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and planted in separate rows, the good qualities 

 inherited from the parent plant will be easily 

 determined, and it is reasonable to suppose 

 that these plants will transfer their good 

 qualities to their offspring. From the rows 

 showing that the plants have inherited the good 

 qualities of theirparent plant, select one hundred 

 plants to be planted in the plant- to-a-row 

 patch the second year. The remainder of the 

 seed from the best stalks in the rows showing 

 the most excellence may be selected and planted 

 in a larger field from which seed can be grown 

 to plant the entire crop the year following. 



The following diagram by Webber illustrates 

 seed breeding by the plant- to-a-row method: 



1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year 



Select Plant (l)( 500 ) ( 5 ) (General) ( ) 



(Plants] \ Acres J ( Crop j( j 



Select Plant (i) ( 500 ) ( 5 ) (General) 

 (Plants) ( Acres j ( Crop j 



Select Plant (i) ( 500 )( 5 I 

 1 Plants j ( Acres j 



Select Plant (i) ( 500 ) 

 ( Plants j 



Select Plant (i) 



