Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
By CHARLES A. WHITTLE.
Georgia State College of Agriculture.

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FARMER I'd" S'0"
JIG is any easy matter Tor farmer
to grow bis own seed and thus be
yrr. that ba is rot gettfp., a weak
HF 'iL'. having "''"'Ieu "n'' can
bc reasonably expected 70 be- pure
STRAIN. ne s1oI,d pursue IHr p.' hi-lo-
IN bfg sae5 rrst Sror, ,,raIp rbt,f,eJ
fr,a, q, sir,lo ,,r or bcad
E.rnra n7aptfnp he shnifd Inc sl,re
r53t he is Dutfjng INTO The Ground
seeds thar are vigorous re can no.
,aru,iue This b,. rnpdurtiro oernofrai
irg tests Taking grains from "a So
lert,d ear he can plant these In q
sand HOY arpIv moisture and ohsa1.v,
how. many Of the saed rlautad gerroi-
nate n nearly 1OO ner com Of the
Grains terminate the oar is moi die
rarded only those shown tho hes.
termination should be reserved IN
plant i'm the seed Mat Some breed o.
ars go further and investigate the
rootlets that first devotion and dis
"a .d even good terminating care th..f
do not also show good root develop
ment
Having ascertained which are the
good ears the next step Of the seed
breeder is 10 pIant each ear ia a row
So as IA Ron rb.clg a., tbe lfsto,.,
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF each ear All
this can be done with little trouble ~
the farmer Rreeders favor det,ss.I
ing every other stan, Of corn m =
breeding pIat before N has noIIenizad
Itself
o.h.- pt.,. 49,. E.-.;ti-
g ''''N
rms leaves the stalk TO be tertllizeC
pF aHolneI pant when i considered
20 MAKE LOT "a stronger breed than
'iluE lIHe comes only those ears
Which nave grown on the detasseled
Stalks are taekn for seed to be used
ya,r '''! TbGs e ,ng SEQ sc p'ai the mex
which are not reserved for fnture
seed pIats. together with those from
the stalks not detasseled can h.
planted i'm the field This of course
applies to corn. and no sucb rloes
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other grains but tbs same earar,I
principles npplv. The main nnint is
to take care that the selected strain
Of corn, wheat. oats or whatever ols-
are kept put and free from the i'm
vasion Of royors and that tho strain
Is kept as strong as possible h, sod
selection. which includes tho gerr,i
nation test
An interesting drveInpuept in corr
breeding which has been nursuad IA,
Profe ssor =. O Vanattar OF tho
Georgia state College Of Agriculture
is that which has IN do Win 's,,1lg
ers" or stools" on corn. Instead M
discarding corn with "syckers" be l,,s
developed and watched II TTis CON
cusions are that corn that guclror
is the corn that garr,ipatos stra,,r
est produces the hfspest Weld re-
the best stoyer stands strongost
against winds in cact 10 ~ -
corn Rreaders gep.raIi, 49,, -.
looked This fact
r... &c.
M. u.s. ' 80, rom science
butiong are heirs, an vo1lIl
the aqgr.g.ta nf 7l,,a,,io'3,..' ,'i 60. ="
arIargo ~. ,-tlt,5, Us VI nov 20
hut otbc, -, ~ my VI ~
tho ecjo,tistg "a IS Il va Mn''H
40 for Ne to,,o e." ~ Per k x can
inc Tho go 49,, ~. VI ,,y lar,ler. CIV
H., ,b, ,t ,,,, g tle lluIlS OF ms study
" saI5 'o W u.LeaSTu harVests.
r,.a,,,.n, t ~, asIICuil uraI WORK Is
,i"nia, ~ ~" more fascination and
40 i.L go. 5n.S OF plant preedlnS,
5 ,5,. WITHOUT uoubt some marvellous
S sl,,. VII De made I'm the next
S'aiS Nul'u Will not only set
'''S'S agoR. nut VIII rejoice a
Muo'e Norld Lnat other discoveries
nave oeeh made whereby two stalks
c"u ne grown where one has hereto
lorS oern grown.
me history OF plant development
reaus Ike romance, but back Of il. Of
course was long years Of careful toll
ihai was unromantic enough As