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of protein which is necessary for the chury cow, yet as a 

 source of carbohydrates, of roughage, of material to mix with 

 purchased concentrates, there is no crop which can take its 

 place. 



Much has been done to improve the crop as a result of 

 breeding and selection, and this work will go on until every 

 man who plants corn will plant pedigreed seed corn, which 

 he knows possesses high producing qualities. But I wish to 

 emphasize the fact that the selection of good seed is only one 

 of the elements which makes for success with this crop. It 

 is probable that without the slightest change in our practice 

 and use of seed corn we could, by better cultivation, better 

 fertilizing and better rotation, increase the yield of corn in 

 Massachusetts at least 10 bushels per acre, and this would 

 mean an increase in the crop for the entire State of 470,000 

 bushels. Ten bushels more per acre w'ould mean an increase 

 in the corn crop in Connecticut of 000,000 bushels. For 

 those who have no faith, or but little faith, in the modern 

 principles of corn breeding this matter of better tillage and 

 better care may appeal. While the work of corn breeding 

 is peculiarly work for the specialist, and will probably be 

 taken np by not more than one or two men in every connnu- 

 nity, yet every man who grows corn should endeavor to make 

 the land grow not a meager 38 to 40 bushels of coi'n per acre, 

 but should make it realize the full possibilities of what was 

 intended for corn, 50 to 75 or even 100 bushels per acre. 



The salvation of the dairy business in New England will 

 not be secured when satisfactory arrangements have been 

 made with the milk contractors, but the final success in the 

 dairy business will depend in part upon lowering the cost of 

 production, and this will mean the production of more and 

 better corn, the use of ensilage for summer and winter feed- 

 ing of the dairy herd, and the contemplation and mastery of 

 every detail w^hich makes for the growing of a successful crop 

 of corn. 



