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TABLE 1. 

 AVERAGE TEST OF EARLIANA 



Record Number. 





Checks, 

 Check, 

 1-3, .. 

 1-12=, 

 1-12-12, 

 3-. ... 

 3-lS, . 

 3-18-26, 



3 



4-, ... 

 4-15, .. 

 4-15-7, 

 40a-, . 

 40a-15. 

 40a-15-4, 



83 



88 

 88 

 93 

 90 

 87 

 91 

 95 

 95 

 86 

 92 

 96 

 8g 

 89 

 97 



The Department of Agronomy has been conducting some experi- 

 ments with wheat with respect to selection to improve the strain as 

 may be seen by the next table. 



TABLE 2. 

 COMPARISON OF PARENT VARIETIES OF WHEAT WITH BEST SELEC- 

 TION. 



Av. Yield 1913-14. 



Reliable, 



Reliable selection 19-09 b 



Reliable selection 38-09 



Dawson's Golden Chaff 



D. G. C. selection 2.5-OS 



D. G. C. selection 120-09 



Fulcaster, 



Pnlcaster selection 44-09, 



Fulcaster selection 50-09, , 



Fulcaster selection 63-09, 



33 



37. 

 38. 

 37. 

 44. 

 45. 

 30. 

 40. 

 36. 

 35. 



.1 Bu. 



6 " 



8 " 



1 " 



" 

 5 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 5 " 



From the above table it will be seen that the selection of Ful- 

 caster has given an increase over the parent of nineteen percent., 

 while the other selections have yielded slightly less. 



Potatoes are a desirable crop with which to engage in plant im- 

 provement. The method usually employed is generally known as 

 Tuber Unit. In it the tubers are cut in four pieces as nearly uniform 

 as possible and planted one piece to a hill, each four hills being 

 designated as a unit. At harvesting time the yield of the respective 

 four hills are thrown together and the result compared with that of 

 other units. In an experiment of this kind now in progress of the 

 Department of Agronomy, there has been an average increase of 45 

 per cent, for the best five selections grown the past season, as may 

 be seen from the following table: 



