The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-30
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sofa, as far north as St. Paul, has an
average corn temperature of 73 de-
grees for Ito days. The best crop OF
corn comes from soil on which there
is an active decaying soil-this kind
of soil raising the temperature of the
soil, and keeps the corn growing at
night. Corn is cannibal among
plants, living best on decaying vega
tble matter. Cor should not be crow
ded in planting. Four stalks will
bring two good ears one
fairly good and one bad one. Use
good seed corn. Get ears about the
same length, and see that the kernels
are the same size, and that the ears
are about as large at one end as an
other. Plant the corn tips, with the
rest because they are the best.
Cultivating corn actually decreases
it,but weeds compel cultivating. Other
things being equal, prepare your
ground we'll before seeding and it will
partially take care of itself. Pigeon
grass is the great evil, as it
absorbs themoisture. The best
way is to do surface cultivation. 1t
should be cultivated once before it is
up and once after it is up. The root
grows about fiye times as fast as the
stalk for the first thirty days. Deep
cultivation cuts off the roots
and destroys its best early growth.
Roots coming out for heat and air
should not be broken off. They should
be undisturbed. Ten thousand corn
plants growing to maturity in 100
days require 800 tons of water.
The bull tongue cultivator kills more
corn every year four times over
than it's worth Cultivate light.
ly and SOW winter rye or clover to keep
down the weeds and retain the moist
ure.
In reply to questions Mr.. Gould
sad that fall blowing was the best in
Minnesota Seedcorn should be selected
in thefail and fire drie d ,and then placed
where it cannot continually freeze and
thaw He would not smoke seed corn.
There was some advantage in select
ing seed corn from the field. l would
drill corn. 1t should be planted two
inches deep. Clover is the best
fertility for corn; timothy
is not so good. Corn should not
be planted before the ground is warm.
Round wheel corn planters should be
used. Fresh manure is the best on
account of the fermentation.
DR.. Reynolds, of Iowa, was next
called upon to speak on the digestion
of horse and cattle. Protein, starch
and fats, he said, produced energy
and heat. It is not the quantity OF
food that you stuff down an animals
throat; it is what they do with it. DR..
Reynolds produced charts showing
the different machines of the va
rious animals under the veterinary
line. He gave practical illustration
of the workings of the stomach of
horses and cattle, after which books
were distributed and noon recess
taken.
At the commencement of the Friday
afternoon session Supt. Gregg gave a
short talk on soil moisture. He told
the Indian tradition that lakes
and sloughs would go dry and then
fill up again, and so on. In the course
of his remarks he limited that stubble
should always be burned, and that
ground should always be pulverized
This alone, he said, would bring two
or three more bushels per acre. Pull
verizing should be done in the fall.
He advised dragging growing grain
until it was quite high. A grain drill
should run east and west.
Mr.. VIM. Somerville, the celebrated
horticulturist, and successful apple
grower, was called for. He gave his
experience as an apple grower in this
State for 25 years. He had 700 apple
trees on his farm bearing fruit, and at
the State fair had exhibited 70 differ
} ent varieties of Russian apples. Some
T Russian varieties, he said, were not
fit for hogs to eat. There we're too
many varieties, he thought, and the
number ought to be reduced to six or
eight for this country. There are GER
tain facts that ought to be known and
when they are known Southern Min
nesota will raise enough apples for
the entire State. I set out tree on
a southwest angle so as to prevent
: the sun from scalding the fiber. Trees
should no be allowed to grow too tall.
Trees should be set ten inches deep,
one inch deeper than in the nursery.
Four quarts of water should be
used in setting out the trees, after
which the naturalwate fall should be
sufficient, particularly of the ground
! around the Seeding is loosened. There
, is no Seeding that is any better than
tho Wealthy. Duchessand several
others are about as good
But of the 200 varieties that have