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that rapidly descends to the moist subsoil and supplies water during the 
critical seedling stage. 
This indigenous type of maize seems to have attracted little attention, 
perhaps because it has been included in the popular mind with a series 
of inferior varieties commonly known as “ squaw corn.” But the Pueblo 
Indians of Arizona and New Mexico have strains sufficiently productive 
to compare favorably with improved varieties even when grown under 
irrigation. The peculiar adaptations of this type definitely indicate its 
value for the semiarid regions and warrant experiments to determine 
the possibility of its utilization. 
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