Fillmore Progress | 1918-03-15 | Page 7 | Benefits of Testing Seed

BENEFITS OF TESTING SEED indiana county agent makes surprising discovery in talk to partners much corn wasted prepared by the united states department of agriculture A county agent in ili indiana was holding a meeting riot not long ago where the production of corn was being discussed discuss 41 ile iio found that only 3 per cent of tho the men attending had nd tested their seed corn the previous year but at tho the close of the meeting when the benefits of good seed corn had been outlined about 40 per cent promised to test their corn before planting this spring further questioning among those present brought out the fact that 39 per cent of the corn which hall had been selected Bele eted for seed from the crib early last spring just before planting did hot grow