Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-12-16
CRAIy MEN DISCUSS OATS
Popular Cereal Occupies Most Of Tues
day Session al Exposition
ENGLISH EXPERT ON BREEDING
Tells of Methods ny which QzaIItF
and QuHntfty Of Yield fs In
srensed-MIIIer Pleads for
lmprorementN-

Oats had their day Tuesday when the
grain dealers from the largest grain sK-
changes Of the United States attended the
SAraoual Corn ex2nsstisa nDG Devoted
almost ths entire sess3sA. Tuesday Eftr--
noon To a discussion uF the une ErRtn-the
grain which Is wuTytng them most, the
uHt
7. p GHrtun Of Warrington, England.
spoke on -sozt breeding while Pro-.
N L Bowman q the Iowa Agricultural
college spoke ut Improvement q the OHt
Crop" J c MurT. manager Of the
grain department Of the Quaker Oats
company. spoke q The Realrire Value Of
Cood and Poor Oats 10 the Cereal Miller. 4"
J. A TiedsnRn Of Sioux City presided En5
Short addresses were also made by G. ".
WRt1lss and Prof. P. G. Holden.
Probably No meeting has been rs largely
attended as the grain dealers conference
Tuesday afternoon. and long after the
lights were turned on the audience "a
manned 10 hear Prof Holden. who made
the closing address Jast before q corn
auction started
Chairman T1edeTnsn urged that the RETi-
cultural colleges and other devote more
time 10 the study Of the os1 and its in
pruvsrnsut and tuld what had been Rc-
coruTIlshed in corn improvement BE then
Introduced Mr.. Carton. who was on the
morning program. hut was changed 10
speak IN the afternoon.
Grain BreedInE Like Animal
Mr. Carton said.
4 On careful examination We find that
there are many points q similarity when
/ Il comes TO the Improvement Of both the
! plant and the animal and we find furlhe-
4 thai 4 We follow the principals that hHv
: improved oUr 1--we stock We can bring
about great Improvement u uur farm
/ crops ThEt Is 70 say. ~ crossing az
/ ferent varieties q cereals or other plant
/ for the purpose Of producing variation
the- IL Only remains for US 10 select rhls
I new types which seem 5est 10 funfl Uu
needs.
I There Is runch encouragement far the be-
: hef thar VAST changes are possible IL TIE
/ Improvement Of or farm plants. Plant
Z breeding IL nor matter Of mystery, hst
merely Z question q careful IITes-lEBti- n
Hnc he intense application q the priv
/ ClpleE ThHt govern TlHuI LIE The ulanl
I Is more TiliAhle than the animal IN The
hands uf the breeders. The underlying
/ PRINCIPLES q irIITrOVerrent are -uu-h Lhe
same The success 10 tss attained VII he
4 largely Influenced by the persistence and
interest with winch the principles are ET-
4 Piled The American farm has been
llkened = q mine. from which F0u take
I LhE fertility q the soil The Wunderf M
I E'roouctiveness q y1Ur farm hRs made the
use q improved stock and improved farm
I crops thus far q mHrter or secondary con-
siderHLlCn II the history Of American
{ agriculture can be lLksned 10 the history
pay great deal more Hr1eu1ion 10 these
oelHLs In TIE future The farm mus be-
come a modern factory. where a. evolved
Z ne highest type And the maximum q AL
! farm TIroducts-
By The process q regeneration Ne have
] brought into being In the Last few years.
Z varieties By mating an American Swedish
select nar Wflh superior Swedish select
d uAI grown UndHr d mu-F favurHhle environ
ment, Euch a. New Zealand or the continent
I uf europe, We have brought luIB beng the
reEenerzted Swedish select. TTfar thess rs-
7 generated breeds possess merit over the
I aTlglnal varieties Il exeruEllfied by the fnc-
I thai IN public trials LneV have 0urrislde6
Z al Ltrne urlE1rEl rar1etiss- For instance.
z rhe Canadian E1r=ruueut report shows q
- per cent increase IN favor Of reEenerE
I oats, VIE IN Ltrlesl -TlElE made BY the
: aztec breed q me local Irish Oats uu1-
P Welded the original variety ~ g pei cent
I - ~ s-n-lLsf 49,, lIl5-s -h ee'e--sIa y ne HlEh-
] lEnd and Agr1cL-lrural society 1hs Increase
/ weld WIS " per cent and IN England a.
Z the Yorkshire college the Increase yield
Z q rsgsnerHlsd breeds q ths local EnElist
Ths third step Involved IN plant improve
maEr has beeu simple crossing o. the mat
/ tnE q une dlsr1ncI variety q oats win
I ana Der TAriH1E- For instance. the mating
I q sWsdish sslsc1 oats WITH ths Ehsrs0n
LhE ideE being 70 blend the desirEhls char
/ Hc1srisrtcs uf Two different Variaries tutu
/ u1s plant. thereby enabling us later rr
/ select those plants which show 10 4 mus-
/ marked degree desirable EfErBr1er1Erk- SIN
pie crossing has been made the means d
ereEtiElg many new varieties Of oars AZ vel
I To 70 one Etsp further IN the Erudr n
7 plant Improvement ne must speak Of com
pusrf1e crossing or crusEinE q many diEriacf
rz-istiss ana the hlsnainE - rhs dss'rH -
chErHctHrisrics q an such varieties INTO uus
plant FuT instance. there mEV - aiEhi
sa-h a. 1-hich may have one disrinr1is.i1lg
tuulrinusa IN F0g=1A P-ESs