Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-10

suEEssti,na Made In Prairie Farmer for
liz selection and inprovemsut.

surrestisna Made In Prairie Farmer for
IT, selection and Improvement.
The early fall IT, ~ believe. nnivor.
sally considered 20 he the best time 70
select seed corn. porhap. Tho best plan
10 make such selection T. to 20 through
the field ~ soon a. the corn l. fully ma
turod aud gather tho largest and earliest
Hpencd ears These can b. more readily
selected then than after harvesting tho
crop. But the ears should bcfully dry
Ter u pulled when 100 sapp~ thcro viii
bo great danger Of decay There Is very
great advantage In thus selecting corn.
especially In latitude where corn is Ike
" 10 be- caught by frost before maiur-
ing. for by always selecting the earliest
npening eais crups produced from them
will tend 10 mature uliiiUr. and thus tho
NIX OF the cup is lcsu rl. On this
point another guyi plan mag be suggest
Cd, which D. 10 go through the field as
Aforesaid and instead " pulling the w.
lected ears bend down the tops Of The
stalks 80 that they may be recognized
when harvesting the crop. taking care
then 10 keep th1m separated from the
other corn. ~ 10 doing tho curing and
drying Of the ears will be moro certain.
However. fall rains often iuiurc corn
very much, bat unless the corn b. pros
tinted on the ground moisture from
rains merely a. not apt 10 iuiurc the
vitality " the Sod, A. will that " sap
sap. We know. fingers long In the cob
aud rs effects win thereby tho more
surely rach the vital part n the grain,
and corn gathered In this condition aud
housed Is sufo 10 become moro or loM
injured Some recommend su.ponding
the ears selected Tor seed. when not
fully dry IN q dry room. This does
well cuoughf not put IN one about a
stove, rs tho kitchen stove. whore soods
90 often find place, and WHERE they are
lifcly 10 be injured by the bot yupor
arising from tho stove. A very safe
place " the barn loft. and 10 protect Il
against mice aud rats here. stretch wires
from ono natter 10 IT, opposite. and on
these "a pnd the ears tied ia pairs OF
bunchcs
The larger grown and earlier maturing
ears VI corn are those. rs q rule, p0sgess-
ing the greater vitality, aud plants from
such will to great extent, often GREATER
derive those qualities. and IN turn i'm.
part thgin 10 Others. and hence by
always selecting the most vigorous aud
earliest maturing, steady Improve.
mcnt In this Ano may DO made An
other important means Of WALKING aud
Otherwise improving the qunlitie. u
corn Is that OF growing small crops
especially Tor Hod. and growing u. too
ON ground of loss fertility than that On
which the crup from such seed isto bc
grown. Il seems 90 DO an Inherent prin
ciple In animated nature that that
which Is not 30 highly pampsrrd or pro.
vidcd for acquires greater energy "
vitality In it, struggle Tor existence.
evidences Of which we hud exhibited
both I'm animal ns wen Ms In vegetable
productions
NhGrusocyer tho seed DO produced
ears Of symmetrical sllpe. we'll filled
with deep grtni and on small cob. are
the bet typc, and should DO selected
Also the bsst developed car on stalks
bearing two or moro ears II fully mu.
tured. should be- taken. such will have
a tendency TO increase the productive.
meas OF seed