PRACTICAL LAWS OF LIFE 339 



Germ plasm forms germ plasm and builds up the body, but the body 

 eaniiot form or reproduce a single pangen or minutest particle of 

 germ plasm. 



Organized study of genetics. What is your own community 

 doing to improve its plants and animals ? Many investi- 

 gators and students in our universities and colleges, our 



I looked at out to .See I JW 



atnon$ our Hildin^S- The next tiling to do wa$ to find 

 the he$t and earliest grape for $eed and this I ">unJ in 

 an accidental seedling at the foot of the Kill . The crop 

 ua$ abundant ripe in Augy$! and of very good cpality I 

 for a nild grape. 1 ^owed tfie S ee ^ 1TI the autunm of 

 1843. Alflong them the Concord M85 the only 

 one north javin^. 



FIG. 166. Quotation from Mr. Ephraim Bull on the wooden tablet marking 

 the original Concord grapevine at Concord, Massachusetts 



Agricultural Department and experiment stations, practical 

 seedsmen, farmers, and independent plant and animal breed- 

 ers, are studying and experimenting and pushing discovery in 

 this field. Invite local experts to visit the class and discuss 

 their problems. Often by community cooperation better stock 

 can be introduced than any one member could afford, and its 

 rapid increase insures enormous profits to such undertakings. 

 Railroad companies and the International Harvester Company 

 have agricultural experts who are helping along these lines. 

 Hunt out stories of the discovery and introduction of new 

 fruits, vegetables, grains, breeds of animals, and in the spirit 



