The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-25
WHAT TO DO AFTER
THE CORN is PLANTED
Questions Of Planting in or Reseedino
Whole Field in Late Season.

A farmer in Michigan writes tba, n
Is planting his corn. land wants :
AnO" u nave continued 10 drag m,
corn after IL comes up. writes i n
DioNh' IN New York Tribune Farmer
az states that he will harrow once o.
twice after planting. but is afraid Il
put 'he narrow on he field after the
corn IS in sight
Several other farmers in this section
nave not planted, on account OF the
Soiu' wet weather. and they fear their
neids VIII be very weedy and grassy
others are planting in. with weeds and
grass already in sight and | know
they Will have a time OF it," They
might better M the fields over and re-
pant on clean, mellow ground after
warm weather comes to stay. even IL
II Is late in June.
AS write these lines there are
thousands OF farmers who read this
paper who have just planted their
corn and many others who have not
Inc spring is very backward all over
me country. In Michigan il has been
cold and wet Some corn fields are
already In bad shade. the rains having
packed the soil and the planted fields
being green in spots with grass and
weeds. II keeps the farmer guessing
10 know just what to do sometimes
ana even then he simply has 10 wait
ana be shown what the weather boss
hands out day after day.
Another farmer asks me IL he wouId
better plant in" or replant his feld
entirely. He planted three weeks AGO
ana only a small portion OF his corn
is in sight.
we nave not planted corn on either
oI our farms yet May 29). but EXPECT 4
10 90 SO IN day or two IL the weather
permits. We consider we are forth.
nate IN this respect, in view Of the
weather We have had for the last
.iIee years But we have been caught
IN tne same manner several times IN
previous years and long back as far as
can remember / have tried botb
plans OF planting in" and replanting
ana generally prefer the latter nrac.
ice. have seen many corn fields
ruined for the seasons growth nv
planting in How
One spring score or more wears J
ago We had twenty acres Of corn {
planted in finely fitted seed he'd I
lDout the middle Of May. The seed
vas good. and was thoroughly tested
'eVeral weeks previous. A day or two
iiter planting cold. wet weather came
'n' and u showed enough to cover the !
,round twice during the same week I
'or Two weeks II was impossible 10 o
ouch the ground with any tool and 2
ne weeds and grass got a good start I
some OF the corn came up. and father ?
hought more would come in few I
avs Finally June ! found us plant. o
az IN where only one stalk was visible
nd in checkmarks Of missing hills.
POSSIBLY little more than one-third
! the hills had one. two and occa. O.
lonally three stalks from the first II
ianting when we began cultivatfng A
lth two-horse riding cultivation ri
he kernels from the second planting IL
al terminated and the sprouts were y
ist out Of the ground SAY. brother r.
Irmer. there isn't much fun in such q,
70 OF cultivating We had TO keen
le guards down TO protect the sprouts
I'd could not throw dirt into the taller
AXIS. so the weeds got a good holt"
the meantime. CO
The next time cultivated this field al
had arranged continuance whereby y
could raise the guards TO throw dir ~
10 one hill and instantly drop them -
guard the next hill. / worked this -
w attachment with my left hand III ~,
II II did good work. But II made nv 81
X hand tired before had finished
first forenoon stunt" as there
IS constant variety OF stalks about
inches high and little thir gs not
ore than one TO two inches high en-
The stand OF corn was very poo.i
len one considered both plantings ex,
I the resultant yield was very moor Z
len We husked the corn in the fan chi
g tried this plan several times bu,
seldom paid so well as 10 III tba 90
ound all over and replant. In The inc
ar referred to above we also ref,tad /
4 replanted a small field and the 10
N was almost as far advanced in Wit
gust as the first planting In the :
ger Held. The yield was good for cor
season. and Of far better quality car
" me patchwork field crop. In fact. \
planted IN corn did not mature and
an and had a sickly appearance all 9th
inner. ~ y
The late planted small field was hv
iSh''eu Oy narrowing and COW
ing and the seed planted in clean. r
y, a ~ ,leilo" sSii. ~ Was IN. first sprI
u - 5une' very warm, and the feeI
= could be seen across the field in the
GAYS after planting. There were N
weeds or grass TO bother. and we the
IiVated the rows much easier than the
the other field. ~
ne trouble with the larger field was ID
me corn lay in the ground viii
ough all the cold. wet weather for NOR