Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-09-29

thoroughly each time across II Is
better TO drin the corn In the breed.
Ing plot since IL is too uatrnw TO cui
uyate TO advantage cr..> Use. T,No
or three border rows sh0a'd lie planted
around the edges O. the rioI
Care Of The Breeding Plot.
The breeding plot should not s,s. fet
tilted any better than any Of the 9th
er fields on the farm. and the prcp:,r.,
ton OF the seed bed and cultlNa,i,t
should be the same. rho prime oh
ject is TO develop a st,an OF corn thai
viii yield well under average field CO,
ditious. The extra work that Is nut 81,
the breeding plot should he applied Ia
the corn itself and not 20 the S,,a
About the time cultivation ceases AN
suckers should be cut OF. This can A..
quickly done with straight hladc,l
corn knife. These suffers take nuur
ishment needed by tnS 500 stalks
and produce inferior pollen TO fertilise
the silks
The most Important part OF the worS
Is detasSeling. When the taSSels begin
10 appear 20 through the plot and
carefully pull them out from every
other row. This should be done every
day for n week or more-as long as
tassels continue to appear. At the
same time any imperfect stalks in the
other rows should be detasseled. N
there are any rows that show a mark
ell tendency TO sucker. carry the ears
too high or low or have any other
t-s,l
seized also
Comparing the Yields.
AS soon as the corn is all ripe the
ears from the twenty-five detasseIed
rows should be husked. keeping the
produce OF each row separate. The
corn from the tasSeled rows. as well as
from the imperfect rows that were dc
tasseied and from the border rows.
should be discarded At the time OF
huskinS the detasseled corn any pc
culiarity of the stalks I'm a row should
be noted The number NJ stalks I'm each
row should also be counted The
weight ~ the corn from row divided
by the number OF stalks I'm that row
Will give the weight per stalk. which
is the proper basis Tor comparison IL
viii Ice found that there is Il very great
difference Ia yielding ability. some
rows yicldirs twice or three times as
much as others This Yield. torefh-
er with the number of good seed
ears 20 the row fOrms the basis for
determining from which row Go select
ears To plant next years breeding plot.
The rest Of the ears worth saving
bsa
Increase Geld
The increase Geld is not for the pur-
pose OF improving the corn. bur merely
TO secure larger quantities OF that
which has been improved I'm the breed
Ing plot. Each year seed from the
highest quality and best yielding OF
the individual rows l. saved TO plant
the next years breeding plot and the
remainder used In the increase field
In this way the standard keeps i'm
proving from year 10 year Ten bush.
els TO the acre increase is by no means
the limit 60 which the Improvement
can be carried. Indeed. almost the
only limit is the care and time be-
slowed upon the breeding plot
The Seed Corn House.
Where several hundred bushels OF
corn are 10 be saved seed. as is
the case where a specially is being
made OF well bred seed corn. IL is nee
essary 10 have some sort OF special
seed corn house. This may be filed
with Slated racks. on which the corn
is laid. or the ears may be hung from
the ceiling with binder Irvine. The
latter is the better method, as il per
mits a more thorough circulation OF
air around the corn Tho ncn nf frr-,