The Osceola times., 1879-04-05
BIG CORN CROP.
q wsssers Farmer T-iis bo~ Ia uat'
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Like produces like" with seed a.
with snimas. Oae can not Therefore
produce . large crop Of corn from seed
that has been used 10 grow sm0Dg +
number 0t barren stalks. Where nge
stalks have grown in bill, and but one
has bofue an ear, that corn Is useless for
seed ; ed should he selected from q
crop where each stalk bears at least cne
esr, and il there is an attempt a. two
II 1. be only In the shape OF husk
| wi h0nt even = hubbin, the ear from ths.
stalk should be chosen. Tnis habit OF
shooting out ears at the joint may be
encouraged In this way, and varisties
with stalks producing several ears have
thus been originated. But unless the
seed has been selected with care II is in
vain TO expect q large yield OF corn.
The ee 1 is the fret rquisite. The soil
ia the neIt Too Itch roll IL not prolific
Of grain. Enormous stalks often appear
with the smallest uubbins, OF only mode.
rate ears. Excessive msnuring will moi
help the yield OF grain 20 much ss the
production OF foliage. The popular
method OF planting corn on clover sod
may not be advisable in ell csses. This
i. an eastern practice, and IL di.regsried
10 the west. IL grows under the nsces-
sity for some auxiliary fertilizing by 10
tation Of crops, the preventing OF weeds,
and the saving Of labor in cultivation
an eastern farm being unable 70 grow
weeds and corn both. We hsve come 10
that now In the west, although we follow
wheat with com, or corn vita corn suo
do not depend much upon breaking ~
sod Tor this crop II may be q question
II II is not wiser to carefully nurse soc
and tIy to get more permsnent meadow
than We used to have, rather than bresl
II up 20 frequently. But to grow a good
crop OF corn 1t 4. not necessary to turn
under sod. Subtle land will produce
a heavy crop, II 1t Is ricn enough In the
right sort of fertilizers, and is kept free
rom weeds. Where the soil il no, n
good condition msnuTing Is necessary
to put the manure in the hill or drill, l.
the beat method: The crep then gets it,
fosd when and where il needs il the
most.
An esriy stsrt is the great point. Olt
ear may be mslured On stalk With Il
late start, but 10 mature the secondary
ears and give them their ful! growth, Is
impossible unless the crop mskes start
from the first and keeps il up. II we
use only small quantity OF manure Ia
the bill TO start the plant aud the roots
have then 10 grope several inches, or
feet, away into the soil for food, time j.
lost and the crop IA sacrificed No after
start csn make up for this lost iime. An
excellent fertilizer 70 -tsrt the growth I,
a good handful OF mixed poult manure,
wood s-hes and plaster This old
fashioned fertilizer has In it all thst the
modern formulas provide - nitrogen
pho-phoric acid, potash and lime; and
the useful ID CT upon the soil, IN n
che micsl way, OF these materials, as well
But there must be something else. II
stimulating fertilizers are used in the
hill or drill, manure mus! be provided
outside and near at hand TO lurnish 'ood
ss soon Ss the former have been ex,
hsusted 30 thst there should be eithe,
= bounti'ul provision OF manure in the
hill or drill and good dressing of soluble
fertilizer in the soil outside OF those. or
pice p,rso Either will answer the pur.
pose required.
The next goint i. cultivation Thi-
should BE- Immediately after the seed il
sown or At east be e'ore 3 weed i to be
seen BY running the cultivator In the
rows very soon after planting the soil
Ia loosened, the young, sprouting weeds
are killed outright before thrv nave done
any harm, and the manure and soil sre
more clssely intermingled Whatever
NAV be the effect otherwi.e f c1ltiva.
tion OF the soil, we know that 1t helps
he crop. The best crops are raised by
the Use ei the plow, occasionally, in the
rows |, may be the root pruning. a.
Il is claimed by Dr. Sturtevsnt; it NAV
Ne the mellowing aud seratiug OF the
slil it may be that the slilis kept moi.t
atout the roots by covering them more
deeply or u may be all Of these hut IL
l. certainly lrue that the big crops that
have been Grown have been cultivated
With the plo~ more or less ~uckering
msy be di'pensed with. Indeed with
some varieties OF corn, this habi! o.
suckering ada to the yIoll ~ the early
fuckers often bear ears. The stripping
Of the suckers slimu stss the growth a
the stalk, and that is 70 be avoided
when We sfe enyesyotipg 10 produce
grain. Nothing remains to be done after
his, but when the attempt l. made to
grow crop OF unusual yield, a dressing
OF one hundred and fty pound. per acre
of dissolved bone or Peruvian gusno OF
low grade in ammonia, msy be cultivated
n al the last working. This will help
the formation II ears, and a. it will co 4
from sS to Al so per acre, * TO ten
bushels Of curn per acre extra will pay
Tor IL. The tl'ling out OF all the imper
'ect ears will isr more than make up this
quantity, aud every corn grower knows
how many imperfect ears there are in
the best crop grown. From recent sue
re se- in growing large crops of corn, Il
is d ffcult TO say what the full possibii.
ties OF thi, crop may be; one hundred
bushels per scre are now frequently
grown, and 1t ia thought possible that
this yield may be greatly turpa~ed
The truth il we sre about now b ginning
10 learn how to gov corn.