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when tested at the rate of three plants per hill as previously 
indicated. 
In view of the rather fluctuating results from year to year, 
the results in favor of seed from a specially thick planted seed 
plat are probably too slight to justify much consideration. 
SELECTION FOR SPECIFIC PLANT AND EAR CHARACTERS 
“HIGH LEAF AREA” AND “LOW LEAF AREA” STRAINS 
During the six-year period 1905-1010, two distinct types of 
Hogue’s Yellow Dent corn differing in relative leafiness became 
fairly well established by continuous ear-to-row selection. The 
specific character in which a difference was sought for in the 
two types was the ratio of total leaf area per plant (in square 
Table 46. — Plant characteristics of a high leaf area strain and 
low leaf area strain of Hogue's Yellonv Dent corn during 6 
years of continuous ear-to-row selection for these respective 
types. 1905-1910. 
Year 
Stalk 
height 
Ear 
height 
Dry matter 
Leaf 
area per 
plant 
Leaf area 
per gram 
dry matter 
Stover 
Ear 
Total 
Inches 
Inches 
Grams 
Grams 
Grams 
Sq. in. 
Sq. in. 
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 
(5) 
(6) 
(7) 
(8) 
HIGH LEAF AREA, FAMILY NO. 5113 
1905 
375 
310 
685 
1,788 
2.61 
1906 
129 
58 
216 
259 
475 
1,386 
2.92 
1907 
109 
45 
205 
248 
453 
1,366 
3.01 
1908 
106 
48 
255 
270 
526 
1,439 
2.74 
1909 
115 
50 
261 
285 
546 
1,537 
2.82 
1910 
116 
45 
232 
255 
487 
1,359 
2.80 
Average 
1 1,479 
2.81 
LOW LEAF AREA, FAMILY NO. 5123 
1905 ... 
320 
480 
800 
1,069 
1,111 
1.34 
1906. . 
123 
58 
211 
305 
516 
2.15 
1907 
107 
44 
187 
279 
466 
974 
2.09 
1908 
104 
40 
194 
221 
415 
962 
2.32 
1 909 . 
111 
46 
225 
260 
485 
1,131 
2.33 
1910 . . 
112 
43 
21.'! 
249 
462 
1,068 
2.31 
Average . 
1,052 
2.09 
A number of ears of the 1910 progeny of each of these two strains were 
mixed in 1911 and grown in two isolation plats thereafter, to provide a seed 
source for the yield tests reported in Table 47. 
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