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each year. This variety has been grown at the Experimental 
Station many years. The method of testing was the same as 
that described on page 84. Basing the yields upon equal num- 
bers of plants grown under uniform conditions enabled a fairly 
reliable test of the relative inherent yielding qualities. The 
results are given in Table 38. 
Table 33 — Yield per acre from different ear types of Nebraska 
White Prize corn (1911^-1917) 
Type of ear 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
Average 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Original 
48.7 
64.8 
65.5 
53.5 
Large rough 
30.0 
65.3 
64.4 
45.9 
51.4 
Short rough 
44.4 
68.9 
65.1 
49.9 
57.1 
Short smooth 
45.0 
72.6 
60.1 
49.2 
56.7 
Long slender smooth . . . 
48.7 
66.4 
65.2 
54.9 
58.8 
Number of duplications. 
6 
8 
14 
7 
Fig. 21 — Rough ear and long, slender, smooth ear of Nebraska White Prize 
corn. At the Experiment Station on an average for four years, the 
rough type has yielded 51.4 bushels, compared with 58.8 bushels 
for the smooth type 
