Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-06
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1910
IMPROVEMENT OF CORN.
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possible, thus securing uniformity.
(2) All ears should be as near
cylindrical shape as possible, as a
cylindrical shaped ear will carry a
higher percentage of grain than a ta-
pering one.
(3.) All white varieties should
have white kernels and white cobs
unless a red cob variety, then all
cobs should be red. Yellow kernels
mixture.
(4.) The tips and butts should
be we'll covered with uniform and
we'll shaped kernels.
(5.) The kernels on all parts OF
the ear should be as near alike In
shape, size and color as possible, as
the shape and size determine, in
large measure, the regularity with
which a corn planter will drop them.
CO. The length for single ear va
rieties should not be less than eight
inches with a circumference about six
inches measured one-third the dis
tance from butt.
Having selected about fifty ears ac-
cording to the above directions from
the one hundred first gathered they
should be stored away until near
planting time in some dry place
where weevils or mice will not affect
them. Then they should be placed
on a plank or large box and number
ed consecutively from one to hfty In
order that they may be tested LOT
termination or ability to sprout. rms
test is made as follows: Fill soap
or starch box with wet sawdust,
placing on top of the sawdust wet
flour or meal sack which has been
laid off in pencil squares 2x2 1nches.
The squares should then be numbered
from one to fifty. Then take ear
No. l and remove six kernels from
II, taking the first kernel about one
inch from the butt, slightly turn ear
in the hand and remove another Ker-
mel about one and half inches from
the nlace where the first one was re-
moved. Continue this slight turn
ing of the ear and removal of kernels
until the six are secured. Having re-
moved the kernels. place them germ
side up in square No. l, all tips point
ing in the same direction. Continue
TO remove kernels from the indiVid-
ual ears. placing them in the square
corresponding to the number or tne
ear from which they were removed;
Then cover them with wet sack ana
place the box in the kitchen and al
low IL to remain there a week, wetting
II twice during that length or time.
After the test has been running
about a week remove the top sack
and examine each square containing
the kernels. The number OF those
squares which do not contain SIX
large sprouts should be ascertalned
and the ear corresponding to the
number of that particular square
should be discarded, as all or the
kernels on it will not grow.
Having decided which ears are TO
be retained each should be planted on
a separate row. 1t is not necessary
that the entire ear be planted, but
precaution must be taken so that each
row planted will have the same num-
Der of stalks and distance, both IN the
drill and between the rows.
The following fall each row shoulo
be gathered separately and the ears
from it weighed. The best ears from
the highest yielding of rows SHOULD
be saved to start another oreedlns
patch the second year. The most
desirable ears from several or the
next highest rows can be used for
planting the general crop.
1t is necessary that the oreedins
match be several hundred yards from
any other field to prevent mixing with
inferior varieties. and that the charac.
ter of the fertilizers and cultivation OF
the land used be as near like the gen.
eral field as possible.
j. NJ. Napier.