Field And Laboratory Studies of Crops : An Elementary Manual for Students of Agriculture
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The plants may be marked by breaking over the stalk just above the ear or by spotting the husk of the ear with paint, then later, when the corn is being husked either from the standing stalks in the field or from the shock, the selected ears can be identified and placed in a separate pile. Discussion: Good-sized ears growing slightly below the middle of the stalk should be selected. Plants with ears borne high on the stalk are frequently late in maturing and are more easily blown over than thos...e carrying the ear lower. Selections should be made from strong, vigorous plants growing under normal stand. A plant growing in a hill with two other plants should be rated much higher for having produced a good, large ear than a stalk growing in a hill by itself. Many of our most productive plants owe their superiority to their immediate environment — extra food, sunlight and moisture — which they secure as the result of a thin stand. It is probable that four out of every five ears 39 40 FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES OF CROPS r' ----- Fig.
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