Show IDEAL CORN FOR PLANTING farmer should be able to really know good bar when ha bees it description of best kind hen a farmer selects corn tor planting he should be able to really krow a good ear of corn when he sees it the following description sl enable the careful observer to make rood selections authorities have decided that the best form for an ideal ear should be aa near a cylinder as possible it should be about 10 inches long and about seven inches in circumference or at least this ratio should be as near parallel as possible and the brals should grow well over the tip and butt the grains should be wedge shape and their length should be at least twice their width the cob should be small from 84 to 90 per cent of an ear of corn should be grain in yellow corn the cob should be red and in white corn it should be white if one desires his corn to have high protein contents the germ or heart should be large it meal is to be made the white or starchy end should be large the grains should be firm on the cob and the ear should be firm solid ai d heavy the grains of the dent varieties will be more or less wr n led on the outer tip oth berwise the surface of the ear should be smooth ai d glossy A dead color usually indicates low vitality |