Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-22

caanEe mas been SD Ersa- -nz- II
might almost be called revolutionary.
Nea-ty 20 vea-s ago there WIS ne
gun Il the Agricultural Experiment
STATION n ne southern part OF Swe-
den N aZ-e-np1 % improve the Curr-
mnn grains SD ina they should he
nfc-tr adapted u the conGlllors II,
maj country and hence mure vrufJr-
anne 1nr The Swedish turner Tins
WORK II the improvements OF saed
g---4ns was put III the hEulis- of nrsc-
1ciA men VIM aad md N addition
20 1ar-rnlng experience thurougn
scientific training They worked
steadily for e1E:iT years WIKI n lar-H
staff oi assisraars End plenty If
in,1c and every oppnr-unitv To h--nr
ABOUT the Improvement II SEED which
II was hnped would ne urocured.
The IneLuna w1licn WIS. used n rhI.
attempt . bring about rna1 irur-ove-
mHn1 was one with v1lcn Ill ara
IaTnIlar a-ld WIS IN Drlnclple ne
method which Is USED ~ The TN jnr--r-
n1 daI----rnen = their urnadlnE w1ril
eVh''y ia, This metiruti was n T7---r1-
C1plt simplicity Itself For e-z-rrsIts:
II attempting - putfd up Ec-zrr
% improved OILS sfne method WINS AZ
the beginning II IesT out q rr,Ynbe,,
II vtI-ls.llt-s. then 70 ~ through the
fields. PICK on, the bss1 hEors mn
n This war seIe1r enough Eatd FOR
me next T-eltrs planting Of ne bes.
OF me FIRST yeE-'s c~ur. THIS SID
rDsaGilw neET saeG ssis.sv-nr II -+1ls VIZ
WIS I'll rEed trE-n-hsr ants 1iuured
1tie ne-- year and 2-uir men want
through me tiolCs end seiectad what
seemed ~ be The best stsati -r1i-E.,i
II al together and planted II me ne--
var and So Gl. Tins process of
selecting WHAT Scanned 70 be the hest
az The BASIS ~ performance aipne
II nI'eed --'am n eacn sucresHIve
"rcr was continued for elEnT vea-Y
~le~e WIS n d.sLlnc1 ana azE.d IN
ploverneut wlarF7Te- as 81 resu.t Of
Tins InnE continued Selection.
= ls an Interesting ana significant
CaC- ma Wllic ms wl-k WIS E-tIr-?C
N with crops 4 Sweden exactly the
same sz1nu u m experiment cr.r-,s.ti
on ov exactly me sIs-ne KIND Of
methods Was EnInC on n Name in
mt attempt Il f'r-ng a1u1t n ~aased
eg@ production n poultry br bread
Ing, In LggS ne Maine AE-ICll !r.Ira!
pertinent Station began IN expert
menu N breeding ear egg prnducti IN
ii winch the method Of procedure
was rs follows: 4 trap nest recu,ti
wus iIerTI u TIE err Production If
eIlch Individual bI--c. Only Lacse
hlIvis we've used as breeders n each
CIR which uluue the highest egg
}ec1rus n the year before. JUST Us
n 1airy- work u register merit or
advanced -essls---v' Of hens WIS es-
I1piisned Any hI-d was eligible 70
and was entered N the '.a1;~anced
reEIsr--y" Il she iald 200 Or more eggs
II her pulled raAr. This kind Of
breeding rrurn the highest egg pro
ducers- making the selection simply
on the 1asis OF --ap nest performance
alone. WIS continued for nine years-
T-hen Just SIS N the Swedish work
with plants. an account uf stock Of
the results was taken. The general
results was exactly the same AZ n
-he CASE u the ca-eaI WORK The
average -rruQI egg production per
bIrd showed NJ definite increase as a
result If the CLOSE SELECTION prac-aue1.
The plain and definite result 0f this
experiment was that the practice Of
Simply selecting the best LAYERS as
nreeders diu not improve me aEE
production If the flock
Not satisfied with the results Of
TINS long selection experiment aipne.
nm
other way by comparing me egg prp-
ducrlun Of the offspring OF me lad
va1Esd reEIsrry-" nir1E-rtIat is eco
eSg hens-wlth the offspring OF
nirCts npr IN the advanced --es-,sr---- =
The upsn0t Of this experiment. can
timed through I whole yea~ was
also perfectly plain End definite The
daughters oT ''2s0-egg'' hens were No
berte- LAYERS and in faCI We're NOT
quite SO Gnnd ayers as The aauEfTt e-s
of other BIRDS
THE genera results Of -!lpsu rwu
long and extensive experiments one
with plants and the other with ami
mails carried on with rae utmost care
Dv different people IL different parts
If the world. and without any con-
.aec1ion whatever, were n essentials
identical They cien-4v tnaIcated
That tnr general theory OF breeding
ON which they were based IS iuck-
Inr IN same essential qualifications
from rne standpoint NJ the practical
as we'll as the scientific man. There
was no escape frnm the conclusion
that the rnetaud N selecting from
production ainne as followed II these
ex7er;mHfffs is apI d gUod method
f-r the TrnC1lcaI breeder A Cilanre
uf method with both plants and
puuIt-v that VIII be outlined IN an
other letter hls gwen definite re
suits But this change had 70 be
based on g-udv If tac laws If in
neriranre NJ tne characters involved
The fialry-rnan ls still Obliged 70 de-
penG upnn the register NJ rne--t C''Ad-
vanced Re-istrv''1 method II his
breeding In the light Of the e1-pe---
ailCe with ngEE and poultry II If NOT
u he wondered II TIM the p-ur-rss
rs unsatisfactory II rs vary innbt-
full If much progress is hrd n in
c-eased milk md butter faf p-aduc-
tiun Until snch time as the essential
fac-s rnlative N their Inheritance are
discovered The discovery " these
fnrts for dn!I-v rartin if the sole ub-
lert Of tiln GROSS breeding experiment
begun several wears ago hy this sta
non. T-fr results that are acc--l,nE
make the ultimate solution Of this