. The Canadian Seed Growers' Association and its work ... Seeds. 24. '^•.^Ht. ;' Photo by S. W. Fig. II.—Special Seed Plot of Prestcjn Wheat grown 1)>' S. Wheeler, Rosthcrn, Sask. Stock Seed secured originally from the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ont. The special seed plot as means of obtaining Slock Seed. Where this seed is not available the grower must produce it himself. This may be accomplished by operating each year a special seed plol of the chosen variety and selecting therefrom a sufficient quantity of typical heads, I)anicies, ears, pods or tubers, as the case may be, to giv
. The Canadian Seed Growers' Association and its work ... Seeds. 24. '^•.^Ht. ;' Photo by S. W. Fig. II.—Special Seed Plot of Prestcjn Wheat grown 1)>' S. Wheeler, Rosthcrn, Sask. Stock Seed secured originally from the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ont. The special seed plot as means of obtaining Slock Seed. Where this seed is not available the grower must produce it himself. This may be accomplished by operating each year a special seed plol of the chosen variety and selecting therefrom a sufficient quantity of typical heads, I)anicies, ears, pods or tubers, as the case may be, to give enough seed (" Hand-selected seed") to sow another plot the following year. After three or four years of careful selection there should ordinarily be produced a stock of seed of sufficient pinity and quality to entitle it to be ranked as "Elite Stock ; This practice assumes the presence of more than one strain within the mother xariety and implies the desirability of eliminating all but that or those which promise best. This is the system of mass-selection before referred to and which is considered specially useful for the practical farmer who seldom has time to undertake the more complicated and exacting methods. The "hand-selcclcd seed'' obtained in tlic al)ove manner is, in the case of cereals and small seeds, threshed by hand and every precaution is taken to keci) it pure. Following the |)roduction of Elite Stock Seed the special seed plot 7)uist Atniual use Seed plot. iJot be abandoned but must be continued each year as a means of effecting a possible further improvement in certain cases, but more especially as a means of maintaining the purity and quality of the sort and of providing. 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.
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