The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-02-02

soil strange to 1t, and to which II is
not acclimated. A new variety should
be grown in a place similar to condi-
tions in its old surroundings to get the
best benefit. Results from tests IN
Clinton county show the truth OF this
statement
I'VE are trying to grow corn with
three stalks to the hill. If each stalk
will produce an ear, weighing pound
we will net $50 bushels to the acre.
It is known that with two stalks to
the hill and the corn producing as
above 100 bushels is the average yield
Get Corn in Early.
Another matter demanding the at
tention of the farmer is to get his
seed corn in early. Go into the field
after the corn has matured and when
the husks are white and select the best
specimens. It is well to go before the
frosts occur"
Gives Chart Explanation.
A chart was next explained showing
that the September selected seed corn
was much better than the cribbed ar
ticle selected later in the year. ''It is
advisable to select corn from good
strong stalks and in fact, as much at
tention should be paid to the stalk as
to the corn,'' he continued.
II think that the proper stalk is one
without too many suckers and one
that has 12 to IA leaves. One is able
to select seed corn from stalks in this
way. which are not afflicted with the
smut and which shows that the stalk
has vitality. 1t is we'll that the seed
corn be selected from stalks with
many leaves as this characteristic
shows the condition of the plants to
be good The shank on which the
corn hangs should not be too long.
It should not be so strong as to keep
the ear standing upright, but should
allow the ear to hang at a 45 degree
angle from the stalk"
Storing Corn Information.
The question of storing seed corn
was also considered at some length.
Different styles of drying racks were
pictured. Some consist of lath and
two by four scantling formation. An
other employed is by sticking the corn
on nails driven through a board, and
another by tying up the corn with
binder twine. In every instance the
corn should be placed away from he
sun and in a dry, but we'll ventilated
room.
The discussion brought out that 1t
was we'll to keep the ground mellow.
also that it made little difference II
the check row system or the hilling
method was used, although each has
its advantages. An average depth TO
plant corn at Purdue is two 1ncnes;
probably a little deep for this section.
Prof. Cochel Speaks.
Prof. Cochel was the next speaker.
He outlined the work for the term
showing that the marketable value or
the livestock judged would enter into
the question as we'll as the animals S
points. He stated that in determining
the market value of the stock. 1t
would also be taken into considera-
ton the amount of food necessary to
bring the animal to this value. He de-
clared that no farmer could continue
one system in the business unless the
raising of livestock was made a part
of the work He declared that it was
no doubt true we were raising too
many animals which required too
much feed. 1t was pointed out that
while corn was the basis of all stock
feed ding yet that other things. such
as hay, were valuable and their I'M
portance should be emphasized more.
Hogs and Sheep.
He said that hogs and sheep prob
ably make more direct returns than
cattle but that the person raising
these two animals was going to a
greater risk than those raising cattle.
Hogs are liable to get a disease while
sheep suffer from internal and eXter-
nal sicks.
The speaker said while the dairy
business is the most profitable 1t re-
quires that the man be adapted to the
business There is an immense
amount of work to be done. Labor
is hard to secure. Yet the returns
of we'll managed dairies are greater in
proportion to the amount invested
than any other one branch Of farming.
Watch the Quality.
I'm the selection of farm animals
one should pay much attention to the
quality, especially for breeding pur-
poses. The animal as rule with the
merits of quality as an asset are the
most profitable In hogs greater care
is taken than in the selection of cat
tie, sheep and horses at present. I ad-
vocate the purchase of pedigreed sires
and the selection of the best brood
animals. The successful man in pure
bred livestock must be salesman
and he must pay attention to what
the market is demanding.
As to Dairy Cattle.
In dairy cattle there are two points
to be observed. First, cattle must
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