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in the fall and required to make careful notes, to be written up 

 later in the form of a report. 



EXERCISE 27 



Working Plans for Practical Breeding Experiments 

 Object. To familiarize the student with field methods of 

 breeding plants. 



Outline for Timothy Breeding 



First Year. Select 10 heads of timothy and grow 50 plants 

 from each. 



100ft. 



10 rows. 



40ft. 



500 plants in 10 rows 100 ft. 

 long. Plants 2 ft. apart in 

 the rows. 



Second Year. Cultivate. 



Third Year. Choose several of the best plants from the best 

 two rows, and the one best plant from each of the other rows 

 14 or 15 in all. With the seed from these, plant a "test plat," 

 and plow up the original seedling plat. 



60ft. 



60ft. 



15 rows. 



Rows 4 ft. apart plants 2 ft. 

 apart in the rows. 



Fourth Year. Cultivate the test plat. 



Fifth Year. Choose 2 or 3 or more of the best rows and save 

 separately the seed from each. Plow up the remainder of the 

 rows and plant to vegetables. 



