. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 66 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. variations by crossing with another strain than by inbreeding and selec- tion. For this reason I think Mr. Kurtz will increase the length of the white corn faster by crossing and selection than by inbreeding and selection. Mr. Ellis—Variation is just the thing we want to avoid and true- ness to type is the thing most desired, and for that reason we had better keep our variety pure and we will then have a reasonable assurance that the good q
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 66 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. variations by crossing with another strain than by inbreeding and selec- tion. For this reason I think Mr. Kurtz will increase the length of the white corn faster by crossing and selection than by inbreeding and selection. Mr. Ellis—Variation is just the thing we want to avoid and true- ness to type is the thing most desired, and for that reason we had better keep our variety pure and we will then have a reasonable assurance that the good qualities of the parent will be reproduced. THE CHEMISTRY OF CORN. (Dr. R. M. Bird. Agricultural College.) In speaking to an audience upon a chemical subject great difficulties are met with by reason of the fact that chemistry demands the use of a large number of technical terms of which the average man would not be expected to know the meaning; and futhermore, the subject is so ex- tremely broad that it is well nigh impossible to make much out of it during the few minutes which are allowed me this evening. Therefore, I shall attempt to deal with a very few compounds that occur in the corn and a very few processes which go on during the period of growth. Only the high places can be touched, and tliese very lightly. The corn plant is a machine of the most delicate and complicated construction by means of which the farmer transforms certain raw. I'AICTS or (JKAIN OK 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 Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri State Board of Agriculture
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