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FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



in square No. I, and so on. Cover the samples with 

 a cloth and pack the remainder of the box full of wet 

 sawdust. Cover with boards and set away in a warm 



SEED IN GERMINATING BOX. 



safe place. At the end of seven days carefully roll off 

 the top cloth. Study the samples. If a sample, say 

 No. $, has germinated poorly, discard ear No. 5. 

 Save for planting only the ears, the samples from 

 which show healthy vigorous normal sprouts. This 

 practice will help insure a perfect stand, which is es- 

 sential to a high yield. 



Corn Breeding. The term corn breeding is here 

 used to mean the improvement in yielding power of 

 corn by seed selection. The writer uses the following 

 plan. The best ears, in the entire crop, are planted 

 in a separate patch of not less than one acre. In 

 order to study the yielding power by individual ears, 



