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27. Simple selection of individuals, however, for the improvement 

 of the same variety can and should be practiced on every farm. Very 

 little extra time or trouble is required, but the gain is great. 



28. Among the most valuable wheats of the United States that have 

 been produced through hybridization are the following: 



Fulcaster, Pringle's Defiance, 



Gypsum, Pringle's No.5, 



Improved Fife, Hornblende, 



Quartz, Felspar, 



Ruby, Blount's No. 10, 



Jones's Winter Fife, Diamond Grit, 



Early Genesee Giant, Early Red Clawson, 



Early Arcadian, Early White Leader. 



29. For the most complete success in wheat improvement through 

 hybridization it is necessary to practice composite crossing with 

 parents selected from widely different wheat groups. 



30. The wheat plant is so closely self-fertilized in nature that the 

 practice of composite crossing produces some most interesting and 

 remarkable results. There is apparently no end to the variations 

 exhibited by the sporting progeny in such cases, and, accompanied by 

 discriminating selection, the possibilities of wheat improvement in 

 this way are practically unlimited. 



