4. Are they on the same side of the stalk, or how are they disposed?
5. How many kinds of corn do you know?
6. Describe an average ear of each in the following particulars: shape and color of kernel; number of rows of kernels on the cob; number of kernels in a row; length of cob. Are the rows in distinct pairs? Do any of the rows disappear near the tip; if so, how many?
7. Study a cob with corn on it. Are the kernel-sockets of adjacent rows opposite each other or alternate?
8. Cut a kernel of pop-corn and a kernel of field corn across and compare the texture of the two. What has this texture to do with causing the kernel to "pop?"
9. How many foods do you know made from the grain of the corn?
10. How many products do you know made from stalks of the corn?
11. Do you know of any part of the corn that is used in constructing battleships?
12. What is the corn crop of New York State worth in dollars a year? (See U. S. Census Bulletin, No. 179.)
13. How many bushels of shelled corn are usually produced on an acre of well cultivated land?