Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-04-28
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srIrrrINn CORN FOR PLANTING.

NEllHllNu AVhN TNA hhNa''
A subscriber In Stow. Mass asks us "a
tsu him ftom which part of he ear The
h..t ksfnsl. are obiAiued Tor planting. ~
some tell hlm % select The Top Kernels.
Others those frum The butt, while silll 9th
rfs recommend plant ng al The kcfuels on
the ear Itis well known that many care
careful Nrw Engiaud farmers have msic q
practice Of ri citing thc snail Kernels from
the tip % thc ears whsn shvlllng sc,d cora
for piautiug. some have been particular
o. rsl-ct thc crooked. iii SHAPED buit ker'
ucls also.
We know OF no one who has attempted
o. iuxestlgsts the question systcmtNcaly
sxc.pfing Dr StuftsvAnt, Director of the
M Yufk Exp fimeut station. lie told
us In prr.nual couVersstlon several years
aan. TIA, q csrtaln tcceutric farmer who
hsd gained a r,putation for raising good
sect coru. made poiut % planting All the
krrn,ls that grew ou th- car. aud claimed
10 necessary ~ DO 80 % keep = variety
from changing its character. within TIE
past frW years. Dr Sturtsvant has made
-rrefai expsflments fpr the purpose Of
tsstiug ihe rriratlvc value OF corr from
dif rat parts of The ear. ani The results
arr Published In the Nv lofk station re-
ports f1r ne year. lssg sni is,i. Ia the
arst report usm.d q. an account of an eh.
p.fimsnt Ia planting = strip ~ land. drop
ping the cora lengthwisc of the r0ws 10
such manuef that The Kernels wpald
MAINTAIN The same relative position 70
each other that they held iu the car, that
\. q say. the butt Kernels wcr, All AZ one
eni % the rows, ths middle kernels comlng
usxt ln Ofisr. sud ths TOP Kernels al The
opposite cnd " ths r0ws. IL was ihoaght
that In this method % arrangsmeni. any
varlsii,n in the ohsfsctsr Of the prodact
woali BE- toiicsAhle 10 The eye dsflng ,he
growth OF the corr. bot little, fAuy, din. q.
srrucs couid b. DESCRIBED tn hut aud
tipkrruris gsrminAie,i apd grew last Abon'
ln %. same proportion a. thc Kernel. nom
thr middle 10 III COB.
u the accurat- calculstlous msic from
thc harvested product, The following sur
prl.lng rcsults ~cfc shown
4. The up kcfncls we're The most pfoli-
1c 10 gooi coru.
TIE batt ksrusls were more prolldc
20 gopi corn than thr central kernels
The 40 kcfn.ls bofr longer ears
than ne other kernels. the butt krruvls
the next. sni The central kefncl- The short
sst Thi- fact was sppAr.ut 81 the sight
a. The d.f -fvut lots lsy on The ground aitrf
hg.klug
4 TIE merchaniable ears from the butt
we're distinctly heavier than those ffom The
csntral kcrnsl.
The hgtt Kernels furnished more an.
mrrchsntaDlr Cofu than an the ccutrh
krrusl.. AMI thr crutfAl kcfnAls more than
dif thc tip kcfuels
The sane y~sr another plat wss planted.
one half with perfect s-,d from selected
srssi ears. The other half 9th xoDi kernels
srom vrry iufrfior looking ears, the yield
in h.th sNprflmeuts b.ing ~ near uniform
that % onuclasions coald b. drasn in "a
sor % thr sl-ctssi ears over those which
wrrr crooked sni twisted
Frum sxprrlm~nt. continued iu ls,j. u
SENS rvA-onshir - cpnclaic thNt s-c'
cnru q. equally gooi from either portion
90 th~ csf. certainly that the up kernsl-
ar fl.y sqaL % The other kerne's Tor
planting.
IN corn ear. that afc vel capp-i over
A. tho up cod. th- Kernel. hssiug NOR
room. arr isss compressed sui take = ar.
frfrat shap- from those Ou the midile OF
thr ssr. arl 10 IL quite pfo1s1lr thti tlers
I. .rs.dIf rrucr lu The actukl weight OF
thr to fufms thaa oue might suppose
frorn acs.ualgiancr Tpkrrnsis thst arr
imperfect or noi hsif dil-i ap sith -tarchy
m .t.rI.I. wnufd certainly start lntO nfr
wIth lrs. apparent yigor Than krtnsis that
S-rr plump sud foil W when The root-
set hlii uf IN slil ant thc plant Dcyom-s
Iu i-peuicut or On" ptF.nt Eernri, ~hich
will ns 10 ay-ry fcS days aftef g,rmioat
ing. lt NAY spon catch uP ~ith' ~ even
uutsf1N. IT, n-lghblr iron pump .es,i.
n. conclusion o. be drawn from these
.xp flmsuts L.. that 10 i certainly safe %
nI AT Al th~ sound kcruri. on an ear.