THE SEED-COEN SITUATION. 13 



from Avhicli a good yield can not be obtained. The stand of stalks 

 bears the same relation to the grain yield as the niiml)er of trees in an 

 orchard bears to the amount of fruit produced. Productivity as well 

 as quantity must be considered. 



SUMMARY. 



(1) The seed-corn situation in the spring of 1912 furnishes a good 

 example of what has happened and is likely to happen again. 



(2) The loss from planting neglected seed corn reduces or destroys 

 the profit on the corn crop of each individual farmer and in the aggre- 

 gate is an annual loss to the country of many milhons of dollars. 



(3) By the early selection of sufhcient seed corn for several years' 

 planting and its proper preservation these immense and oft-recurring 

 losses can be prevented. 



(4) By making germination tests of neglected seed and by heavy 

 planting full stands can be obtained, but the yield may be 18 bushels 

 per acre less than would have been harvested had the seed been 

 selected early and well preserved. 



Approved : 



James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



Washington, D. C, April 10, 1912. 



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