Report1908- . Striking Corn Stalk Variations 16 OHIO CORN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION produces more and better grain than all the others. It also pos-sesses to a g-reater or less degree the power of transmitting to itsprogeny this power of great production. It is therefore not thedesire of the practical corn g-rower to grow fields of widely varyingindividuals, but fields in which every individual will possess thispower of g-reat production. Practical agricultural operations de-mand a certain degree of uniformity and the desire is to have theuniformity approach as nearly as possible the most profit
Report1908- . Striking Corn Stalk Variations 16 OHIO CORN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION produces more and better grain than all the others. It also pos-sesses to a g-reater or less degree the power of transmitting to itsprogeny this power of great production. It is therefore not thedesire of the practical corn g-rower to grow fields of widely varyingindividuals, but fields in which every individual will possess thispower of g-reat production. Practical agricultural operations de-mand a certain degree of uniformity and the desire is to have theuniformity approach as nearly as possible the most profitable Portion of a Southern Ohio Farm Where Careful Systematic Seed Selection And Preservation is Practiced, and Where 700 Acres Annually Yield About 75 Bushels of Corn Per Acre. is there any limit to this improvement? some ask. After wehave obtained a strain of corn that under given conditions will pro-duce 100 bushels per acre, variations will still be found. Some ofthe individuals will produce more than others. Can we then go onimproving till a 200 bushels per acre strain is produced? Quitelikely. Accompanying the increased yield changes in the form ofthe plant may take place. A stronger root system or a more evendistribution of the weight of the ear around the stalk may there is a limit or not, it is clear that as a corn growingstate and country we have not as yet arrived half way to the limitand further progress necessitates more work and more careful work. Corn shows, corn trains, corn bulletins, and corn lectures areg-ood things, but in themselves they do not increase
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