Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-13
SEED CORN


R. J.sCoe of Fl. Atkinson In the Y
This subject of seed corn Is one Of
very great importance to the farm.
ers Of Wisconsin, and I sometimes
wonder how many of Us really realize
the magnitude Of the corn crop Of this
country. remember a few years
ago, at Farmers Institute held in
school house, picked up one of the
text books, turned over the leaves
and ran across this subject of cora
and the statement was there made
that II all the corn grown In his
country In one year was piled up ID
the city Of Chicago and we could
start and load a wagon with 40
bushels Of shelled corn and start it O,
its way toward New York and star
another load right behind 1t, 1t woul
make a good long string of corn,
longer than ever thought of. I
asked the question once In a Farm
ers' Institute II they thought 1t would
reach to New York, and one man
said, mo. sir" Well, the state
ment in that book was that It would
not only reach to New York, but 1t
would go to London and then around
the world, and then our story aad
just begun; It would go around the
world again and again about slx
times.
Now, II this is true, and I cannot
dispute 1t. it seems to me that it Is
worth our while to have the best seed
in order to grow the biggest crops
and In order to get the best seed, II
Is worth our while to take consider.
able pains.
Selecting the Seed
/ believe the best way is to select
the seed in the field. / not only
want an ear of corn that is good, that
has lots Of vitality, is of good form
and is as nearly perfect as we caa
get, but want an ear of corn that ~
grown upon good stalk, that is well
furnished with good foliage, becaus &c
that kind of an ear will give the oes,
food value In our corn. So, then, We
select our seed corn as it is standina
In the field. We go through he
field and when we find an ear of corn
that pleases US. and upon a stalk
that pleases US, a stalk that IL well
furnished with goodly number Of
broad, healthy leaves, that is the ear
we are after.
Now. having selected this ear OF
corn, we must either mark 1t In some
manner or cut it. prefer to Gu.
the stalk at this time, take 1t to the
outside of the field and let 1t cure In
the shock, just as our shock Is cured
a little later on. Then, Before We
have any hard freezing weather, this
corn is husked and placed where Il
is exposed to a current of warm, dry
air, until 1t Is very thoroughly cured
In this way we believe we have the
best corn grown in the field and that
We have preserved all the vitality OF
that seed and therefore we have the
best seed corn. We all Of US know
that a goodly proportion of the corn
that Is planted In this country, or
any other country, has a very low vi.
tality; in fact, believe that 40 per
cent OF the corn that Is planted ought
never to be planted at all, and a crop
that is of so great importance to the
Wisconsin farmer ought to have the
advantage Of the best seed that can
be grown, and every planter ought to
know to a certainty that he has the
very best OF seed.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, l do not care
to make long talk. but l do want to
say this much; before you 20 into
your field Co select your seed corn.
you want to have a type Of corn In
your mind that you want to select
for, and then select every ear as
nearly as possible to that type Do
not select an ear of one type this
year and the next year select an ear
of another type, but get it uniform,
have the type you want clearly de-
fined in your mind, and then select
every ear as nearly as possible to
that particular type. Follow this up
you will be proud of.
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DISCUSSION.
A Member-What kind OF corn is
that No. that is spoken of in the
Wisconsin Agriculturist?"
Mr.. Coe-I do not know.
Mr.. Martiny-Wisconsin No. |, is
what they call the Iowa Silver King.
grew it this last year for the frs.
time. II is a white corn, and down
in Sank county it matured about the
same time as the North Star and the
Pride of the North and 1t very great
ly out-yielded those two varieties.
The Member-would you recon.
mend 1t for this section Of the coun.
Mr.. Martiny-I hardly think l
try?
would. ii is little bit too late.
A Member have a sample out in
the exhibit room that I craw Nm IN