Re: How do I change the y-axis on an Excel chart from numbers towords. This will plot everything as zero values, since they are all text. You can fake it using one of these approaches: http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/Y_CategoryAxis.html. http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/DotPlot.html. - Jon.
First you must keep in mind that all ears of corn have an even number of rows, never an odd number. All average ears have between 12 and 20 rows. Still, it's difficult to tell at a glance whether an ear has 14, 16, 18, or 20 rows.
It's generally one ear per stalk. Corn is capable of growing more than one ear. In an given year I'll find a few plants with 3 or 4 ears on the edge of a field, or they happen to have a lot more space around them because the seeds around them didn't emerge well, etc. One problem with multiple ears is keep the stalk standing until harvest.