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the purpose of educating farmers and farmers' boys to grow 

 more prolific seed and to know how to select and care for it 

 through the winter. To get the greatest benefit from these 

 courses offered in corn judging, they should be supplemented 

 by practical work in corn breeding on the farm. 



This chapter has been taken in the main from an article 

 in the January 15th issue of the Prairie Farmer entitled 

 ''Breeding Corn for Quality and Productiveness," by Ralph 

 M. Ainsworth. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



''Ten Generations of Corn Breeding." By Louie H. Smith. 



111. Agri. Ex. Sta. Bulletin No. 128. 

 "Increased Yields of Corn from Hybrid Seed." By G. N. 



Collins. U. S. Dept. of Agri. 1910. 

 "The Production of Good Seed Corn." By C. P. Hartley. 



U. S. Farmers' Bulletin No. 229. 

 "The Study of Corn." By Vernon M. Shoesmith. 



