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PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 



BREEDING AND FIELD SELECTION 



The purpose of the breeding plot is to determine qualities 

 not apparent in field selection. No one, not even an expert 

 corn judge, can pick out the highest yielders merely by 

 looking at the individual ears. In picking for quality one 

 might, unknowingly, turn down high yielders. The breeding 

 plot and the scales give the inherent quality, while score card 



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ONE HUNDRED HIGH YIELDING EARS 



OF REID 'S YELLOW DENT 



Used in 1913 breeding plot 



selection indicates apparent quality and even show corn. 

 But show corn does not always possess the greatest utility. 

 Hence, the selection with the ideal in mind should be com- 

 bined with the breeding plot and scales in order to obtain 

 seed corn that will grow the greatest number of bushels. 

 In a herd of 25 brood sows it seldom happens that the 



