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Ontftkwimuik STMrs:::? ■ yfaM, tot also t> obtaining a - prodnct or the highest qmattty. The »ss of the fanning mill as a mean* of sorting but the bra vttfc. Udmperi grahka was spekeu of in t^s preview article. The importance of this means elmM selection cannot be toe greatly .emphasised. _ that they contain so much mot* food for the young plant This enables it to make a strong, vtgorens start Bikh plants hhve more vnaUty, grow. Castor and yrodncs larger yields than plants frem shriveled seeds, which D 5l*tlme^the,ie - •£ better qoaitQ' iSl wffl thus bring '• a higher price whan arid. The old lab of "like produces like" applies to plants as wall as to animals. One of the surest ways of brtaglng about Improvement is by using parents of the •aairsd type year after year. Selecting seed according to a lie by screening out tbe small grains la not ;

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of tbe kernels to the tight.] - enough. Some of tbe largest grains nib shriveled and light In weight Tbe <*ly way to separate these la to nee plenty of wind In tbe fanning . ■*11, *> tq blow them over. Such I . grain* are an right for feed, but are entirely ont of place In the seed bin. This method of selection Is especially . Important In the oaae of wheat as it . separates the hard from the soft grains to some extent, since tbe soft . sbis are lighter. Hardness Is an important factor to look after, since a ' hard wheat la much more valuahle tor milling purposes, maklqg a larger , - amount of high grade flour. If the moat valua Is to be obtained Dem the selection of seed some defi- ] mite plan of Improvement must be followed. By a little care a variety of ( wheat or oats may be so bred up as to Increase the yield from ten to twenty bushels per acre. The work is a small Item as compared with the benefits. ( Iu starting the work of breeding the f xarlety which does best In your par- , ncular "locality should be selected. Go ( Into the field just before harvest time . and select forty or fifty of the best . . beads. In doing this tbe size and , plumpness of the grain and the length f of the head should be considered. This latter point has a great deal to do- ; with the yield, since a long bead often -( eontalne twice as much grain as a shorter one. The character of the ( straw is also Important. It should be DUU* ID B1BU lUiJIUrilUI. II KUUUIU IT

straight and strong, with no tendency to rust, as a weak straw or one that is badly rusted cannot bold up a heavy head of grain. Another point to notice is tbe stool ing— that is. tbe number of stalks that grow 'up from one seed. When the required number of such heads have been found tbey should be put away In a dry place until spring, when they should be thrashed out separately and planted in a little plot In the garden. Tbe seed from each bead should be sown In a- row by Itself. The rows should be about four Inches apart and tbe plants the same distance apart In the row. As harvest time comes on a great difference in these rows will be noticed. Some will be badly affected ! with rust. Some will have weak straw and will go down badly. Some will have abort beads containing but a few grains each. A few of the rows will eeataln plants and beads of tbe type are looking for. Select the best from these rows to plant In next yesir's plot. Tbe second year. If the first year's •election was jtropefly carried on. considerable Improvement will be observed. This year the seed from each of tbe strongest rows should be saved In after sorting ont any beads that - are not of the required type. The seed from each of these rows Is to be plant- I ed In a little plot by Itself the follow- 1 lng spring. 1 Notes on these plots regarding the ' strength of straw, amount of stooling I and resistance to rust should be care- 1 fully kept. The main point to be con- 1 sldered, however, is the yield. The 1 grain from each of the plots should Is* weighed and the preference given 4 to the heaviest ylcUlers. Seed from 1 five or six of the best producing plots < may then be saved for larger plots the 1 fourth year. Tbe yield of these, to- t getber with tbe quality of grain and t strength of straw, .will determine 1 which strain Is to be selected for field 1 1 A factor which often cuts off as a much as 10 p£r cent from tbe yield of | small grain Is smut. Unlike rust, the 1 .treatment of this disease comes more 1 under the head of preparation of tbe j •eed than \bat of selection. It may be t

' wriL bcw.vac, to glv. ; brl^f oatltoa • Of toe — tee*, af grarvutiou here. •mat k a Tateito grewtk-that to a I tow form ef plant wkfei Uvea en other » which tgb^Mto fc.ktode hp la eomf prised torffJly ef scores, which eorre- » epond (o eeeda of higher piaata. Thee* sporee teMe uttered over the eeed - la thrashing aad etoriug. In toe 1 spring, when toe grain sprouts, the ; perfectly eound frois the. outside, eo that tbe 4a mage frem smut to much greater, ton would appear from dmply glancing ovar J*a ffeld. Any method of treatment which will destroy the smut sporee on the grain will prove effective, although tbe smat which la Uttered in the field aometlmes Infects the plants the next year. "When rotation to practiced, however, this to seldom the case, as to# oat amut will not attack torn, nor will corn smut grow on oat*. ' The selection of seed corn to even more important than the selection of •mall grain, since ao mnch lees corn to required to plant an acre, thoa permitting of much more careful choice. The most important paint to be considered in tbe aeleetion ef aeed ears to maturity. An ear that fa not entirely mature win be light, the kernels will be looae oa toe cob and hnve a dull, chaffy appearance, and tbe germs will he shrunken and the back of tba kernels wrinkled. finch corn should dm be selected foe seed because the amount of food material stored In tbe kernel fa too small to glva tbe young sproat mnch « t a atari. The gerW fa also likely to be weak from being ffotfa Whlfc rifll in the Immature, watery rendition. Tbe fact that an enr to liot entirely ripe Indicates, too. that It belongs to a variety Just a little lata tor tbe locality. Ears that are not entirely ripe are not nearly so valuable, for seed as riper, sounder ones, even If the latter are not ao large. By "selecting only ears of this early maturing type a . strain of corn i an soon be developed which can be depended upon to ripen tbe particular locality in wblch It 1s grown. Since the site "of the crop depends to a considerable extent on the alse of the ear the aeed ear* selected should be as large as is consistent with early maturity. Mere also of ear fa not enough, however. The ears should be well proportioned and not big around for their length, slnca ears of this sort are late in maturing and alow to dry out. Tbe alee of an ear should be made up of corn Instead -.of cob. This means deep kernels and i a relatively small cob. j There must also be tbe largest possible' ainouut of corn in proportion , to

4* the cob. To seciu$*l bis tbe ear should

be well filled out at butt and ilpagtiil fairly uniform in size from end to end. The kernels should be so firm .111 the ear tbat It cannot be twisted Iu the bands. There Hbould be no spaces .the kernels next to the reb. should the spaces between the tops of the kernels be too great. Tbey should not be packed together too tightly at this latter point, however? this hiudere rapid drying out. Tbe rows 6bould be straight and tbe kernels of uniform size. In 8tarting,out to select ears of the desired type the work can be done » mnch more quickly If toe corn to laid ont on a table or bench. Then by an ear for a sample which moet nearly represents your ideal yon go over the entire lot and quickly pick ont tbe ears that are most like It- Tbe poipt <5f selecting ears of a uniform type Is on important one. only In this way can the corn grower hope to make Improvement from year to year Tbe methods of breeding corn to secure Increased yield will be taken up in detail in tbe article.