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Journal of Agricultural Research 
Vol. XI, No. 4 
Table: I. — Frequency distributions with respect to physical characters of the ears of four 
strains of corn bred for chemical composition—crop of IQ14 
HIGH-PROTEIN STRAIN 
Length of ears. 
Weight of ears. 
Circumference of ears. 
Rows of kernels. 
Inches. Frequency. 
Ounces. Frequency. 
Inches. Frequency. 
Number. Frequency. 
3 - 
3 - 
4 - 
4 - 
5 * 
5 - 
6 . 
6 . 
7 * 
7 * 
8 . 
8 . 
9 * 
9 - 
10. 
o 
5 
o 
5 
o 
5 
o 
5 
o 
5 
o 
5 
o 
5 
o 
1 
6 
8 
13 
28 
36 
42 
67 
95 
118 
100 
89 
43 
17 
3 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
4 
19 
43 
66 
135 
144 
96 
28 
6 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
5 - 
5 - 
5 * 
5 - 
6 . 
6 . 
6 . 
6 . 
7 - 
7 * 
00 
25 
50 
75 
00 
25 
5o 
75 
00 
25 
So 
75 
I 
8 
1 
9 
10 
25 
26 
12 
236 
7 i 
14 
241 
113 
16 
74 
158 
142 
18 
13 
73 
27 
5 
8 
5 
00 
25 
o 
1 
LOW-PROTEIN STRAIN 
3. 0 
O' w 
3-5 
3 
4.0 
4 
4.5 
6 
5 -o 
11 
5-5 
17 
6.0 
12 
6- 5 
34 
7.0 
34 
7-5 
66 
8.0 
62 
8.5 
93 
9.0 
83 
9-5 
54 
10.0 
34 
10.5 
1 
11.0 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
r 3 
14 
4 
10 
r 7 
21 
38 
59 
78 
97 
72 
49 
15 
4. 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
5 * 
5 * 
5 - 
5 - 
6 . 
6 . 
6 . 
4 
6 . 
1 
7- 
7- 
00 
25 
50 
75 
00 
25 
So 
75 
00 
25 
So 
75 
00 
25 
8 
10 
12 
14 
16 
18 
20 
22 
9 
117 
179 
124 
4 i 
7 
1 
1 
6 
27 
36 
58 
99 
113 
98 
54 
15 
9 
2 
HIGH-OIL STRAIN 
2. 5 
3-o 
3- 5 
4. o 
4- 5 
5- o 
6. o 
6.5 
7.0 
£5 
8.5 
9.0 
9-5 
2 
4 
7 
17 
23 
48 
7i 
59 
116 
85 
77 
34 
27 
10 
2 
2 
16 
4. 00 
2 8 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
44 
4-2$ 
88 
4*50 
145 
4-75 
114 
5.00 
61 
5*25 
23 
5* 50 
6 
5-75 
6. 00 
6. 25 
6. 50 
15 
10 
3i 
12 
57 
14 
103 
16 
96 
18 
117 
20 
84 
34 
22 
11 
4 
78 
158 
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3 
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