| Show importance OF no one subject of greater interest to farmer awakening ls 18 for general one no reason value in increased that land ha has to marked ex extent tent uniform ity of much value py A I 1 D SHAMED related to there to I 1 no one subject interest and lin m of greater taming the improvement than eor tance 1 the farmer famer by of hie his general crops ement poy pro tho the breeding seed led selection oni and I 1 tudy ot of theae these plant plants fro from m the breed standpoint is I 1 not only intensely interesting ng but it also usually result results in all interest in awakening a keener from the phases of crop production preparation of the soil for the need bed and the cultivation of the growing plants to the marketing of tie the products th this is subject Is I 1 of vital importance commerce commercially tally from the fact that it usually coeta costs no mere more to grow improved varieties vart etl of farm crop crops than unimproved sort sorts while the increase 4 OA ten ton eara ears of corn from the same sams field showing great variability in type resulting from failure to select seed PrOP properly OrlY in production due to the use of improved seed re results alts in additional profit during the p past ast 10 or 15 year years there has been a great awakening of in the subject of seed selection and breeding aa as applied to our great general farm crops especially corn cotton tobacco wheat oata oats and other crops of wido wide distribution and cultivation one reason for this awakening ie Is that the land on which these crops are grown has la creased increased in value to a very marked extent and it Is I 1 necessary to iner increase pase the production per acre and improve the quality of the crop crops in order to make far tanning taing profitable in high priced land it is necee necea ary sary to grow more prod proactive active crop crops than formerly if one la Is to mihe make a reasonable profit on the present investment another reason for the avAk awakened ened interest in seeded selection and breed ing ilea lies in the fact that in the sections where crops have been grown tor for a considerable time the varieties produced on these lands year after year where no seed election selection or breeding has been practiced baye 1 tended to run out and becom t unprofitable in addition to the running out of varieties under conditions condl tlona of continuous propagation without breeding fance funte ous diseases dise asee and insect enemies frequently develop to such an extent that unless resistant or im mune varl varieties etlea are secured by seed selection and breeding tle growing of these crops la Is either carried oa on with small return to the growers or has to be abandoned the most important field tor for the breeders work Is in the improvement of he ilia established varieties of crops by the thai production ot of strain strains app roxi mating more buniff anity to the best bent types of 0 these var vanities atles this hek of uniformity in high productive capacity I 1 WA i 0 1 4 k 1 94 t A ak 4 40 ft f t v ten ear ears of corn from the barns field illustrating the uniformity in all desirable character characters attain cd ad by careful seed good selection lection Sa ie Is responsible in great measure for the present low avenge average yield of most ot of our crop crops la in the a cue a of corn thil thin variability ot of plant plants 1 Is particularly str striling ilUng A large majority of the plants produce car earn of mall small else size irregular la 1 shape and light weight which are und sir all many of ot the talu are barren only j 1 small proportion ot at the plant plants prodica the maximum lie and weight of ear if every kernel produced a uniform plant and the planta plants bore uniform tin tty weighing one ODO pound each the average i yield per acre would bo be about pound pounds or about bush buh el big of belled shelled corn per acre the fad fatt that the average yield throughout throng bout the corn belt Is ies fees than 40 bushels per acre la 13 striking evidence e that only a email proportion of the plants bear ears 0 of the MAXIMUM weight wel |
