Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-29

extreme penalty OF the law. which is
ten years for crime Of that character.
| Both defendants being under thirty
years old will be committed to the re-
formatory at Anamosa and they will
be taken there at once.
terminate or grow, This means that
he has planted $40 ears that are
worthless. II these ears had been
good they would have produced S40,-
600 ears or 10000 bushels OF corn
worth $3.50.
| Could the farmer afford to throw
away such sum Of money, when he
could have saved 1t by the simple pro-
cess Of testing and planting only good
ears?
Business Proposition.
The importance of testing the seed
corn cannot be overestimated, for it
not only saves great loss to the
farmer, but will add very materially
to his individual wealth and vast
sum to the farmers Of the state as q
whole.
1t is a business proposition to the
farmer and should be treated with
equal Importance. Fifty million dol
lars more per year to the Iowa farmer
means $50, 100000 more per year to the
Iowa retailer, manufacturer, whole
saler, jobber and every other kind OF
business man. It is so important that
every man, woman and child within
the borders Of the state should boost
for 1t, talk about it. work for 1t and
above all see that every farmer
does It,
The Study Of Corn.
If the value Of Prof. Holden's adj
vice needed any proof, the careful
study Of most any corn field would
give 1t. Select field of good corn
and go through It, carefully counting
the missing hills, the hills with only
one or two stalks and the stalks that
have produced no corn This kind OF
an Investigation will show how great
is the need Of planting only the best
tested corn. Recently the Iowa State
college made careful count Of the num-
Der Of stalks per hill in ten respective
corn fields in the state It found in
some cases less than 40 per cent Of a
stand and the average was hardly Sc
per cent, not including the weak, UNI,
producing stalks.
Easy 70 Test.
Testing the seed corn is very inter
esting and instructive work. that is
neither hard nor tiresome. It is done
in the winter or early spring when
there is plenty Of time. The hours
spent In testing seed will do more
toward getting full crop than weeks
of hard work in the field later in the
season. for no matter how careful the
cultivation nor how favorable the sea-
son full crop is not possible If the
stand is poor or the vitality low.
1t is the plants from kernels with
low vitality that are first affected by
the drouth, by the heat or the weeds.
These plants are responsible for more
failures and poor crops than anything
else. A careful termination test shows
just what the vitality of each ear is.
It shows more clearly than anything
else what next years crop will be.
Record yields are not possible unless
seed corn is planted that will produce
plants with strong root systems as
well as strong stalks. A glance at
properly tested seed corn shows both
the sprouts and the roots, and no seed
SOAA CAOuAu w PAolIOA LA0L IdS UOI
proven in advance that it Is capable
Of producing good ear Of corn.
Means Much to Iowa.
Iowa should not only increase the
production Of corn ten bushels to. the
acre, or 100,00O,000 bushels to the
state but 1t really ought to be fifteen
or twenty bushels more to the acre
and 200 1000 900 more for the state, or
an increased wealth Of $1OO,O0O,OOO
What good does 1t do to go through
your fields cultivating hills where
there are no stalks? Think of the
labor lost in the field because Of poor
stand It takes just as much labor to
tend to a field having an average OF
one and a half stalks as 1t does al
field having an average OF three good
stalks per hill. Do you realize the
labor lost? Plant good, vigorous, live
seed and you will not have so many
one and two stalk hills. You will be
worthsa whole lot more money at the
end OF the year, the prosperity of the
state and nation will be enhanced
and the wealth OF the country will be
increased an incalculable amount.
Test your seed corn.