PLATE 7 
Adjacent plots of Reid Yellow Dent planted at the same time, on uniform soil, 
with rows the same distance apart and same number of kernels per hill, and photo¬ 
graphed on the same day, at Bloomington, Ill. 
A. —View down the center of four rows planted with moderately diseased com. 
B. —View down the center of adjacent four rows planted with nearly disease-free 
com. 
Note the increase in size and vigor of the plants in B. Note that in A leaves barely 
meet between the rows in the center of the pircture while in B they overlap con¬ 
siderably. 
