. Agriculture for southern schools. Fig. 8o, — Tips and Bdtts of CornOn right, poor; in center, better; on left, good. the tips of the grains often indicates how they may germi-nate. Poor or low germination results when the tips ofthe grains are either (i) black or brownish, (2) shriveled, SELECTING OR JUDGING SEED-CORN 131 O u o tii a <;u ouen O O O O Ilu^O ^O w^%u^o a 3 o p rt ■ • co •a od n! 01 So S -§2 o J-. o ^ ■^ o H m tn ^^ ^^ J2 d d b« 3 _ _ fe s g .^ a g. W M J U w m (U 1) OJ ^ -a -o oa,o oH N rOM-u^vOt^oo 0\0 i-i M ro 132 AGRICULTURE (3) covered after being shelled by small bits o
. Agriculture for southern schools. Fig. 8o, — Tips and Bdtts of CornOn right, poor; in center, better; on left, good. the tips of the grains often indicates how they may germi-nate. Poor or low germination results when the tips ofthe grains are either (i) black or brownish, (2) shriveled, SELECTING OR JUDGING SEED-CORN 131 O u o tii a <;u ouen O O O O Ilu^O ^O w^%u^o a 3 o p rt ■ • co •a od n! 01 So S -§2 o J-. o ^ ■^ o H m tn ^^ ^^ J2 d d b« 3 _ _ fe s g .^ a g. W M J U w m (U 1) OJ ^ -a -o oa,o oH N rOM-u^vOt^oo 0\0 i-i M ro 132 AGRICULTURE (3) covered after being shelled by small bits of the cob, or (4) very slender and sharp-pointed. Generally a grainwith well-filled shoulders ne.\t the cob and with a large. 999ff (Juurtesy Iowa E-xpt. SUitioii. Fig. 81. — Good and Poor Shapes of Corn Kernels germ (Fig. 82 below) affords strong sprouts that makegood plants. Tips of ears. —The grains near the tip of the ear shouldbe well shaped and the rows should extend well out to the 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 end of the less cob ex-posed, the better(Fig. 80).Butts of ears. §1 w V. ill a rHi f|\/pk — On the butt,or larger end fe lii IliPj |y||feM of the ear. a mi9 10 11 12 13 m After HoMen. there should bestraight rows of Fig. 82. — Various S HAPEs OF Cor N Kernels grains and very I, 2, 8, an J 9 are the best few irregularly shaped ke ■nels. Th e best butts are those in which the grair s extend bey 3nd the end of th e cob, leaving a SELECTING OR JUDGING SEED-CORN 133 medium-sized depression where the ear stalk or shank wasattached to the cob. Stand the ear on end. If the butt iseven, as it should be, the ear will stand erect or ear with butt much larger than the remainder of the ear,or
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