lo April, 1909.] Maize Groiviiig for Milk Production. 



out any return worth considering, is an exhaustive crop. These two dia- 

 metrically opposite practices must eventually produce opposite results ujx>n 

 soils, one making the rich richer, the other rendering the poor poorer. 



Selection of Seed. 



In the improvement of maize by seed selection an endeavour should 

 be made to start with the variety best suited to the locality. This should 



I. YELLOW MORLVA, IILIGIIT II FT. 4 IN. 



be ascertained by actual tests in. the field through a sufficient length of 

 time, so as to be able to eliminate unseasonable w^eather conditions before 

 .arriving at any definite opinion. It must be borne in mind that, in all 



