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that had a high percentage of corn to cob, but did not have so many 

 other points in its favor? 



Mr. Funk: No, I would not. I would have a line, of course, but 

 would not consider those that had the other points over-balanced. 



Mr. : You have been breeding corn for quantity; now 



have you been breeding it for quality f 



Mr. Funk : Yes, we have fertilized everyone of our mother ears 

 both for oil and for protein. Now I am not talking about mating ot 

 mother ears. We have what we call a protein block and an oil block of 

 certain varieties of corn, and in one of them we strive for oil properties 

 and in the other for protein properties. Whether it will be practical or 

 not, we do not know. Of course, we feed all of our cattle upon corn 

 we think best adapted for feeding value. The normal percentage of 

 oil in corn, I believe, is about 4 1-4, and of protein 10 1-4. We have 

 strains that average in the plot — taking a five or ten-acre plot and mak- 

 ing a selection of five or eight hundred ears out of the block — 13. i pro- 

 tein and 5.56 oil. Now the German balanced ration has about 13 1-2 

 per cent protein ; but I do not think that is the balanced ration in corn, 

 because I know if we feed such corn to hogs they will not grow with 

 that thrift that they should have. They will fatten, but not with the 

 thrift they should have. Now, whether crude oil is more fattening than 

 carbo-hydrates, I don't know. About 80 per cent is carbo-hydrates. 

 Whether the crude oil has a tendency to overcome so much of the 

 protein, I don't know. I hope to produce a corn sometime that three 

 bushels of it will go as far towards fattening and finishing cattle as four 

 bushels of the common corn does now. I think it can be done. 



Mr. Crabtree: Do you think it wise to produce a balanced ration 

 in corn rather than to feed the corn for its oil and balance that ration 

 with protein? 



Mr. Funk : I think high oil is better than high protein. There is 

 nothing that will feed like corn oil unless it is more corn oil. 



THE GERMINATION TEST. 



(O. O. Raine, Canton, Mo.^ 



Having made a proper selection of seed, a crate is made of some 

 light material, so as to be easily handled, and should be about 20 

 inches square, with an inch frame around the side. Cover this with a 

 heavy piece of paper, over which place a white cloth, marked into 100 

 sections or squares, and dampen well before using. These sections will 



