Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-25
CORN CULTURE
WHY Grow Corn.

CORN CULTURE
Why Grow Corn.
1t is a good cleaning crop where
weeds trouble.
1t is good moisture conservation
crop. 1t keeps surface mulch OF
loose dirt over the ground all season
which prevents evaporation. In the
dry season Of 1900 wheat after corn
crop produced 25.4 bushels per acre
and after small grain AZ bushels per
acre. This was the result of retain
ing the moisture. In 1910 results OF
the same sort were secured but they
were less marked than in 1900.
1t makes splendid preparatory
crop for flax or wheat or other small
grain crops.
Corn fodder furnishes more digest
ible roughage per acre than any other
forage crop grown in America. Shred
ded baled corn fodder sells for the
same price on the Chicago market
as meadow hay. 1t is good rough
age for horses, wholesome and usually
free from dust.
Ensilage for corn is standard feed
for dairy cattle and is good for beef
cattle and sheep. 1t supplies good
substitute for pasture grass in winter.
A succulent feed of this sort is a
great help in keeping up the milk
flow in winter.
Corn is the best fattening grain
known and is relished by all classes
of live stock.
How Often Shall Corn Be Grown in
Cropping System In North
Dakota.
This question must be answered for
the different regions by different state
ments. North Dakota has many differ
ent soils and climatic conditions.
Corn, fax. wheat. clover;
Corn wheat. barley. peas and oats;
Corn. wheat peas and oats.
The above are some good combina-
tons of cropping which include corn.
What Kind Of Corn Shall we Plant?
For the northern portion of North
Dakota: Mercer or Triumph flint
varieties are we'll adapted. being high
growing and good yielders. They have
have the advantage also of being early
kings.
For the southern portion of the state
Golden Dent, N. D. $50 and North
western Dent are good. The Mercer
and Triumph flints will do we'll there
also but are objected to by many on
account of being flint strains.
Rustler's White Dent is also making
good showing there and on the
warmest soils Minnesota 10 will ripen
and is good quality. Gehu and Da-
kota are the earliest varieties and are
good yielding kinds, but are very low
growing. For "hogging off, or for
pasturing off by any other class of
stock they are excellent sorts.
How Much Seed Per Acre.
Provide a bushel of seed for seven
to nine acres of land If planted in
check rows-four grains to the hill
quantity required varies of course
with the size of corn used.
Grow your own seed If possible and
gather it during September at the
latest. Swing sack over your shoul-
der-shot pouch fashion-fasten key
hoop in the mouth of it to keep it
open and walk thru the field selecting
seed from stalks that suit you as we'll
as ears that are fine. Cure them and
dry them out in we'll ventilated place
It should not be dried in a room where
it will freeze hard, but warmth is
less important than q circulation Of
air and a high temperature is an alb
solute detriment to the seed.
Hang the ears Of corn so that they
will not touch one another or lay
them out so that they will not be more
than two ears deep. When dry Keep
them where there Is no moisture aris-
ing. Avoid keeping seed corn over a |
grain bin, stabbed live. stock or living
apartments where steam arises. Mois- !
ture is very hard on seed corn.
In the spring or late winter cut the |
seed corn, lay the ears out on a board !
in a row, and taking them in regular |
order pick out five kernels from each |
ear and place over its number in the |
germinator. When time has allowed |
them to sprout throw out the weak |
growing ears. This will give you all
good strong growing seed corn and
avoids the most common cause Of miss
ing hills.
How to Plant.
Plant corn in check rows four ker-
nels to the hill so that it can be
cultivated both ways. Thick planted
corn produces more fodder or rough
age than hill planted will do, but it
does not allow the weeds to be des-
troyed so well, nor the provision Of !