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Class I. in 1901, 1905, 1908, and 1909, or in all the competitions 

 of swedes held so far. It has been improved by family selection. 



The other strain is derived from seed bought in 1909. 



Lyngby V. belongs to F. D. B. and was in Class I. in 1909. 

 This strain is descended from the Olsgaard strain. J0rgensen, 

 the manager of the F. D. B.'s seed farm at Lyngby, selected 

 some Olsgaard swedes in 1902 and has improved the strain by 

 family selection. 



These swedes are all of the Bangholm kind, in shape globular, 

 slightly oblong. The Olsgaard and Lyngby strains have a 

 large yield with a somewhat lower percentage of dry matter, 

 while the Pajbjerg have a large percentage of dry matter and a 

 somewhat smaller yield of roots. 



The result of the competition of 1917-19 will be published 

 in March, 1920. For this competition 20 strains of Eckendorf 

 mangels, 31 strains of Turnips, and 13 of Carrots were entered. 



The strains with Roman figure IV. and figure V. are not only 

 sold by owners to farmers, but all the large and good seed firms 

 will buy stock seed or get such in exchange for their own strains. 

 But seed of strains IV., bought as stock seed in 1914, could not 

 be ready for the trade before 1916, and similarly seed of strains 

 V., bought as stock seed in 1917, have only been offered for 

 sowing in the spring of 1919. 



The Committee feel that by the 2nd series (1900-1910) and 

 the 3rd series (1911-19) enough has been accomplished by way 

 of educating farmers to appreciate the necessity of buying seed 

 only of the best strains, and in pointing out to them where such 

 seed can be obtained. A new series will, therefore, begin with 

 the year 1920. The object of this series is to serve more par- 

 ticularly the interests of the seed merchants. Up to the present 

 samples of trade seed have been compared, with the tentative 

 inclusion, in the case of the 3rd series, of stock seed during the 

 last year of the competition. The new series will deal principally 

 with stock seed, the idea being to find out where seed merchants 

 can buy the best stock seed for cultivation through their seed 

 growers or on their own farms. As previously pointed out, the 

 guarantee that a certain strain is of Class I. is valid only for a 

 limited number of years. The new series will make it possible 

 to have the verdict ready two years closer to the time when the 



