The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07

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most rapid progress Will be made by
seeking out and improving the choicest
y Individual plants and cars, and therefore
I, II one is to gain anything from the
special seed patch. careful record
must be preserved OF the individual ears
and plants or the results obtained Will
talI far short on what might be accom-
plished by the exercise OF greater care
and vigilance. The special seed patch IS
an essential part OF the work OF corn
Z selection. ana Will require the cxpendi-
ture OF but little more money, time 9, Or
effort on the part OF the farmer. Ger:
tanly the outlay Will not be at all cons.
mensurate with the increased Yield Of
i corn which he should obtain.
At this juncturo many persons will be
wondering whether selection will pay or
not. The question can be answered In
several ways There is an old axiom
which says Eternal vigilance is the
price OF success" which might be APP
propriately taken as tho motto OF the
corn BREEDER. VIII it pay to select seed
corn? {yNlc would ask tho question
when he stops to consider that one
bushel OF we'll selected corn will plant
ten acres which ought to produce 400
bushels OF corn worth anywhere from
S16O to 5000 per acre? A bushel. Of seed
corn has been known to rethrn 700
bushels at the next harvest, which on;
the same basis would representa- money
value OF $3.50 per acre. The cost OF a
bushel Of improved seed corn may be
: 50, and many q man thinks because he
can buy It for 80 centss a bushel that
. he Is wasting sl.50a He docs not look
far enough ahead to realize how 5,yitally
the seed will Influence the yield, and
hence tho profits to BIO derived from
,{e,Ho c ypi1 1fnny n
spend his best time and effort in the
preparation and Fertilization Of his soil.
though not Willing to pay a good price
D for the highest quality of seed to put
onchis land. What folly; what q waste
OF human energy; how short-sighted on
the part of the farmer!
Selection. which has resulted In OBJ
tanning good seed, has been known to
increase$the yield OF corn from to 25
bushels per acre,
GOOD SEED IMPORTANT,
4 These facts make 1t evident that good
seed Is of tho utmost Importance, and
as this good seed can only be obtained
through selection, 1t is to the interest
OF the farmer to give attention to such
an important matter at once; II he has
not the seed let him pay n good price
to some reliable party who can furnish
him with some thoroughbred corn that
has well 5esta blished, + desirable lleredi-1
tary characteristics and that can trans
nit these to succeeding crops,
Il The question naturally following Is how
to 60 about seed selection. The farmer
who has given no attention to the subs
ject can possibly afford to buy his seed
the frstYsyear. but not after that, No
person can grow as good seed for tho
farmer as he can produce himself and
certainly when he finds Unnecessary, to
purchase seed he should not have to go
far from home, People say seed runs
out; they say a. change of seed is me-
3cessary;i they say they must bring In
new varieties from long distance In
order to Increase the yigor. All these
things are untrue, la 2,.3,
Nseeds run out because they do not re-
.ceipe the care and attention on the ave
rage farm that the orig nato gave Stnem
In their process ofTdeyelopment and hence
they revert and lose the special qualities
that gave them their recnlia va ue, Corn
has been grown on the same farm and.
on the same land for years and years and
has gradually improved Throughout tho
whole period /, \ n otable examples Sof this
are found m tho case Of Roone county
white, developed by MI. Riley, Of Thorn-85
ltaa, Ind, pad early leaning developed