Mower County transcript., 1903-09-30

as VIGIL as Tor cattle. 8 lC lSSVery easily
grown, cleans the land Of weeds for
grain crops, and yields enormous
quantities of food per acre hen,
grown thickly corn does not bear ears,
but the substance of the grain is large
" distributed throughout the stems
and leaves. It is much more valuable,
per ton as dry fodder or as ensilagel
than stover from which ears have been
husked, or than y fOdd der corn grown,
from the seed Of the larger Southern
varieties. Fodder Of these small
varieties Of dent corn issa strong COM
petitor Of the hay crop. .5s. 81
s$ The great demand for and scarcity
Of seed last year caused the filling Of
many orders regardless Of the fitness OF.
varieties to alities. Farmers, settling
in Minnesota from Southern homes,
brought with them varieties Of seed
corn entirely -unsuited to the changed
climatic conditions Land agents have
sometimes been guilty Of advising such
course. u. 535s j:4t s,I
Last years experien emphasize
the need Of prompt attention this fall
to saving seed corn to plant or sell next
spring. The cold, moist season of 1902
caused the corn crop Of Minnesota and
surrounding states to mature SO late
that much Of was seriously injured
by frost before it was ripe. The cold,
wet fall madesi it difficult to- properly
cure seed corn under any circumstances.
Even the ears selected and saved for
seed before the crop was harvested
were not in all cases so cured that q
very large percentage would germinate.s
Much of itfWOuld not grow, or only q
small part Of it would germinate and
that with weak vitality. Farmers who.
y depended upon selecting seed from the
crib or from the shocks left out through.
the winter found that their seed would
! not grow. Some of the seed corn plant:
ed last spring was weak and either
rOtted in the ground, or did not come
forward with its full vigor. Seed deal
ers, even where unusual precautions
were taken to store their seed, lost
portions Of their stocks. The general
shortage of seed corn led to the inn
portation Of seed from southwark and!
many of the varieties thus supplied TO
farmers would not ripen# in an average
year, and the present season having
been unusually wet and colo, they are
rpening too late to produce grain. On
the whole, the growing tendency to
nlant a larcar acroa ua Il ~ cnrn n ' wa Z
aaarinnsIv checked Nv the 4 acsrc;tp = ~ .,p
5saed 1S,s ,.15 s5si ''s 3 ,s
ca Y! AZ
Those farmers who saved and pro-
perly dried seed corn OF suitable varie.3
lies had no trouble IN securing good
stand this year g and readily dlspOsed Of
any surplus That they may have had.
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more ADVERSE 1han that 81 iSJS "a and Lhe
i corn crop ls YeIy pack ware q ne dry
ing season vii pe very snort, 5lf not 81.
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seeu coIn agaim Ygly gllcu!g maIleI
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ed supply q seq corn 1or ' n1extyeaIs 1L
planIin, y ana gns hlgn pIiGes lii surely
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fIrom IarLhera souIn can hardly