Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27

feel that you have done your part, in
stead of moving off to town, do as my
father did say, "Boys, mother and /
have worked and got little together
for you; it is all for you, and l tell
you we are going to be the boy and
girl on this farm, and you have to run
It," Then we stretched up again,
and had grown another foot.
HOW TO TEST SEED CORN.
Lay out the ears to be tested side by
side on table or on the floor, remove
one kernel from near the butt, anoth-
er from the middle and another from
the tip of the ear; turn the ear over
and take three kernels from the oppo-
site side in like>manner; place the six
kernels at the end of the ear from
which they were taken, using care
that they do not get mixed with the
kernels from the ear next to it.
Boards may be laid over the rows of
corn to keep in place until the germi-
nation is known.
THE TERMINATION BOX.
A termination box may be made of
any shallow box filled about half full
OF thoroughly moistened sawdust. A
cloth ruled off into blocks or squares
is placed on the sawdust and fastened
at the corners and edges with tacks.
Place tie six kernels from ear No. l
(in the row of ears) in square No. Of
the termination box and the kernels
from ear No. in square No. 2, and so
on with all the ears. Then place over
this cloth considerably larger than
the box, cover with ABOUT 2 inches of
moistened sand, earth or sawdust and
keep in a warm place; the sitting
room is suitable. When the kernels
have terminated, In four to six days,
remove the cover carefully to avoid
misplacing the kernels in the square.
If piece of thin cloth were placed
over the kernels before the ccverir.;
is put on, it will prevent them from
sticking to the upper.) If one o.
more kernels in any square have failed
to grow, find the ear from which tirey
were taken (by its number or order in
the row of ears) and throw it out
The ears showing weak germination
should be rejected the same as worth
less ears.
BOTH SPROUTS MUST GROW.
In ninety-nine cases out of hun
dred, when farmers see the root
sprout start out in terminating kerr
mel Of corn, they will say it is 'all
right" In many tests at Ames we
found that the stem sprout often
failed to grow, when the root started
we'll.
This termination box, when opened,
Is perfect picture or prophecy OF
what these grains land the ears from
which they were taken) will do when
planted in the field
FooLING AROUND ALL SUMMER.
pointing to the drawing of such a
testing box after it had been opened,
he showed that three of the six kerr
nels taken from one ear had failed tC
sprout.) Half of that ear is no good.
If there are 800 grains on that ear, it
means there will be 400 missing places
in the field where it is planted.
! When you plant corn like that you
are just doing about what the boy said
those stalks were doing; you are fool
ing around all summer (Pointing
again to some grains that would not
grow.) Those grains are just like
some fellows they swell up in the
world, and that is all they amount to.
Test six kernels from every ear of
seed corn, and reject every ear that
sprouts in weak manner.
Don't put off this testing seed corn
until April; If you do you will be busy
then, and will not do it..