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CORN 



importance of grading the seed, the results of which are recorded in 

 the following table : 



TABLE NO. 29 

 EFFECT OF C5RAOING SEED CORN. (Records made in 100 drops) 



'■'In each case it was desired to drop three kernels per hill, and 

 se\eral plates were tried. A satisfactory stand with the butt and tip 

 kernels mixed in the seed was found impossible. The same was true 

 when deep and shallow kernels were mixed. AA'lien the Initt and tip 

 kernels were remo\-cd and the ears with the deep and shallrjw kernels 

 shelled sejiarately, the drop was about perfect. 



'In.liai 



.\ I'.ATENT TESTCK WHICH HAS THE GOOD 

 <JU,'\LIT\ OF SEP ^iRATING THE KERNELS 

 OF EACH EAR INTO I^ITTLE CUPS, 

 WHICH MAY V.\l SET OITT )N FRONT OF 

 ■nit: E.\K. 



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