The Approved Seed Plan of the Missouri Corn Growers' Association 1

At the second annual meeting of the International Crop Improvement Association, held in Chicago on December I, I920, it was shown that much work is being done in a number of States to stimulate the production of better seeds and to obtain a wider distribution of improved strains of high-yielding crop varieties. At this meeting the plans of sevet:al of the State seed organizations were explained and their work discussed. One ~oticeable thing thruout the meeting was that while all these organizations have a common purpose, the means used to bring about the desired results differ widely. In view of this fact it may be of some interest to note the plan now used by the Missouri Corn Growers’ Association. The essential l~urposes of this plan are : 1. To stimfllate the production of better seed by members of the association. 2. To test this seed and to put the association’s official approval upon the best of it. 3. To advertise officially the approved seed and in every way to promote its use. There is perfect cooperation between the Missouri Corn Growers’ Association and the Field Crops Department of the College of Agriculture, and only such crop varieties as have yielded high in tests conducted by the Field Crops Department are recommended by the association and sold thru its approved list. The first work of the association is to stimulate interegt in the use