Methods of Breeding Oats 



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tendency to lodge more than another, the number of this row should be 



carefully recorded. If some of the rows are more affected by rust or smut 



than others, these also should be carefully 



noted. Exceptionally good rows should be 



marked so that all the seed from them may be 



saved. At harvest time each row that has 



shown promise should be harvested separately, 



tagged with the row number, and allowed to 



dry for threshing. 



If this work is to be followed carefully it is 

 well to cut practically every row. However, it 

 is not necessary to harvest those rows that 

 are badly affected by disease or that show a 

 great tendency to ledge. The check rows 

 should be harvested, and their position in the 

 plat should be noted so that the yields of the 

 selected head rows near by may be compared 

 with the check yields. 



When a strain that will produce good yields 

 cf both grain and straw is desired, it is well to 

 weigh the product of the rows before it is threshed. 



Fig. 107. — Plan for planting 

 head rows cf oats 



This weighing can 



Fig. 108. — Machine designed by II. W. Teeter of the Department of Plant-breeding at 



Cornell University 



