The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-10-08
Selecting seed-corn

Last spring two yeats / instituted a series
of experiments with seed-coro, which,
FitAniissSi5 rffffuIl's, ffIl PF be int interesting to
your readers.
'72fhihll WXsb husfibg 1 S9iseted for seed
ten ears from stalks with two ears, and the
same number from stalks with but one ear.
Last spring a year planted FIVE rows
with seed taken from the stalks with but
tWo ears tie points and buds being sbellsd
fefE, ,fEe Tfys take from leach seed of the same
duality as the forher5 and differing from
them in being talks on which they were
the Only ears. I also took portion of seed
ears, and after shelling of all the imperfect
grains at the points and buds, shelled three
inches from the points and kept it by itself,
and used it for the next five rows;
5shd The fenaindsf Of the seed I used for an
'othSr fiYs rows TbhsII had twenty rows
-fFsml four iditfFsRt CLASSES, of fseed, five of
each kind, which I will number thus: No. ! ,
from ears from stalks containing two ears;
(the most perfect being used;) No. 2, from
Oseed from stalks Of bqlY ope ear, the imper-
ofsst grains being sRelled of; Ma, from the
frst tAfee inches Of perfect corn, measuring
from the point Of the 'eai,s No. 4, from Seed
taken from the base of the ear, or from the
base TO the middle
After husking these twenty rows, 1 noted
the following results:
In No. there were two more stalks. bear
ing two ears Than No /. hence 1 concluded
that seedi fuOm1 stalks bearing two ears
is more likely to produce stalks with two
ears of like quality from stalks bearing but
one ear.
No. was ripe some two and a half weeks
{ before No, 3, and was better cared and fill
ed out to the end of the cob, which. was
not the case with N613. FFom this I am
led to concluded that seed from the base and
middle will produce ears that will fipen from
two to three weeks sooner than # taken
from the point.
sYRA4y, q Ferd Jsbout, the selection Ofseed-
corn. always select my seed when cut.
ting. When come across a good ear /
leave the stalk uncut and always save
good deal more than l need Last fall
saved enough 10 this way to sell ten bush
els. The corn remains on the st-'k until
there has been one or two good frosts; the
stalk is then cut, the ear husked and thrown
into carl q bisk q, and the STALE taEen to
the neasps shOsk sThe cs1ais tbeutssksh
into the barn and throwo on TOP Of the bav.
until ,ssleisU re. day. s-Fiyes when that for
actust beed is selected! = In this selection 1
do not make it rule to t9Fe the ce-s hav-
ing the greatest diameter, but never retaia
aEu'ear until L have removed grain near
themiddle to ascertain the depth of zoe co, q.
70 aAnsear may be lsrge and yet not contain as
g much com as q snlsll Ter one; tbe cob may be
-assslafges and thssFin should be to obtain a
81 large ear with. a small. cob, After about
{. Z twice The quaudity ueeaedis selected, it is
~ removed to The house and stored on STATS
Lover the kitchen Here it remains until
!. -, vs. nted ia the spring, E''''
has fsour fsrmers are 100 careless in their selec-
= ton Of seed corn more care viii pay, for
like produces like as surely with corn as
-lsWiith. .apy other plant, e .sr5 = % bonds
- Z, 3, Great care is necessary IN t,Sing to select
- or raiss5 twokiuds Of corn from the same
O patch. ~ j. % 's- 's' 1+'ia y'f -.
4Asvg nov Beorel me an ear cOntsiuiogil
three kinds '..Of corus viz: white cesa1of a
,,bsight rye straw color yellow lcorA of
9 orb eolors the latter is Eriukled, while the
1.-TWO former are plump aud folk 49, D..
81 - The plant which produced IBIS ear vas
.af1ftOm stalk produced by a grain of white
. cora. But there was both yellow and sweet
.rg corn in the same field Trough neither ives
less than, three hundred yards from the white
cora. The yellow or common coio is mix
.is-ed with the aOfber two, lad they ere also
E. e. mi=ed With it. s5
2 The mixture takes place with otherplauts;
thus cabbage viii mix with turnips, which
,ss viii mix with radishes and rita bagas which
sas1sill mix with rape, and the result WI mix
= with cabbsges..
.aols Again ( say more care viii pay, Select
8 good sound, ripe corn. ard there W lbeless
, fePlantipg,. When | select my seed as
-l., above and drop four grains ia hill. don't
~ find Unnecessary to rePlant any. I prefer
letting the seed-corn get fully ripe before
4 4 storing away for ne M;ater.
ss cher 'er7 a7as q AN OH FABMER.
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