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the numbers will correspond in position if possible to 

 those of the ears on the holder. This numbering should 

 begin with the squares next to the eight-inch vacant 

 space. 



Wet the strip and spread it out upon a desk or table or 

 upon a smooth board. Now remove six kernels from ear 

 number one, one from opposite sides near the butt, one 

 from opposite sides at the middle, and one from opposite 

 sides near the tip, — but no two from the same row. Place 

 these kernels, germs upward, in square number one. They 

 may be arranged in two rows of three kernels each, and 

 with tips all pointing in the same direction, preferably 

 away from the vacant 

 space at the end of 

 the cloth. 



Place six kernels, 

 taken in the same man- 

 ner, from ear number 

 two in square number 

 two. Proceed in this way until the kernels that are to 

 be tested from each ear are properly arranged in their 

 respective squares. 



Lay a light stick about nine inches long at the end where 

 the vacant space was left. Roll the cloth loosely but care- 

 fully about it until all the kernels are inclosed, taking care 

 not to get them out of their respective squares. 



Tie a string or place a rubber band loosely about each 

 end of the " rag doll " you have just made. The doll 

 should now be placed in a pail of water at the temperature 

 of the room for eight or ten hours. If it is put in the water 

 at or before the opening of school in the morning, and 

 removed from it at the close, the kernels will have taken 

 up enough water to give a good test. 



When the rolls are removed from the pail, take off the 



Fig. 77. — How the cloth is marked. 

 The squares may be numbered otherwise 

 if desired to correspond to the position of 

 the ears in the seed corn holder. 



