The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-12-15
NOTES OF THE FARM
COLUMN OF INTERESTING NEWS
THAT WILL BENEFIT
FARMERS.
SCHOOL WORK WITH CORN

II viii no Il good nIan mr. rho MIN
ms Of eaeh seboolto make 4 eoIleet.
ion If s,rs ~ corn tba, viii he GOOD
samnlas ~ INA cron ~ .ha,r ne,yh.
borhood There win he many va.
rietias ora c,,or, rha-o uln ia VAL
low White soma rad .,rs ana come
n sort of mixturs NJ red and va,low
when 10 known ne ,.hloodv hutch
err, There viii ha o,bte n differ-
enca he,waan Tho ears IN s,ya shana
color sigo ~ ooh dan,h =, grain
etc
Count tho nnmhar ~ rows On ,ha
different ears you viii find TINT
/ tbere ia nm evan number 81 rows on
each aar rhere 4 never nm nm.
even rnmhar for 1, q no, natural
for II m he an This il aue 10
lthe fac, mat ma aar of corn repre-
sents four or more splkes grown TO-
petber and each snike has Two
rows some wears 400 some one Of
ferea n large prize for an ear Of
leornw,th nm uneyen number of rows
| but such an ear was NOT round
Notice that some Of tbe ears viii
he ven flled-the grains viii be
cromwell over the butt end as well
as the Tin end Others win have a
large spaee NJ the butt where there
WIN be no grain The shank OF such
an car is probobi, ,,,, -;.fsg sn;.
washard for the huskcr TO break off
some viii NOT be filled clear 10 the
tin end, and the ear win be quite
I,hperine in shape with such ears
In Is poss,ple that The season ala
not fayer a completion Of me grow
tn or the"setting''of the gra,n at
lthat end. This might happen by re-
Jason OF very wet weather FOR sew
eral DAYS when SILK OF the tin grains
was ready 10 receive the pollen. 1r
lime dust that comes from the tas-
Sci ana blows about il the air when
tic ear liz forming some OF this
fine dust must nligbt upon the ak.
so that grain will be formed. II
ltle weather was so Vet that the
pollen could not low about the ear
might he imperfect as the tip deyel-
OBS last
Note tbat some ears OF corn have
deep grains While some other ears
have grains that are quite shallow
Also notice tsat where the grain
is vide M tho aae there will be ia
lde ar M snace between the grains
oear ma cob This Initiates more
yaipe ns ira. shellsd corn viii weigh
moro eomnsratlvelv from such a
tyno a. am Il a. GENERALLY tb0ueht
~ corn erowers tbat rouFR oar
Vim hava deen.r grain than b
smn,tb ear wDi .Fysmine some
ra,ieK oars ana 80 n thls ia 40
Xuar s6elilng sona piains notice
mar ,hore is a sIici,, IA ,reasi6n. on
ina brond side tnwafd the Tin ana
~ eacb This IL catl.d u,e germ OF
enhrvo wbsn tbe rrait Il niaeed
H. n,o son or I, tho s.ed testor
IA sm,it mar, wlu hsyfn "a grow
fram u,is GIsNe Tho germ WIN be
saan,,o 81 mlch lorger IN some
,4an-. o,ho.s mo EARN
! an,ain h,rh nerce,taga nj nro-
80 ash and al aud thus tho lar.
IN. =, a. ia, moro valnnble tho grain
lin ~ saad Van have noticed
80. ~. ana rats u,iu generally
eat ~, no germ end Of tie grain
instead Of eating the whole grain
!, ~ h.or sound TINT nv growing
Am n,ants tosetber from seed that
! NJ. ,argo se,,ns corn wiu he nro
a,cod ia, w,lt nroduca grains with
a,ui ,oradr aar,ns ana Iiew,se richer
Il no mos, valuable food materials
i. T. nrotair mar makes vo,,ns stock
grow making muscle and other
.'..,. ,iasma.
split the grain lengthwise and you
mostly nure white. This is mostly