The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-10-23
Some Corn Experiments
EVANSVILLE, WIS, Oct. 10, 100

EVANSVILLE, Wis, Oct. 10, 1908
To THE EDITOR:
Thinking some up your way take
little interest in this section Of Rock
county, 1 write and will give them the
benefit of my experience in raising crop
Of corn the past season For two years
my corn crop had been poor and think
ing it would be a good thing if | could
find something new and, If possible, bet
ter than the corn you find on nearly all the
farms, began looking about for some
thing good. Early in the spring began
reading up the various catalogues and l
thought had got the thing down fne.,
| decided to buy "Klondyke" for early,
and as we had wet season one year ago,
| thought we would surely have dry
season this year, SO l ordered drouth-
proof that is the name Of the article;
further, bought IL bushels of one OF
my neighbors, also one bushel Of what
Cap. Van Kirk had labeled pride Of the
North" also one half bushel of White
Dent Of Thos Mccain. Now for results
we planted the Klondyke in drills, the
peck planted just one acre and was
planted on good tobacco ground. The
Pride of the North we planted one acre
by the side of the Klondyke. We wanted
to know which was the earliest and best.
The balance of the crop was planted in
one field of 20 acres on clover sod. The
corn had thorough cultivation, in fact it
was all cultivated seven times. We be-
gan working as soon as We could see the
rows and did not stop until it was too
cultivating the Klondyke and Pride of
no North horon nd
Editor that corn did grow. After it had
got up in the air eight to ten feet with
out any signs of a tassel, / began to
think of advertising for experts to tassel
and also to set the ears and silk it out.
You see l wanted to know what l got
after the ears set. They did set and l
saw a man about 5 TT. 6 in. stand by the
side Of hill and he could just reach up
to the ear. set ten foot pole by the
side of many hills and it would not reach
the top by two feet or more. | thought
the Klondyke, Judging by its name,
would be very early, ears close to the
ground, and if billed up we'll might have
to be dug as one digs potatoes. How
ever, it is in the shock and as they say
down South 81 shall get right smart OF
corn" Caps Pride of the North is three
or four days earlier than Klondyke, the
drouth proof. Now, there is where l
made grand mistake; it should have
been flood proof this year, but to err is
human, and we shall have to guess again.
The drouth proof is very much like Gold
Mine and is claimed to be ten days to
two weeks the earliest. McCann's White
is the earliest of all and will give fair
crop, but most corn will be loose on the
cob, yet counting back two years shall
have the best crop have raised in three
years. | also bought one pound of an
other variety and will have not less than
ID bushels from the one pound of seed.
Ears large, yellow and white mixed ker-
nels nearly or quite = inch long, small
cob, and about as early as anything I
have. | think it has merits and will try
it again. | hope to be up your way soon
and will bring up q section of Klondyke
stalk which, though the joint measured
just about two inches, it is large enough
for base ball bat.
Respectfully,
Q. n. Coon.