. 



Fig. 57. — An Ear with 

 VERY Hard Short 

 Grains and a Defi- 

 cient Ndmber of 

 Rows. 



this varies with different varieties. Compare Fig. 46 with Figs. 

 47, 52, and 53. 



