110 PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 
BREEDING AND FIELD SELECTION 
The purpose of the breeding plot is to determine qualities 
not apparent in field selection. No one, not even an expert 
corn judge, can pick out the highest yielders merely by 
looking at the individual ears. In picking for quality one 
might, unknowingly, turn down high yielders. The breeding 
plot and the scales give the inherent quality, while score card 
ONE HUNDRED HIGH YIELDING EARS 
OF REID’S YELLOW DENT 
Used in 1913 breeding plot 
selection indicates apparent quality and even show corn. 
But show corn does not always possess the greatest utility. 
Hence, the selection with the ideal in mind should be com- 
bined with the breeding plot and scales in order to obtain 
seed corn that will grow the greatest number of bushels. 
In a herd of 25 brood sows it seldom happens that the 
