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characters which go to make up this individuality in plants is just 

 as certain and definite as it is in animals. In selection we simply 

 pick out those individuals having the desirable characteristics and 

 propagate them to the exclusion of others. 



VARIATIONS IN PRODUCTIVENESS. 



There are great variations in productiveness as well as in 

 other characteristics and this is particularly noticeable among 



Figiirt 



-Uow No. 12 and row No. 13 of the breeding plol, each row planted from a certain seed ear . 



