OTHER USEFUL PLANTS 



WHICH WILL REPAY 



EXPERIMENT 



TRANSFORMATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS 

 WAITING TO BE MADE 



A STORY is told that, if true, gives a former 

 Mikado of Japan an important place 

 among plant developers. 



The Mikado, so the story runs, \vas riding 

 about the country as was once the custom to 

 inspect the crops, and he espied a bunch of rice 

 which seemed to be earlier and more productive 

 than others in the same field. 



Evidently aware of one of the fundamental 

 principles of plant breeding, the Mikado directed 

 that the seed from this hill of rice should be care- 

 fully preserved and sown by itself the next 

 season. From this seed, if we are to believe the 

 legend, a superior new variety of rice was pro- 

 duced in Japan. 



Whatever the authenticity of the story, the 



fact that it is told gives evidence that some of 



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