. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. LOCATION OF BREE]:>ING BLOCIv 461 to plant in "increase bed," being very largely inbred, yet it is desirable to keep a detailed record of their performances as they are the sire rows in the breeding blocl<s. It will be found that some of the breeding blocks are yielding much higher than others, and in general the detasseled rows yield- ing higher than the tasseled rows. From the ears produced on —say two of the
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. LOCATION OF BREE]:>ING BLOCIv 461 to plant in "increase bed," being very largely inbred, yet it is desirable to keep a detailed record of their performances as they are the sire rows in the breeding blocl<s. It will be found that some of the breeding blocks are yielding much higher than others, and in general the detasseled rows yield- ing higher than the tasseled rows. From the ears produced on —say two of the highest yielding breeding blocks (breeding blocks Nos. 1 and 5, for example), select 25 to 30 of each. It is very likely. that not more than 30 out of the 400 ears will be especially suitable. The two sets of ears must not be mixed, but should be given a germi- nation test, the strong ones then shelled and graded; in fact, prepared in accordance with "Selection and Preparation of Seed Corn for ; It will thus be seen that we now have two lots of—say 25 ears each; one lot, the best of the 400 from the detasseled rows in breeding block No. i (from ear No. i, Avith ear No. 50 as sire) ; the second lot, the best 25 ears from the detasseled rows in breeding block No. 5 (from ear No. 10, with car No. 25 as sire). The "increase bed" will now be planted, the following or third year, as follows : Location, Planting and Care. Select if possiljle another isolated plot of three acres. The seed from one lot (taken from breeding block No. i, selected from detasseled ear No. i with ear No. 50 as sire), should be put in the planter box on one side only; the seed from the second lot (taken from breeding block No. 5, selected from detasseled ear No. 10, with ear No. 25 as sire), should be put in the other planter box. The three-acre plot should now be planted so that the ears representing seed from lot No. I and Lot No. 2, respectively, shall be placed in alternat
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