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In order to show these results in somewhat more detail, tha 

 following table is given : 



INCREASE AND DECREASE OF PROTEIN. 



A glance through these figures shows that it has been possible 

 in eleven generations to increase the protein content from 10.92 

 per cent to 13.89 per cent, and at the same time, by breeding for 

 low protein, it has been possible to reduce this constituent from 

 the original average of 10.92 to 7.36 per cent. In other word.s, 

 starting with a single variety, we have been able by ten years of 



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Tilt INCREASr Arii iscnt'.i 



CORN BREEDING FOR HIGH AND LOW OIL 



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Figure 6. 



breeding to produce two kinds of corn, the one of which is almost 

 twice as rich in feeding value as the other. 



Even more striking have been the results accomplished in the 

 breeding to influence the oil content as illustrated graphically in 

 figure 6 and numerically in the table following. 



Starting on the left, the amount of oil is shown in the crop of 



