I'.K »L( »<;\' ol' ACIMrc |/|"| i; \ I. |'I:< •! »!< 'I'lox '..• 



Ih'Iis or cow s ill tlic (ir<liii;ii\ li;irii\;ir(l iii;i\ Ix- Itoaidci >. A 

 siii*;"k' specimen nl plant oi' aninial nia\ ])r()(luee a pliciiniiuMial 

 yield, l)Ut tlif pi-oo-eiiy may icnciI to loafefs and Koai'dei's. 

 Pure-hreil strains liaNc hccii cart'lnlU sclcctt'd lor o'cnmations. 

 iinlil all had liere(lity has hccn wciMh-d ont and the protrcnv 

 can he relied upon to he tlioroiiL;hhre(ls, that is, to \ irld a 

 ninform, standai'd Tesnlt. ( 'ollect reeoi-ds of \ afions pnir-hird 

 strains in the neii^hhorhood and compare yi(dds, as hdow : 



Differ Kxci.s i\ Vii.i.i> Dik io ^'Al:ll.l^, l!\ I'l i:i \i i ni >i \ii«.\, 



KosTKKN, Canada 



Huron wheat 



Marquis wheat .... 

 Kubanka wiieat .... 

 Heeves' Ho.se potato . . 

 Auieriiau Woii(h'r potato 



YiKi-D I WicKiirr Ti.mkto | Tx-Maukkt 



Pi.i! A< Ki: iiat BisiiKi. .\r\Ti icr. aim.i; 



78 1)U. 



70 1)11. 



:{7 hii. 



<;2;] i.u. 



87 



'"1 I.u. 



107 (lay.s 



98 (lays 



107 (hivs 



t<i l*u. 

 .'►8 l.M. 



Disease-resisting strains. N'ariation applies to inniinnit\ 

 Irom dis(Mise as well as to any other chaTaclcr, and hence the 

 world is heinq- searehcMJ tor strains of animals and plants which 

 ha\'e dcvtdoped resistance to [)revailinn" diseases, (atllc from 

 India are heino" introduced into the south, hecansc they are 

 itnmtnie to 'I'e.xas fexcr. The ordinary ('rimson IJamhler ri>se 

 is nnich infeste<l Avitli mildew, while \ an j-'leet's see(lliiio' is 

 practically imnnme lo it. Sncli imiminil\ nia\ extend e\en to 

 freedom from insects, as shown h\' man\ foreign introdnctioiis. 

 notahlv li'isii )'}((/ostf and the tlowcrinL;' (|uince and snowliall 

 from Japan. Thns in all sorts of e}»idemics it is of L,^reat im- 

 l)ortance to note an\' imnnme indi\idnals, and these should 

 be carefully preseiN'cd with a \ iew to devtdopment of icsistant 

 strains. Collect the data on any hxal work ahuii;' this line. 



.\ l;<)(m1 cas*' ill jioiiil uccinTfil recently in the caiiliaL;)' iinlustrv 

 of southeastern NN'iseon.sin. A tiiiii^iis smlih-nly :i|']M'ar«'il which look 



