The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-01-14
SELECTING SEED CORN.
Results Of Experiments Demonstrate
the Value of Seed Testing.


l again ask space IN your columns.
No, sir; for with school of 80 or 40
pupils, wits and seven children,
besides farm, etc, which demand
my attention and services, / tell you
frankly, I have no time to lose seek
notoriety or publicity, even We're l
so disposed to do.
As write listen to the drops
kS2fain as they fall from the caves to
sNhe ground and l think how really
.<asignlfcant one drop appears and
yet each drop represents compon,
ent part of the stream which is now
running down the hill near my house;
then l consider may not |, though
a comparatively small "drop'', be
used in the stream of progression by
not only individual labor but also
stating some of the results of e1per-
iment. Fact is, Mr. Editor, think
many of us are either too negligent
or too selfish to make known Oft
times the gist of our discoveries.
Gan the reason be that We think our
editor is unwilling to give space:
Mol A thousand times no. Then do
We think that others are not sufh-
ciently interested to consider onr Of
eriags? Possibly true. Yet We may
feel assured that a certain per cent.
age of "REcoRD" readers are inter-
ested and will gather some bene6.
cial information.
But I must cease along this line
Of thought and get back to the ini-
tial intention, viz, to state partially
tle result of the seed corn test
When the corn sprouts in the test
boz had reached . height of from ono
to three inches, according to vitality
Of seed, ] raised one end of the box
sufficiently to cause a slant, then l
5 continued pouring water until the
dirt was largely washed from the
. roots of the sprouts.
Next l carefully removed each
sprout and wrote on score-csrd the
condition of each check (there were
four sprouts to each check accord
ing to the vitality shown in each
check letting 100 per cent represent
check in which all four sprouts
showed vigorous roots. stem, an"
I growth. Of $50 ears leach check
Represented one earl only 10 showed
100 per cent, 81 ears showed 90-95
per cent, AZ ears showed 75-89 per
cent, "a ears showed under IS per
cent. some ears going as loS as 40
per cent.
Nov, ] shelled from ears showing
go to 100 per cent. together and
classed same as good; l did likewise
with ears showing IS per cent. to SO
per cent, but elassed them as'seeon-
dary; I discarded all ears under 70
per cent. as worthless for planting
seed.
With class :.good' planted Z
acres from which i got an e.1cellent
stand, though put Only one grain
to the hill and covered with horse,
using an ordinary board. Had the
worms and insects not ragged war af-
ter the corn was about two or three
inches high, there would have been
no need to replant. This corn show
ed steady growth and matured we'll.
used only sack of fertilizer to
each acre and Mr. Dennis, who as
sisted to "break" the corn said he
never saw better average uphill corn
in his life, and Mr. Dennis has felt
the pleasant zephyrs of many an
autumn. But l mean no reflection
.-on Mr. Dennis, for l remember that
when l saw him few months ago
}s showed but little sign of his age
-sprightly, cheerful and of good
countenance. "a handsome widower).
But as to the fields planted from
ears as secondary quite number
of hills were missing, although l put
from one to three grains in each hill.
But haven't space to relate further