. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. BREEDING AND SELECTION 65 by other pollen, the ears on such detasseled stalks are better developed than the ears on the stalks not so detasseled. By detasseling two rows and leaving two rows with tassels, enough pollen will be provided for the complete fertilization of the field. See Fig 22, illustrating pollen grains greatly magnif
. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. BREEDING AND SELECTION 65 by other pollen, the ears on such detasseled stalks are better developed than the ears on the stalks not so detasseled. By detasseling two rows and leaving two rows with tassels, enough pollen will be provided for the complete fertilization of the field. See Fig 22, illustrating pollen grains greatly magnified. The Illinois experiment station found that by in- breeding, that is, placing the pollen of the stalk upon the silks of the ear on the same stalk, the size of the ear. Pig 20—Effect of Four Years' Inbreeding Small row inbred; large row cross-bred and stalk would be eventually decreased. In other words it appears as though inbreeding in corn tends to develop weakness and a general deterioration of the vitality of the plants. The crossing of varieties, however, is now known to lead to beneficial results in the present varieties. There seems to be enough variation in any one variety to select from, and by introducing foreign character- istics it becomes very difficult to fix any of 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 Myrick, Herbert, b. 1860. New York ; Chicago : Orange Judd Company
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