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FARM CROPS 



own experience has taught you that most of 

 the corn plants are alike. A few, however, are 

 very good and a few are very poor. The latter 

 should, of course, be rejected just as the scrub pig 

 or the scrub calf is rejected. Neither will the aver- 

 age lot attract you; you are not seeking the aver- 

 age plants. Your aim is 

 to find the best possible in 

 the field ; those that possess 

 vigor, vitality, strength, 

 big broad leaves, and heavy 

 ears. These superior plants 

 in the corn field should be 

 marked ; and at harvest 

 time you will know them. 

 These are to be set apart 

 for the next year's planting. 

 With wheat you should 

 do the same. At harvest 

 time select the heads of 

 wheat that are largest and 

 heaviest, and that show 

 superiority over the aver- 

 age in the field. It is these 

 heavier, stronger, more per- 

 fect ears and grains that 

 possess quality, good blood. 

 By using them for seed 

 the entire crop is greatly 

 increased. 



And the same plan is 

 open to the cotton farmer. 

 In going over the field he 

 finds cotton stalks well 

 filled with bolls. On the 



SIX EARS TO THE STALK 



when corn is bred to pro- 

 duce two or more large ears 

 to the stalk, the yield will 

 be greatly increased. The 

 plant pictured here is re- 

 produced Just as the camera 

 caught It, 



