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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Further details of the work of the division are embodied in the re- 

 port of F, A, Spragg, Plant Breeder. 



Kespectfully yours, 



J. F. COX, 

 Acting Head, Division of Farm Crops. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1917. 



PLANT BREEDING. 



Professor J. F. Cox, East Lansing, Michigan : 



Dear Mr. Cox — The work in Plant Breeding in my charge during the 

 past ten years may be summed up briefly in the form of results. 



A view of Field No. 8 in 1912 showing yield of 75 bushels per acre of Worthy oats. 



Figure 1 shows a view of a field of Worthy oats giving a yield of 75 

 bushels per acre in 1912.* This oat is yielding at least ten bushels per 

 acre above common. There are about 50,000 acres of these oats now 

 growing in Michigan. At |.G0 per bushel, these oats will give Michigan 

 approximately |300,000 in 1917 over what it would have received with- 

 out it. 



Figure 2 shows a portion of the three hundred acres of inspected Red 

 Rock wheat now growing in Allegan county. In the state of Michigan 

 in 1917 there are approximately 4,000 acres of this new grain which is 

 yielding from five to ten bushels above common wheats. At |2.50 per 

 bushel, considering a gain of only five bushels per acre, this new wheat 



