. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 163 fifteen or twenty bushels per acre. That being true, one of our very first duties is to find those high yielding ears and plant only those. To do this we must in some way test the yielding power of each ear. This is best done by what we are pleased to call the ear-to-row test— that is, we plant one ear to a row and in the fall determine the yield of the difirerent rows and compare them. It is here that the yielding power of the ears will show up. It is here, too, that the good ears may be picked out and
. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE 163 fifteen or twenty bushels per acre. That being true, one of our very first duties is to find those high yielding ears and plant only those. To do this we must in some way test the yielding power of each ear. This is best done by what we are pleased to call the ear-to-row test— that is, we plant one ear to a row and in the fall determine the yield of the difirerent rows and compare them. It is here that the yielding power of the ears will show up. It is here, too, that the good ears may be picked out and the poor ears eliminated. Ordinarily, however, only a part of the ear is planted in each row. The remnant of the ear is reserved till the rows are compared, after which time the rem-. Boys' Corn Club Exhibit at the State Fair. nant of the highest yielding row is planted in an isolated plot for seed. The following year we will have enough of the high yielding corn to plant the entire plantation. In order to best carry on this work, it is well to have a knowledge of the characteristics of a good stalk and a good ear of corn. Varie- ties differ greatly, but, bearing in mind these varietal differences, it is best to select from those stalks which have a tendency to be stocky rather than slender, and one that is well filled with broad leaves, with the ears relatively low to the ground. The best shape for an ear of corn to have is as nearly cylindrical. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennessee. Dept. of Agriculture. Nashville, Tenn. : The Dept.
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