THE SEED-CORN SITUATION. 13 



orchard boars to llio aiiioimt ol" iViiit produced. Pi'oductivity as well 

 as ([iiaiitit}' iiuisi he ('onsidere<l. 



SUMMARY. 



(1) The seed-corn situation in tlie 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 tho corn crop of each individual farmer and in the aggre- 

 gate is an annual loss to the country of man}^ millions of dollars. 



(3) By the early selection of sufficient 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 AgrlcvUure. 



Washington, D. C, April 10, 1012. 



[Cir. 95] 



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