. Corn book for young folk. Corn. PLACE AND MANNER OF SELECTING SEED 97 and how to begin your selection. In planning your first selection, keep steadily in mind just what you w^ant. You already have ears with a fine family record. You want now to select from these ears only such as have lived up to their record. Then, after a careful comparison of your choicest ears, you want to put aside for seed only those of unusual Fig. 68. Corn from Poor Seed In this way you will start the second year with better seed than you had the first year. In making this comparison what sort of ears mu
. Corn book for young folk. Corn. PLACE AND MANNER OF SELECTING SEED 97 and how to begin your selection. In planning your first selection, keep steadily in mind just what you w^ant. You already have ears with a fine family record. You want now to select from these ears only such as have lived up to their record. Then, after a careful comparison of your choicest ears, you want to put aside for seed only those of unusual Fig. 68. Corn from Poor Seed In this way you will start the second year with better seed than you had the first year. In making this comparison what sort of ears must you seek? First, ears which were borne on vigorous, healthy, natural plants. Second, ears from good stalks that grew under the usual conditions of the field. You do not want ears from stalks w^hich were favored by some accident like having no neighboring stalks to share their plant. 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 Williams, Charles Burgess, 1871-; Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1859-1924, joint author. Boston, Ginn
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