The cereals in America,

Natural Crossings in Oats at Akron, Colorado1

“…To test the point a large number of flowers were emascUlated by him and left uncovered under conditions favorable for crossing, but no seed was obtained, while at the same time artificial crosses were about 7 5 per cent successful, on an average. Hunt (9) stated that the indications are that oats are nearly always self-fertilized and that no American cross-bred variety of oats has yet been widely distributed.…”

The Experimental Basis for the Present Status of Corn Breeding1

“…One class of modifications had as its object a reduction in experimental error. Hunt (37) planted each ear in duplicate rows in different parts of the plat. Williams (86) used systematically distributed rows planted with uniform seed as a check on soil variation.…”

Why Cereals Winterkill1

“…The kind of soil and its moisture content undoubtedly have an important relation to winter injury. Hunt (30), for example, says that the loamy soils of the corn belt which are usually friable and well supplied with organic matter are not so well adapted to wheat as the clay upland soils, because on the former wheat is likely to winterkill in unfavorable seasons. Montgomery ( 44) says that all heavy soils, in humid regions heave, due to alternate thawing and freezing.…”