. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 116 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE Eig. 60. A prize ear. is not thoroughly ripened. The distance around the ear one-third of the distance from the butt should be about three-fourths of the entire length. The rows of kernels must be straight, and there should not be fewer than sixteen nor more than twenty - eight rows on the cob. In most sections the ear is from eight and one-half to ten inches long, and it should be filled out to the tip (Fig. 60). Good Kernels. The kernels to be planted should be wedge-shaped, with the edges touching those next to them their ent
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 116 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE Eig. 60. A prize ear. is not thoroughly ripened. The distance around the ear one-third of the distance from the butt should be about three-fourths of the entire length. The rows of kernels must be straight, and there should not be fewer than sixteen nor more than twenty - eight rows on the cob. In most sections the ear is from eight and one-half to ten inches long, and it should be filled out to the tip (Fig. 60). Good Kernels. The kernels to be planted should be wedge-shaped, with the edges touching those next to them their entire length from crown to cob. They should have deeply indented crowns without pointed or sharp corners. The color needs to be true to variety and free from mixture. Cobs. Ordinary types of white corn should have. Fig. 61. A cob may be too large or too small. white cobs, and yellow corn should have red cobs. However, certain varieties of types vary from this. 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 Nida, William Lewis. Chicago, A. Flanagan Company
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