Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-11-21
Ii ripened very early and yielded ss

y
SIS pounds.
Blount's Prolific was next this corn
have raised several years, selecting
only the best and most prolific. 1t has
small ears and COTS. but very large
stalks. It's late variety the ker.
nels are short but broad, hard and
white, and make best quality Of meal.
BY having from two to five ears on each
stalk 1t yields fairly well, otherwise it
would be almost failure, because the
ears are small, ityielded SO ga pounds.
The Seventh was Northern Pride.
have had it three years and have saved
the best for seed each year. 1t is very
early, ripens generally by the first part
of August, and although a small vel.
low corn, it is a very valuable variety,
either as early planting to mature be-
fore drouth, or, when from press of
work, or unfavorable weather, the
planting is delayed until late, as it will
mature readily inside OK ninety days.
II yielded IS 3S pounds. The eighth
plat was planted With Chester county
Mammoth, sent out by the Department
of Agriculture, two or three years ago
1t has light yellow, fair sized grain
medium ears, rather late IN maturing,
and yielded AZ IL pounds.
| The last plat was an old variety,
Long John, the ears and kernels are
white but very long-the one plant
ed seed from this year measured Id
inches. 1t is hard aud a very good
variety. My worst objection to it Is
that the ears are too long. | prefer
shorter, thicker ears 1t yielded al
| SIS pounds.
i Farmers have been in the habit oil
selecting and planting the middle ker-
nels for seed, discardlng the tops and
butts. Much discussion ha, ensued as
to which was the better plan, to use
: tops, butts, the middle, or all. Dur.
ing the last two or three years, come
experiments have been made with Diff
ferent results. Last year I planted a
plat of Blount's Prolific, using part
from the butt. The results obtained
we're published in the Prairie Farmer
last winter. have obtained this year
about the same results. The middle
. kernels yielded the largest. the TIP
kernels ripened srst, and those from
: the butt ripened last, at least ten days
later than the others. l selected five
different varieties and planted the
the same numbers of kernels from the
tip, butt, and middle each kind The
planting and cultivation was the same
as in the other experiments. Eighty
kernels of each part were planted Ii
E hills eighteen inches apart, the row:
four feet apart. l am aware that seed
will mix very readily. and that some
allowance should perhaps be made on
this account To reduce this as much
as possible, l planted between
part of the rows, Egyptian rice corn Of
i Branching sorghum and the balance
Mammoth Russian sun.fower. Not
only between the varieties, blu,
in the case where the tip, butt
q and middle kernels were planted,
e something of this kind was planted
n between. Thisswas to give each pla
:. the best possible chance without occu
n plying too much space and so as tc
e have as nearly the same kind and con
q ditlon of soil as possible as Wyson'.
q Short peg.
al The butt kernels yield aS SIS lbs
u middle kernels, 81 9.16 lbs; from thu
:. mp kernels Ia6 s-16 pounds. Blount'
n Prolific butt grams yielded a6 1877
y pounds, middle, 81 10 pounds; til
q Fl 9-16. Northern PRIDE butt Fl TT
pounds, middle 20 SIS pounds, tip, 2:
SO pounds. Chester county Nam.
moth butt 81 $40 pounds, middle, 3,
pounds tip 80 I-S pounds. Long
John but, 81 5-S pounds, middle 8,
E 7-S pounds, tip a9 o-16 pounds
e These weights are pounds corn in TIT
ID ear, all ripened well, but if the season
: had been unavoidable the Blount's Pro
g life and Chester county Mammoth
le would have been injured as they wer'
= rather green at the time we usual,
e have hard frost.
re 1t is yet unsettled whether it is bes
1t to cultivate so as to keep the surface
m mellow and level, or whether to hill VI
10 The old style of cultivation is to throw
lie the soil to the corn both ways in lay
e ing it by and if possible to run out thu
Is middle at the last blowing; this vii
q leave the sol. in ridges. Experiment.
70 have demonstrated to the satisfaction
lie of many that level cultivation is best
o Keep stirring frequently, TO keep tn
10 weeds down and the soil mellow.
is certainly leaves the soil in a mucf
better condition by after cultivation
q My experience is that in a dry sea
IL son soil that it stirred frequently bu
IL not deeply, and kept level, vii not DIR
re out near so rapidly, nor will the GRO
q suffer soon while kept level as whel
D ridged up. For this reason alone,
4 am satisfied that it is more pro6tabl
a. for the farmer, taking one year witt
Is another, to cultivate so as to Keep til
q soil mellow and level.
II Two plats were selected plante'
~ with Blount's Prolific and Northern
Of Pride; half of each was kept leve
g, and the other half was hilled up. O
of Blount's Prolific the rows that wer
LeDt lo,,o1 ,,;a1dod % 20 ,o,o1.