The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-07-01
FOR FARMERS.
INTERPOLATION VS.. NATURE.

One of the most incomprehensihl;
thins in connection with rural pursuits
is the one-sided way in which agricul
turists and stock breeders 90 to work
and the utter ignorance and disregard
displayed in respect to the laws anC
requirements of nature. 10 the prop
agation and reproduction of species
there is a general and reckless tend
ency to get rid of every part consider
ed non-productive or cumbersome.
Fruits must be produced without seed
or cores and with abnormal pulp, corr
must flourish with enormous grail
and no cob, wheat must be all head
and no stock, cattle and hogs must
be all meat and no bone, sheep ali
wool and no flesh, horses all muscle
and no bone, heavy for draft, light
for the track and so on. While in
animals, intellect or intelligence cuts
no figure, whatever. All this is
wrong and destructive of the very
best interests and well-being of species
and if the truth could only be devel-
oped, would doubtless prove to be the
source of nine-terths of all the dis
eases and blights which are so numer-
Gus and disastrous. Nature, and IA
lures laws are very exacting, and
swift to punish any violations or dis
respect shown them. There is no
adjunct in the way of defense or pro-
lection furnished them by nature that
is not essential to their well-being IN
health and life, and their destruction
by any course of naturalization or un-
natural interviewing, OF by any pro-
cess of culture or rearing must be det-
rimental to their health and develop
ment in exact proportion with the ex-
tent of such interference and will re-
quire for every such deprivation or
artificial addition, some artificial mode
of subsistence to sustain their vitality,
it requires but slight observation to
verify this fact in the growths and de-
cay of such species constantly in pro-
gress around us. Not only in an ami
NAL and vegetable life, but in human
life, in which latter case it has been
80 far recognized as to cause the en-
uf certain laws with sanitary
intent forbidding inter-marriage under
certain conditions.
II our farmers and producers. our
stockmen an agricultural associations
would give this matter careful atten-
ton and have experts trace the vari-
Gus new diseases with a view to ascer-
tanning to what extent their origin
and existence is due to these sources,
it would doubtless lead to a very
healthy revolution in the processes of
animal and vegetable evolution, and
q decrease, if not eradication of many
diseases, inconveniences and losses.
and to the promotion of better health
not only among the species but among
he human race as well.
IMPROVING FARM SEED.
ountry Gentlemen.
My father obtained some seed corn,
rom near Sodus Bay, N. Y, which,
perhaps, is now called King Philip
,orn, an eight-rowed flint variety,
iesh colored and very snowy. After
.aising few crops of 1t, he became
lispleased with it. The junction of
he cob and stalk was a a hard en-
that prevented detaching
he ear from the stalk without a
,iece of the stalk. He went back to
lis old variety, that separated easily
rom the stalk. About that time /
'egan for myself. and was pleased with
he beauty of color and hardness of
;ernel of the King Philip corn, and
elected from that to plant my first
rOp, but a few years trial induced
ne to try to remedy the defect of so
arge and hard stem to the ear.
To effect this / selected an ear of
ny fathers old variety, and planted
between rows of the King Philip
orn. AT the time of tasseling. and
efore blooming. | cut out all the
assets of the old variety, thereby
hrowing the pollen of the King
'hilip cUrn ON the cob of the old
ariety. At harvest l saved seed
rom the rows thus treated, and the
ext year planted it at such distance
8 to prevent mixture, and realized |
omplete success. had the plant of
ne old variety, and the kernel of the
ling Philip. The ears were shortened, |
ne kernels smaller. and there were
lore rows on the cob-the old variety
eing ten and twelve rowed. We
,ntinued to raise this corn a number
years, but, becoming satisfied that
le meal was not so good favored as
le Yellow Dent, We substituted that
r our subsequent raising.
For wheat, we settled on the Blue
.em variety, and continued il until