Davis, R: Pedigreed Fiber Flax (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Pedigreed Fiber FlaxThe object of the work described. In this bulletin has been to de ve10p improved strains of fiber ¿ax.Parent, plants for beginning the work of breeding fiber ¿ax Were first selected in the commercial ¿ax fields of eastern Michigan in 1909.The progeny of these selected plants was carefully bred by elimination of all except the best types through several successive generations.The method of selection now used is based On a comparison by per centages of the various characters regarded as important and similar characters of the best strain Used as a check.In a semicommercial test the pedigreed strains proved to be perior to commercial fiber ¿ax.The supply of Seed of the best pedigreed strains has been creased by growing two crops in one year.Efforts are now being made to combine the. Desirable characters of different strains by cross pollination. A special score card and special instruments for cross-pollinating and for measuring ¿ax have been devised.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.