The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-03-24
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Hulclucst, Mlrch 2t, 1852
Imoroycd And Select Srea
Corn.


Inorovcd AID Select Srea
Corn.
There is nothing connected with
corn culture more essential than the
selection Of tho best seed. The
farmer who pants iu'c'Nr and deter
lated SEED caanot cxpact al aban-
dant yield 81 corn, no matter how
20 III ,hS soil, the culiure, or how II.
vo,ab,c The seasons. | viii venture
tho assertion, without the fear oi
successful contradiction, that If our
Southern farmers w>uld plant none
Int the best improved aud most pro-
ht, seed .itel TO their soil and
climate thai, with the sHmo cu.'iva-
tim, they would ircaoasc thn yield
from % to 80 per cent 1t IL well
known fact that tho pollenior bloom
ir IN the tassel, falling on the silk
produ 'es the & ain III nee tho i'm
portance II keeping al the barren
.l.d inferior sti,ks'cu' out where you
expect 10 gaiher your corn for til.
next years seed bsfiro tho pollen
from such stalks effects and dam
ages tho corn growing in adj lining
rows or hills that have or would
mature well developed ears. The
theory il, /. an ear OF corn is grow
inS near on barren or inferior stalk,
no difference how nice and sound il
N ay be, it il likely to produce bar
r,u or il fariur stalls also. L; VII!
well repay tie farmer 10 sc: tho best
variety Of seed suited 10 his s1il and
climate, Chat ho vii! have 70 fad on;
by experimenting, and tes. the merits
Of the different Yarietics) that hc eau
obtain rreadiess OF expense. anu take
little pains at the proper time il
growing, harvesting and selecting
his seed and keep improving his sec4
stalk. the average farmer is not able
to buy his seed every year at fancy
prices and there lie no necesity OF it.
planted a small quantity oiW.lkers
Mhlle seed cora lust year aud MAS
we'll pleased with the resu,t. II was
decidedly the most productive ard
lest corn grew last Season and ]
planted several grnd sorts 1 see
Mr. Walker advertists his corn III
the Journal). Prof Boun,, the orig
inator OF the celebrated BlOunt's
Prolific corn, is said 10 have made
his corn what 1t il by science. Frs.
thorough knowledge Of the habits
and laws Of the plant, aud plaut food
hat IL best su tied quality Of soil,
culture. etc. HIS theory IL said 10
be that every Join; that has gro VI
should bear one ear and that the top
ear bears the only true seed. Act
ing upon this theory, he increased
the yield Of his corn irom one and
two ears CD u stalk to from six 10
Eight. BY little trouhle aid indus
try, ! do not SEQ why any of Us
could no, originate u larger and equ-
nlly ss prolific u variety IT field corn,
better adapted to our soil and climate
knew by experience that by plant
ing two ur more different varieties OF
corn ,cgsthcr, that you could get up
u cross Or hlbrli. sometimes com
binlng all the great qualities of the
original sorts, and making an I'M
provemcnt Oh ard one OF The varie-
lies first planted; and by carefully
selecting aud culuvatlnS This hybrid
you can, III few years, establish q
new aud very superior and distinct
variety of permanently tixOd habit
that will not deterioratc, II anything
like care is taken Oft. / have learn.
I'D another very important lesson III
corn culture b. experience; that ia II
you fail To get stand Of corn at the
first planting, replsut with the carll-
est variety that you can get and
thereby prevent Your crop from be-
ing scatter grain. A field If corn
replant, d in this way will generally
ali mature ~ the same time aud OF
gathering time you could hardly tell
the difference III tho yield OF that
field aud one whsre you get full
stand at first planting.
Since j have been writing for the
Agricultural Press / never accept
bet up. or adv mcs q theory until the
truth of 1t IL CLEARLY demonstrated
by practical f.cts.-J 5 Barnet. IN
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