The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-04-21
Boys Corn Growing Contest
SUPERINTENDENT CHAMBERLAIN GIVES ADVICE TO THE YOUNG
FARMER BOYS UPON THE GROWING AND CARE OF
CORN FOR COMING CONTESTS.
To the Boys of South Dakota Who Ar
This Coming Spring.

To the Boys of South Dakota Who Are Entering Corn Growing Contests
how x important tnnti it is o to the he Interests p6s ioes Of this It state tat tr tnat th at m sanya of st thee onde n
men are improving materially their methods "a Of t farming nno but the hv great r1s hope OPP
young men. As the price Of land advances the soil must be made to yield hn more
500 produces in addition ion to o. paying d%t for t nss extra TT ras gn put v u4R s2 sa Oer w s@e
it fails to be as paying a investment at the greater price. Almost any place
5 Wo sSpt sh ps sa4 om Sn az fe s tge eay s so When HH5 la the ' boys v ee aF psI fn these pa contests se is
Tsash the It tS g G s~f fs IMPORTANT snar that sn you Aa should w' be- Ss a i9e'R when a' you o S reach that that
age to make it produce proporionately more more crop rd n,rtv r b+ weather dr-
ing the growing period: Oats and wheat O. tn contrary RAJ; den demand an na a war; arm
aDI august aM uH p make ~ the h corn crop, while the same extreme hot days during the
pnaOd t %hs Rer 1na Sm ae m STf5n w snp e eru hshRs, t ter h t to shrink hqn@ t these e S Kernels SA and ID
i he~ any ' section off of t the state depends very largely upon the units Of heat it win
ss f4 tne ssrIy By fm natun n t Ssr fal the 1n P Pe Southern eseTeG portion the 'o of the hsG state eth th is' pF'
iod is !" a few sSsS days Ssi longer than in Il northern portion n,, and the the : nights aaSst, are
s SaH%sa' Of 8 South %s p 5ssssa than ,a1sS : he Nc soandss: ~ ... s~ 80
s9 i this this Sst STATE b. Ut e Or n field planting ass,S only u such .y varieties IL v sssald d De used is a
plant that does not readily adapt itself to new conditions 1t takes time for
1t is therefore important that you should develop in your locality a super
ir quality of corn, and this "a most certainly be done by careful selection
II this is the dst contest in y% county Il / presume res. n,E your &C. Sog smg.S Super
dent may have asked you to select your W seed from the or ougrew last
ost If th the selection xas sS%n Of s seed e ID. has "a ss Sssa lief left 1 sS Do . v sas TO Sou sq igssd that ph shs
not COB Remember ea ai at it Use is corn Eth that as% will rs be thoroughly . u aM sa matuf ed ,d nel@e
sars; Select rather the ears that re Of medium length s9 an. and l.. c sryus a goo, good
the these same size around, from the butt almost to the tip The e ar that tapers
Shallow kernel III from the tip considerable distance back IN the Ear: Avoid
rea ca' from the he butt tel clear to to the the tip kernel "'
mak ssle q is safs b snat and ID d dGk aak Strings nne a :tsss ts top par fastening e nj ca the % at eae G
end end then hen d n wi + them r back s stTn forth bd 5ns G b tvS U IHcb n M ait q hf o eae three ee
inches apart, which will give you squares Of that size: Then put some dirt in
ss Of the HI box, "a and the rows on the end Then plant ahoa. * kernels from
t oi ea a1sss 5 az i0 into IN th square Satt 10 that h e esTia nd I na nms it nah !, sai is9 i @ ssT
:a : and pi'a 81 i Ok ss aansH y u? get sn tsss . = a IL sPaz When a you o $ start 70 so iii al r. 5s ~
ears % # corn 1s wi. = s, :; s s,I sast t sna e s,se, %sss :. many row as you have ear.
and plant each row from a separate rate ear (, If yI p start ,S " will sa, SAY lat a n south MI
ear jar Of # corn %S Wv When ny You u get that row planted. shell enough OF of another ear