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CHAPTER XVII. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



A number of subjects of interest and impor- 

 tance are placed in this chapter. They seemed 

 inappropriate to the subject matter of the pre- 

 ceding chapters, yet of sufficient iniportance to 

 be classed by themselves under this general 

 heading. 



Detasseling. — Since 1888 this subject has re- 

 ceived considerable attention afc some of the 

 experiment stations. According to McLaren* 

 in 1?^ James Logan of Philadelphia published 

 an account of some experiments made by him 

 where he removed the tassels of the corn plant 

 and transposed the pollen. In 1879 Beal called 

 attention to the fact that a corn plant does not 

 naturally fertilize itself, the pollen being dis- 

 charged from the tassels before the appearance 

 of the silk.f 



Among the early experiments made at the 

 stations some evidence seemed to indicate that 



♦Agricultural Science, Vol. 7, p. 319. 

 t Michigan Board of Agriculture Reports, 1879, p. 198; 

 1880, p. 283. 



