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SOUrilEItN FIELD CROPS 



cylindrical shape is best ; but at the Ohio Experiment Station 

 ta])erinK ears were quite as productive as cylindrical ears. The 







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Fig. 



-An Ear TOO Fig. 



- A TO! 1 



Long and Slender, 

 with an insuffi- 

 CIENT Number of 

 Rows. 



jSlender Eah, 

 WITH Short 

 GiLiiN.s, Bare 

 Tip, AND Wide 

 Furrows. 



Fig. 54. — An Ear of 

 only Medium Qual- 

 ity, BUT Well-cov- 

 ered Tip. 



ear should be straight and e\-en, witliout umlue s^velling at the 

 butt, and the rows should be straight. 



