Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-08-17
SEED CORN .|;| week X
FOR BEST RESULTS FARMERS
SHOULD MAKE SELECTION IN
FIELD EARLY IN FALL.
FOLLOWS THE STATE FAIR
Agricultural School Says That Period
Is Proper One for Picking
Best Ears For Next
Seasons Planting.

The week following the state fair
and the conservation congress has
been set apart by Governor Eberhart
| as seed corn week. In proclama-
ton the governor reminds the people
| of the state corn is our more profit
able crop and asserts that the yield
! could be doubled if the best kind of
seed were used.
| The governor thinks that there is
| too little corn planted in the state.
There are only 100000 acres this
year and there should be 100000,
he says. But the seed should be Sc
lected carefully and he urged the
farmers to take one or more days
during seed corn week to go through
their corn fields and select the best
ears for seed.
The common practice among farm
ers is to select their seed corn from
the crib in the fell after the whole
crop is husked. Some pick their seed
corn without any particular care as
to the quality Of the ears they select.
Only the most careful farmers go
through the field and select the seed
corn from the stalk, as the governor
and the professors at the state farm
advise all to do.
The state fair, where the results Of
good seed and good cultivation are
shown, and the conservation congress,
| where practical talks will be made on
better farming, are expected to be an
inspiration to the farmers, and as it
happens the week following is the
| right time, in most localities, for the
selection of seed corn, it is expected
there will be many out in the fields
looking for fancy ears during seed
corn week.
The Proclamation.
The governor in his proclamation
says:
"The farmers of Minnesota have
this year received a most impressive
lesson as to the Importance and value
of the corn crop. The May crop and
pastures have been partially destroyed
by drouth and the wheat crop has
been shorn of it's expected proportions
by the same cause: Corn we'll cared
for has thrived and will evidently be
| the most substantial crop of the sea-
son. It promises to yield an abun-
| dance of grain for feed and forage
for fall and winter feeding and will
| help to supply the deficiency in the
stock-raiser's resources caused by the
failure of the hay crop.
But out of tillable area in Min
nesota of about 100000 acres only
100000 acres are planted in corn,
where there should be 100000 acres
! planted each year. And, what is even
more important, while the average
production is now only thirty bushels
| per acre, it has been proved that, by
a careful selection of seed and good
tillage, the average can be raised to
sixty, or even more, bushels per acre.
''The beginning of the work which
is to double the production of corn per
acre lies in the selection of good seed.
SO important is this that the repre-.
sentatives of the extension division of
the Minnesota agricultural college
have sought to impress it upon the
farmers by recommending the obser-
vance of a seed corn week.
Time Is Fixed.
Heartily agreeing with them in
their estimate Of the Importance of
seed corn, I hereby appoint the week
of September IL to II, inclusive, as
seed corn week, and would join in
urging that every farmer in Mime.
sofa shall, on some day of that week,
make it his. special duty to go through
his cornf1eld and select for seed the
best ears from the sturdiest stalks
carefully storing them according to
the suggestions made in Extension
Bulletin No. 9, which may be had by
writing to Extension Division, Univer
s1ty Farm, st. Paul.
! Il would also urge an increase in
the acreage of corn in every county
It has been demonstrated by reliable
tests that the average net profit on
corn, based on it's feeding value, il
$6.92 per acre against $50 per acre on
oats. Corn, being cultivated crop
also leaves the land, in excellent con
dition for succeeding crops"
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