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Table 33. — Immediate effect of foreign pollen upon kernel weight 
of five ordinary varieties of dent corn. 1921. 
Ear No. 
Number 
of kernels 
of each sort 
Weight of 100 kernels 
Actual 
Relative 
Pure 
Hybrid 
Pure 
Hybrid 
(1) 
(2) 
Grams 
(3) 
Grams 
(4) 
Per cent 
(5) 
Per cent 
(6) 
MARTENS’ WHITE DENT PARTLY FERTILIZED BY MINNESOTA NO. 13 
1 
89 
27.68 
28.00 
100 
101.16 
2 
72 
27.79 
28.13 
100 
101.22 
3 
70 
27.63 
28.03 
100 
101.45 
Average . 
100 
101.27 
MINNESOTA NO. 13 PARTLY FERTILIZED BY MARTENS’ WHITE 
DENT 
1 
29 
18.20 1 
1 18.10 
100 
99.45 
2 
24 
36.15 
1 35.88 
100 
99.25 
3 
35 
27.43 
27.52 
100 
100.33 
Average 
100 
99.68 
BOONE COUNTY WHITE PARTLY FERTILIZED BY REID’S YELLOW DENT 
1 
101 
| 25.08 
1 24.40 
100 
97.29 
2 
91 
27.80 
27.68 
100 
99.57 
3 
198 
29.96 
29.47 
100 
98.36 
Average 
100 
98.41 
REID’S YELLOW DENT PARTLY FERTILIZED BY COMMERCIAL WHITE 
1 
117 
33.36 
33.95 1 
100 
101.77 
2 
95 
33.37 
33.86 
100 
101.47 
3 
146 
32.88 
32.29 
100 
98.21 
Average 

100 
100.48 
HOGUE’S 
YELLOW DENT PARTLY FERTILIZED BY COMMERCIAL 
WHITE 
1 
36 
20.33 
20.56 
100 
101.13 
2 
44 
36.73 
36.68 
100 
99.86 
3 
75 
28.65 
29.01 
100 
101.26 
Average 
100 
100.75 
Average for all varieties 
100 
100.12 
plants and from Hogue’s Yellow Dent pure lines. (3) Pure 
line Hogue's follow Dent ears fertilized by a mixture of pollen 
from pure line sister plants and from standard Nebraska White 
