. The Canadian Seed Growers' Association and Its Work : including the constitution, by-laws and regulations. Seed industry and trade. 28 The actual number of hills selected will depend largely upon the system it is intended to follow in their propagation. Thus these hills may eitiier be (a) bulked togethei- and used to plant the Hand-8elected-Seed-Plot the following year, or (b) they may be store-d separately and planted separately on the Seed Plot in accordance with the hill-to-the-row system. For those who iiave the time, best results usually may be expected from the hill-to-the- row system
. The Canadian Seed Growers' Association and Its Work : including the constitution, by-laws and regulations. Seed industry and trade. 28 The actual number of hills selected will depend largely upon the system it is intended to follow in their propagation. Thus these hills may eitiier be (a) bulked togethei- and used to plant the Hand-8elected-Seed-Plot the following year, or (b) they may be store-d separately and planted separately on the Seed Plot in accordance with the hill-to-the-row system. For those who iiave the time, best results usually may be expected from the hill-to-the- row system at least for the tirst two or three years. ]\I'.'mbers are allowed to follow which ever system they prefer. Method of Planting Selected Hills. — (a) Bulking Method : By this nK-tii'od the .sclertc(l lulls arc simply Imlked together and used to plant the Hand-Selected Seed Plot the following year in the ordinary way. A sufficient mimhcr of hills to make up aLout five (5) bushels should be selected. This amount after allowing for disease, should be sufficient to plant a seed plot of one-quarter acre. (b) IliU-to-thr-How Method.—By this method the selected hills are ke separate over winter and are planted separately the following Spring, each selected hill planting a short row. In order that the productive qualities of each selected hill may be compared by means of the performance of its prog- eny, it is desirable that each of these rows have the same number of hills and be planted with the same total weight of Potatoes, The rows may be planted parallel with eadi other or they may run in a continuous row, being placed end to end and separated by stakes. (See illus- tration).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canadian Seed Growers' Association. Ottaws : Canadian Seed Growers' Association
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