The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-15
CORRECT IDEALS AS
TO SEED CORN.
Southern Farm Gazette.


Agricultural writer's and farmers
institute lecturer in advising the corr
grower to select his seed corn care
fully and to make his first selection
in the field, usually state that he
should have an ideal and select stalks
and ears as near to that ideal as pos
sible.
That is good, but unless his ideal
be correct his selection may still be
bad. For instance, the ideal ear OF
the average Southern farmer is a
very large ear; so large, in fact, that
not more than one will be found on
stalk, and yet the tests of practic,
ally all Southern Experiment Stations
show that varieties which produce the
largest per cent. of stalks that bear
two or more ears, almost invariably
produce more corn per acre.
Again, the ideal of the corn grower
may also be wrong, according to the
accepted best opinion, as to the shape
Of the ear or the kind of kernel. 1t is,
therefore, necessary that definite in
formation be given regarding the high
est or correct ideal, as to. stalk, ear
and kernel. This is too frequently
not done, and consequently many OF
those who are taking the pains to
make more or less careful selection
of their seed corn are not securing
as good results as they might if more
characters which constitute the ideal
corn plant.
Unquestionably more attention is
sular offices in Manchuria on the
movements of the Japanese and Rus
slams, with the sudden determination
to have the Pacific fleet at it's far
Eastern base, is not admitted for pub
LEGATION at either the state or the
navy department
The well authenticated report, how
ever, is that the dispatch of the fleet
is due to informal suggestion from
the state department"
Added to this the Pacific fleet will
have accomplished all its needs in the
way of cruising and practice on the
home coast by September and it is not
seriously maintained by naval officials
that the cruise to the Philippines is a
necessity of the fleet.
The judgement of the men who are
familiar with the purposes of the gov
eminent in the state department is
that the large gathering of American
vessels should be at the Pacific post
continuously from now until the pre-
liminary stages of the negotiations OF
the new treaty shall have been passed |
1t is believed that he fleet will re-
main in the Orient until next March |
but there is no limit to its stay, which |
will be dependent upon the conditions
Just stated.
As far as concerns Manchuria and
he demand of the state department
hat there shall ne absolute freedom
If commerce, without special privil-
,ges to Japan and Russia, American
diplomats point out that if the treaty
etween Japan and the United States
5 arranged amicably the Manchurian
uestion will disappear of necessity.
II can be repeated, however, that
9th the Japanese treaty and the pres
Mt selfish policy of Japan and Rus
la with their privileges in Manchuria
ere the controlling factors for the
of the Pacific ships to Manila
nd that neighborhood.
The first vessels to leave San Fran
SEQ will be the armored cruisers.
hese powerful fighting machines are
le Tennessee, Washington, Califor-
Ia, South Dakota, West Virginia,