PLATE 4 
Ear rows of Yellow Dent com planted early on brown silt loam soil of high fer¬ 
tility, near Bloomington, Ill., and photographed in August, 1922. 
A. —Grown from nearly disease-free seed. Note absence of excessive suckering. 
B. —Grown from the same strain of com as in A but naturally infected with the 
fungus, C. acremonium. Note excessive suckering. 
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