Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-09
CHEAPER CORN PRODUCTION.
METHODS ~ WINCH 'rilE GUt!tT
STAPLE MAY NE ,iiEArl.X GROWN.
Remedies for the Cnnkrr worm-
Hearing iInron HuGs--tr"iicrs
In the Wcst-Voots for VIM
ter F~ccd-Inrm Nuscs.

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I, y ronbam In Farm, News. with an
immense surplus OF last years great eroi.
and with corn selling al - to 30 cents a
lushcl in ohio. the question of how io r',
ducc the cost Of growing corn is 81 vial
one.
onr interest In this question increases IN
view OF The fac, that ~. Nrgt ntinc c0un.
Inv is sbovlng "a W1uI,rnn tuppcity for
rfovinr Great rrops 5f corn at iUtlo cost.
III. .Vt.plaI t.s of eaftonsr,aI for food
ma for 5i is nIso aI,plartur much corn.
Com led hot- were once The grpat anil
chief source OF lard. but now the ,ottuusrci
oil ns,I in the m1uutnstlra of IarI CONF
rptrls or stibafffut.s Is ,uutyutrnf to the
i,ri f-om is'GeJ hos In Iua ys..r.
c-onsumption Hrorn ~ the Improved meth-
obs OF dIsiitifup. by which A busri.I "
corn produces 70 per cont mo re whisky
tbsn indfr the Ola process.
M. H., ,Ts.,,,, ,,b.,.hy "a, ,s,,.trs
OF, Nh. 'Ir1r rauuorit- ana mills. a sort ~
49, - ',M ,g1rs mn - No ti. str..1n,s
,,iii a.. .I,,.-r.I irt., 5is,N.oi viii have
\" .n -, ,,,n, :" .os; s-l,nh1
ms i.rn ,r.rtsI ON Long IsIluL which
vIiI turn ort ,fottsnnds OF GALLONS nor dnv
nj g Us Of n. cents per gaiion s. tbi.
n,oJug"5 Inn 'nr" No.. r1n sa, au,th.-
faNt,r In snniu, roo ib,t calls ON ,bG farm
or Ia study In. nI.-tIon OF rhpat,ning Inc
% 1i ths or, 'rgb ,,+r ,-,,s tho
,btnpsst rrop IS no.; alvSys inc one on
MMh,,n ihhg i.ast mo'f y. D i5 'gr,I ,rd nm iISls,it
ef ,iilarc. and boon v.'akantI by GraWth
"; uv".i' ~, ,t,st r"r b,sI,ri ~ -i.E
w 49,, -
Itgp u ..aa,,tyi nag TbN 49, d, ,,t, Ft''tn
H. !, rs8u's tbr cost nj bu.ErI. rather
!l'u w. 'ys+ ~ 49,
! Ei"Wi ~ .v.' l'.' 1Nt ." -
son. without "hlgh n''l"ots OF CULTIVATION
VIII nave hltic titt'l ~
1ht season tA'. most important ~ lor
and ne one lnrselN beyond our control.
The son Is thr next IN lmpgrtlns.. A"i Egt
IN a greater Hest'u Hi'.,T yir ''n'fVL ,'In
cannot be mHturet without a certain
amount of heat and moisture. With thtse
suited 20 the demands OF she crop. euod
corn can be grown Oh rather poor land.
Although it t. q crop rich IN nitrogen, I
has such wonderful powers OF appropriate
ing nitrates in its Wa rm growing season,
that We can grow good corn ON soil WIKI
far less nitrogen than Is essential for whea;
or barley. This we suppose comes from
the mot. largely, that the process OF uitri-
]tlcaticn lis most active where the temporal
,Sr. T.. birh and ND s,iprly OF m~1tstIr u
nn,nla stIrh AS in our own latitude We
mn .mtiiy carar, hnt.yeen NAV ana Ssp-
,ar,h,r Nh. roots Of mo COIN plan; %
uh.or,. IN H.. soil v-5.-a u{r-itas form
h''i - q, All. on average
Tue ld-',sti ~, "a d,,s.. .r'-.lza
.vFh Eto.tL' .nt,~ 90 -f,r1rsrSfs
.rr ,iii y ON, IF aig trials recorded ty
pr,,sar ,tvS,sr only thirty-.igh, p4lI
ior httrogfh Apli.,r. ,,,barsS ""ixtv r,t5n '4
ttdl i,rul@etS "uo.g A $500 $500
Hence, in iertili@lnE corn W. nay 80
on thc r49st expensive
dltlons that favor tlIia iofu.at'lG r.
Iitratcs which the g~ro"'inS com 80 70
appropriate th't suu'' ii'
that u gathers N!ltp-iI lt9I.
soil Eut II VI, yohS,ier IN , III.
ramify. the son rs 70 HIo" llA'
newly formed nitfateS l, -,
settle whether corn ms NJ TsUeT 20
gather nitrogen ron hg'. so