No. 025] AN EABLY PAPKIl OX MMZF. < i;(>^>i:> 



fertilization consciously prr.cliMMl. \u icad to 

 tion," and that cross fVil ilizaiion. :i> ii (m-cui - < 

 in corn, is desiralilc for llic hi'-t ri'-nli^. \.) ^ 

 is offered by McChier ns to iitlli/in-' llii- fad in 

 cal way. It remained for M('>>r>. Morrow and 

 also of the Illinois Station, to dorivc tlii- .-oiiclu^ 

 their experiments. In I'ullotiii lT) of tlii' HHiioi 

 pp. 179-180, results aiv ui\rii of ci-.^h- mad. 

 dent corn varieties cxclu-ixcly. winch, while ic 

 sivo and varied than McClucr's. aiu' coniii-inato 

 experiments. The followjuii- table. a(hii)ted fr 

 25, p. 180 (1893), presents these results: 



Burr's White 64.2 



In each of the above ca>e^ the yield t^-oni the 

 ceeded the average yield of the two parent-, altii 

 in all cases exceeding that of each parent. 



In Bulletin .'H, pp.\'J59-60 (1894), the result of 

 and Gardner's second experiment in crossing 

 given. 



