The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-03-14
TO MAX C~ORN-RAISING A HERE ARE H RULES
In the South Corn Should at Least be

no "a SiePS 6os wa 80 - - nv"
one; and hence offers correspondingly great OPP
portunity for improvement under careful meth
DDS as we'll as for rapid deterioration under
careless methods.
Breed Good Seed or buy 1.-THE best and
most practical method Of breeding IL up 10 sys-
tematically to plant seed from a single ear In a
single row. to plant other rows the anne way.
and then weigh the yield from each row separate
~: then keep a record Of each row. select the
best for next year and so on from year TO year.
to the end that the seed corn may have q pedi-
gree that Is definite and a true guide. From the
few rows 20 planted. seed will be selected for tho
increase pla, that Ia to supply seed for tho larger
fields. Those who want TO pursue this kind OF
breeding will be able to get from their State Ex-
pertinent Stations or the Department OF Agr!cui-
ture at Washington bulletins that explain the
plan In detail. The next best plan Il TO select
tho seed ears In the field. and 10 observe whether
tho stalks that bore extra nnc ears had choice To-
cations. rich spots. much room. cc.. which might
make a large car when the tendency for a good
yield was not really In the seed tho cars came
from. II We wait TIL tho corn IL In tho crib. ~e
cannot do more than scicc, good cars. !rrcspcc.
tive OF whether they grew on specially favored
stalks. But oven such selection - this viii DO
better than none.
II one does no; have corn from which rcaliy
good seed can DO selected. a strain tina, IL . good
ytcldcr. he ought TO buy good sod. Ito ought
also 10 ,cs, bis seed before planting. 20 learn
whether II In going TO sprous welt and grow With
vtEor. Much viii sprous ~cll and no, have vi.o.
to grow we'll. skips In tho ro~ coat lust a.
much TO cultivate a. = like space In which corn
u growing. and produce nothing. The unahadca
soil may even DO injured by being exposed un.
necessarily TO tho sun.
Preparatory nscaking aud tiasr0~iax-Mueh
IL said and written about deep breaking for corn.
il II one Of those questions thai viii never bc
settled. for tho reason that sousc types Of land
need one treatment and some nccd another. II -
rare that deeper than six-lnch blowing viii pay:
and sometimes II viii be detrimental II land In
pio~cd much deeper than formerly. plow In the
fall. Loose soils and bottom lands can DO plo~-
ed deeper than black prairie soils. Never go al
to dinner or To the housc for tho uigts hrfosr all
thr land that hAs b~ca piow~d thas half day II
narrowed. Later. tho use Of tho dtsc viii put tho
seed-bcd In better condition. but do not abuse
tho land by turning II cup TO tho Air and sun to
dry out before II II narrowed. Tho Sod bod In
moro important than usually supposed. Make IT
nnc and mellow. II does no, take much work. a.
harro~s and discs cover much ground at a time
S"rnc Hints on rianting.-Pianiing should no,
be too deep In early spring. when tho soil II cold
and much moisture II In tho ground. Al that
time tho warm soil II tho layer next TO tho sur
face. Deep planting In also bad when tho seed
bed has no, been we'll prepared. Some cor, Of
drill or mechanical planter should be used. since
all seed will DO put In tho ground approximately
the same distance. Then there In either a stand
or not n stand. Tho grower will not DO In doub,
ms 10 whether he should rcpiant: blu, he may be-
In doubt II the seed IL dropped by hand and some
are deep and some arc shallow. no tina, a par,
meet favorable weather conditions and come up.
while tho rest do not come up. Watch tho drtit
carefully for some time. and dig ou, enough hills
TO know how deep the planting IL being done. II
VIII be n costly corn crop II labor saving nipple.
nienis are no, used for CIVILIZATIONS: and they can
be used with greater success when tho rows are
straight. 30 that the cui,iva,ors can run 10 close
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