of the writer. Corn does not do this if carefully selected, but con- 

 tinues to improve after the first crop. We shall have to take varieties 

 best suited to the different sections of the State and endeavor by selec- 

 tion to improve upon them. 



1. Crossbreeding. 



2. Inbreeding. 



Our Western friends report that "inbreeding" in corn is as un- 

 desirable and degenerating as in animals. The Department of Agri- 

 culture of Kansas, in 1903, published a bulletin on this subject. By 

 the kindness of Mr. F. D. Coburn, secretary of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture of Kansas, I present a picture of the result of five years of in- 

 breeding and crossbreeding. 



