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Title: Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Bowman, Melville LeRoy, 1881- (from old catalog) Crossley, Bruce William, 1886- (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: Corn
Publisher: Ames, Ia., The authors
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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(Courtesy of Iowa State College) Fig. 159. EAE TOO HIGH ON STALK. Some oftbe earsfrom thisbed oanbe plantedin largefield 456 CORN.
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(By courtesy of Iowa State College)Fig. 160.STALKS SHOWIXG EARS AT PROPER HEIGHT. SELECTION BED—SECOND YEAR. 457 SELECTION BED.—(Second Year).—In the spring of the secondyear, greater care and better judgment will be required in order tcadvance. The 50 ears now selected should possess a uniformity oftype and show strong powers of germination. A repetition of thesteps of the first year should be carried on the second. Some criticism be usedof this method for continued use has been made. The argument setforth is fear of inbreeding and consequently a loss in productivenessIn a block of three acres properly handled, inbreeding to a harmfulextent will not take place for many years, if at all. If the selectionbed, as outlined, were carried on by every farmer in the corn belt,it would add millions of dollars to the annual income of the cornproducing states.

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