Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station . careful grower or skilledplant breeder has left off. It is here as with animals; for, if it is de-sired to breed milk cows, it is not best to go back to the scrub to beginselecting the desirable animals, but rather to begin with some of thebest of the recognized milk breeds, like the Jersey, Guernsey, etc., andwith these continue the improvement by breeding and selection. SOME FACTORS IN SUCCESSFUL CORN GROWING. 25 Buying Seed. In buying seed it is usually safest to secure seed in small quantitiesfirst, and from as near home
Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station . careful grower or skilledplant breeder has left off. It is here as with animals; for, if it is de-sired to breed milk cows, it is not best to go back to the scrub to beginselecting the desirable animals, but rather to begin with some of thebest of the recognized milk breeds, like the Jersey, Guernsey, etc., andwith these continue the improvement by breeding and selection. SOME FACTORS IN SUCCESSFUL CORN GROWING. 25 Buying Seed. In buying seed it is usually safest to secure seed in small quantitiesfirst, and from as near home as possible, other things being equal, andgive them a trial before making extensive planting of the variety. Thiscan be done, as some of the best yielders for JSTorth Carolina soils thusfar found are those which have been originated in this and adjoiningStates. If a neighbor has better field-selected corn than you have, byall means secure some of his seed, as it will be found generally that hiscorn will do better in that particular neighborhood than corn bought at. (51) (52) (53) (54) Fig. 14.—Type Ears of Varieties: (51) Reids Yellow Dent; (52) Rileys Favorite; (53) Iowa Silver-mine; and (54) Selection 77. a distance. It is suited to the local conditions, as is evidenced by itssuperior yielding qualities. Farmers, in purchasing seed corn at a dis-tance, should require the dealers to ship it on the ear and supply a state-ment as to where it was grown. This is essential, for, as pointed outabove, if the corn was grown under greatly different soil and climaticconditions from those under which it is to grow, the seed will seldomprove satisfactory for at least the first two or three years, although theymay be of strong vitality, good quality and come from an excellentvariety, produced by a careful, conscientious grower. Another advan-tage of buying seed on the ear is that when it comes if it is not satis- 26 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. factory it may be returned to th
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