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of Prof. C. A. Zavitz has done a great amount of 

 work in seed grading and seed selection. Profes- 

 sor Zavitz has shown by a large number of experi- 

 ments with many varieties that the selection of the 

 larger and heavier wheat kernels for seed has al- 

 most invariably given the largest yields. This work 

 has established the importance of grading seed 

 wheat and has caused the farmers to fan and 

 grade their seed wheat more carefully, which in the 

 judgment of the writer, is one of the reasons for the 

 increased acre-yield in Canada, noted for the past 

 few seasons. 



The grading of seed grain and the planting of the 

 heavy seed is perhaps more necessary in western 

 Canada than in the states because of the liability 

 to injury of the grain by early frosts. The lighter, 

 shrunken kernels are naturally the ones which are 

 most likely to have been injured by frost. The im- 

 provement of seed wheat and other seed grain has 

 also been greatly promoted by the Canadian 

 Seed Growers Association which was organized in 

 1904. This association consists of farmers who 

 desire to make a speciality of growing on their 

 own farms, one or more varieties of "high class" 

 seed under the expert direction of the government 

 experiment station, for the purpose of increasing 

 and distributing the better seed by sale to other 

 growers. 



The association had 200 operating members in 

 1910. A large amount of the best seed of all kinds 

 of crops is grown and distributed in this way. 

 The association holds annual meetings which are 

 largely attended. 



