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(2) He may select it while husking, putting it into a 

 box or basket attached to the wagon for this purpose. 

 The advantages of this method are : 



(fl) He may study the parent plant and its environment. 



(6) He may study the characteristics of the ears and 

 kernels. 



(c) He is able to preserve the vitaUty of the seed as 

 he finds it. 



The disadvantages of this method are : 



(a) He is unable to select early-maturing ears with any 

 degree of certainty. 



(6) The vitality may have been already impaired by 

 severe frosts. 



(c) Corn husking is done too hurriedly to permit of a 

 careful examination of parent stalks, ears or kernels. 



(3) He may select seed ears while unloading the corn 

 from the wagon. The advantages of this method are as 

 follows : 



(a) He may study the characteristics of ears and 

 kernels. 



(6) He may preserve the vitality of the seed as he finds 

 it. 



On the other hand, this method has the serious dis- 

 advantages named below : 



(a) He can not study the parent plants nor their en- 

 vironment. 



(6) He can not determine which ears will yield early- 

 maturing seed. 



(c) The vitaUty may have been already impaired. 



(d) There is not enough time to examine the ears 

 properly. 



(4) He may leave the selection of seed until late winter 

 or spring and then take it from the crib. There is little 



