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(7) Butts op ears. — The grains on the butts should project 

 slightly and evenly lieyond the cob, forming an even, well-rounded 

 butt, with grains not very variable in shape and size. The place 



Fig. 58. — Ear with Long, Well- 

 formed Grains. 



Fig. .59. — Eah with Short 

 Grains. 



of attachment of the ear shank shoidd be of moderate diameter. 

 Compare Fig. 46 with Fig. 50. 



(8) Tips of ears. — The grains should as nearlj' as possible 

 hide the cob at the tip of the ear and should there be of fair size. 



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Fig. 60. — An Ear having too Fig. 61. — An Ear in which there 

 jiucH Space between Gr-ains is no lost Space between Gr-ains 



NEAR THE CoB. NEAR THE COB. 



Some authorities regard a well-covered tip as rather a fancy 

 point, while others consider it as closely related to a high jdeld. 

 Compare Fig. .54 with Figs. .51, .52, 53, and 55. 



(9) Space between rows. — The spaces, furrows, or sulci are the 

 depressions between adjacent rows of grain near the crown of the 

 kernel. The deeper and wider are these spaces, the more defective 



