The Charlotte Democrat., 1889-05-31
Raising Corn.

Brandon, Miss.
'r... Raising Corn.
A gentleman said TO an "American" re-
porter that nothing is more susceptible 0t
o thorough prevention than is the failure
to produce corn in a fully matured and
heavily iruited condition. "Why," said
he, Sin all my experience in farming l
have never had the slightest occasion to
complain of the evil which you mention,
as it has never existed in my case. | at
tribute this not alone to good fortune, but
to the we'll applied provisions OF an estab-
lished fact. Failure on the part of the
grain-to attain proper growth, recurring
skips and all other evidences of Imperfect
development are traceable to partial COM
munication between the silk and the
pollen, which communication is generally
brought about by currents OF wind and
other natural agencies, which are often
withheld to the great detriment of the
growing crop. The remedy is to go
through the field of corn when the tassel
and the silk are in full bloom and by
bending alternately the stalks OF adjoin-
ing rows dust the pollen of one tassel
upon the silk OF the opposite stalk, or in
any manner which may appear most con-
venient to bring about the desired COM
munication. l consider days work so
expended at this juncture worth five days
work at any other stage of The growing
crop. The result will never iail to be
satisfactory. Ihave exhaustively demon
strated the success of this method Of
application by cutting off the tassels be-
fore maturity of isolated fields of corn and
dust upon the silks afterwards produced
the pollen brought from another field.
In that manner got closely crowded
grains of perfectly developed corn.
know this method to be an entire success,
use there would be less complaint from
this source. 1t will pay every time in
increased YIELD"
Lime as DislnfeCtant in Hog Cholera.
Experiments made with lime upon the
virus of hog cholera have been very salts
factory and sufficiently positive to war
rant its use in place of the corrosive sub
Innate formerly recommended. Lime has
many advantages over other disinfectants.
It 10 cheap, easily obtained and prepared
and may be used with impunity, as it has
no poisonous properties. Bacteria of hog
cholera, free from any organic matter, are
destroyed within one hour by lime water,
diluted to onefourth of it's original
strength, When existing in organic mat
ter larger per cent of lime is required. In
practical applications it will be efficient
on wood as q whitewash. In injected
pens the soil should be covered with
powdered or Stacked lime in thin layer.
The lime water will percolate into the
deeper layers of the soil and destroy any
bacteria that may have penetrated into
them from the surface.
From experiments on the vitality of
hog cholera virus in the soil it is safe to
say that period of six months is the
maximum and three the minimum time
that need be allowed for infected pens
and grounds to become safe for occu-
panoy when no disinfecton is practiced.
Lime as whitewash on wood, work. or
scattered over the soil as Stacked lines,
used, in short, wherever there is any sus
piclon of virus, may reduce the time dur
ing which the ground should remain un-
occupied to two weeks.
From the results of the experience
gathered at the Experimental Station
during the past three years it has been
shown (l) that healthy pigs can be kept
free from infection even on farm where
such disease is constantly kept on hand
for purposes of Investigations, provided
they are kept in clean pens and there is
no nsmission OF virous from the sick
to the we'll through implements, or
through the carelessness of farm hands
carrying it in their clothing, shoes or 9th.
erwise. (2) That the disease may be
carried to previously uninfected locality
by pigs brought from unknown sources.
(S) That the disease supposed to be ex-
tinct, may lurk in chronic form in some
animal without being recognized and may
be thus transmitted to fresh animals,
usually in spring and fall, when least ex-
pected. That the safes. way of rails
ing swine 10 to breed them on place that
is itself known to be absolutely exempt,
and maintain quarantine against neigh.
boring herds and make no additions un.
less the source be positively known to
have been free from disease for at least
one year past. - @.-