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periments have demonstrated that the yield may be in- 

 creased 60 per cent by this simple practice. The wheat 

 production of Nebraska was increased more than 10,000,000 

 bushels by the introduction of a hardy strain of Turkey 

 red wheat. Swedish select oats in Wisconsin have greatly 

 augmented the oat yield of the state. In 1899 six pounds 

 of the seed was brought to the state and from this small 

 beginning a crop of 9,000,000 bushels was harvested five 

 years later. 



"Mr. Gideon, of Minnesota, planted many apple seeds, 

 and from them all raised one tree that was very fruitful, finely 

 flavored, and able to withstand the cold Minnesota winter. 

 This tree he multiplied by grafts and named it the Wealthy 

 apple. It is said that in this one apple he benefited the world 

 to the value of more than one million dollars. You must not 

 let any valuable bud or seed variant be lost." (" Agriculture 

 for Beginners," page 61.) 



"This fact ought to be very helpful to us next year when 

 planting corn. We should plant seed secured only from 

 stalks that produced the most corn. If we follow this plan 

 year by year, each acre of land will be made to produce more 

 kernels and hence a larger crop of corn, and yet no more ex- 

 pense will be required to raise the crop." (Same, page 71.) 



The World's Work tells how the country got a new industry. 



Mr. George Gibbs, of Clearbrook, Wash., has made his 

 "stake" by growing tulip and hyacinth bulbs. He had a 

 little place on Orcas Island, in Puget Sound. He did not 

 know anything about growing flowers, but he did know that 

 certain varieties of bulbs brought good prices in the East. 

 He was observant enough to see that the moist, warm 

 climate and rich soil of the Puget Sound country were 

 peculiarly favorable to flowers. 



