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the strain is necessary, because the strain is a pure line and breeds 
true. Every pinto bean grower who is making a business of bean 
production should start a seed patch. The start should be made 
by selecting plants in the field. In making selection, the follow¬ 
ing points should be watched for: 
1. High individual plant yield 
2. Early maturity 
3. Uniform ripening of pods on the plant 
4. Freedom from disease 
To make a seed plat, the seed of each of these selected bean 
plants should be planted by itself in a row. These rows are really 
A desirable type of plant—dry-land pinto beans 
comparative tests of the value of the selections. The high-yield¬ 
ing rows which are produced represent the mother plants which 
it is desirable to keep. All the seed from high-yielding rows hav¬ 
ing other desirable characteristics should be saved. If one strain 
