Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-03-24

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Prof. A. D. Wilson spoke on soil cui-
ture, advocating rotation of crop.
He stated that the light soil, found
here has some advantages over heavier
soil in that it took less time for soil
products to grow in it, but stated that
careful attention should be given TO
the putting in cf vegetable matter in.
TO it by. rotation OF crops, getting
roots into AT fron Timothy. eloXsr
Ing ot.thia nature can be carried on to-
less, but tor larger tract the labor con-
The productivity of the land though is
greatly enhanced. the record at the
state experimental station showing
the following yields to the acre: wheat
26.6 bushels, meadow 8 5 tons; oats 82.
bushels; corn58.6 bushel and pasture
for 14O days, on five year rotation.
On tracts of land similar in every
respect, light soil, during period of
1Oyears, on land which the crop was
continuous, the average yield per acre
was: wheat 1877 bu. {; meadow lis
tons corn Is bu. while that on which
rotation OF crops was made aver
aged wheat 1919 bu. clover 2. 6 tons
corn As bu.
MIR. Wilson stated live stock was an
essential factor in the carrying on Of
agriculture. as it provided the fertil-
izer which the soil needed.
The selection of seed was thoroughly
discussed by Prof. Cooper, who stated
that it was great mistake to send
away for seed, as the best seed for the
home farm is what is raised closest to
home. The heavy plump seed should
be selected as the plant thereby gets q
better start and records showed the
difference in yield to be considerably
more where heavy seed was used. The
tanning mill should be used to grade the
seed, and care should be exercised not
to use seed infected with seed-diseases
such as rust, smut. etc. The loss on
crops through smut, etc. runs from 10
to 20 per cent, where the seed grain
IS not properly selected, according to
the speaker. The formaldehyde treat
ment was the best method to get rid
of smut, he stated, which solution can
easily be mixed. being pint Of for
maldehyde 40 per cent pure costing
from IS to 40 cents. and forty five gal
Ions of water. Take ten to fifteen bush
els of the seed.s pillng same oD floor,
and sprinkle with the solution the day
before or week before seeding If
possible, stirring it up while sprink-
ling it that all Of it may receive the
treatment. Cover with blankets or
sacks afterward to keep the vapor from
escaping. Same treatment applies" to
disinfectiDg fax. =
q. N. Olson stated that the growing
Of corn was most profitable. when pro-
per selection of seed was made. The
seed must be acclimated to the soil, 80
that it will ripen nine years out Of
ten. The best seed corn is that grown
on the home farm. It should he picked
from the largest stock in the field at
the time Of rlpening, not at husking
time. The ears should be strung up in
warm place, either in the furnace
room or IN the attic above the kitchen.
To select seed, q box filed with saw
dust and marked off in two inch squares
and numbered should be used. Zen kerr
nels from each ear, also numbered,
should then be put IN each square,
moisten, and damp cloth placed over 1t
and let set for eight to nine days. The
ears from which the kernels sprout
well and strong with three to five roots
should be saved. By using such seed
up to 10 bushels more per acre can be
lraisod than without this careful selec-
tlon. Farmers should not be- In 4
hurry to plant the corn seed earlier.
lhut should Roo that the soil % proper
II prepared, for it. Tho soil should be