The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-01-12
INTEREST
TO FARMERS
Some Valuable Hints and In
formation Taken From
Farm Papers
Farmers Lose Seed Corn

anime it from time to time. This
farmer had taken great pains in
selecting corn in the best possible
way. The outcome is best told in
his own words.
II gathered about three times as
much seed as | needed. because |
wished to make a final selection dur
ing the winter. expected to plant
only 40 acres IN the spring Of 1910.
The seed was put on strings and
hung from the ceiling of an oqen
shed. There was plenty of room
and it dried out quite well. | did
not see this corn again until March.
Imagine my surprise when | went
out to make my final choice and pre-
pare it for the planter. During
the winter the snow blew in and on
warm days the corn became quite
wet, and as a consequence much of
it was spoiled.
After this corn was well dried
out in the fall | should have removed
it to some dry place where there
would have been no chance for it to
get wet. AS it was | had to take
some inferior seed"
A great difference of opinion eX-
lists as to the proper place for stor-
ing seed corn. A teacher in Deuel.
county. S. D., asked whether the
proper place would be under the
caves of "A house? She was told
that this place might be all right in
countries where it does not ram.
but would not be practical in
part of South Dakota.
Another instance was of a farmer
in Minnehaha county. who put his
seed corn in bags and stored them
on a rack in the haymOW of the
barn. He, to was greatly surpris-
ed last spring on opening the bags
to find that mice had made nests
and damaged many of the best ears
The hulls of many kernels were
Clipped, and although only a little
of the corn was eaten, much of 1t
was ruined for seed purposes.
Broken kernels NAV sDrout, but
they are undesirable because they
will mold if the conditions for ger
mination are not perfect.
These few illustrations serve to
show that seed corn must be stored
in places away from moisture and
vermin. The farmer cannot rest as
sured that everything is safe until
the corn is growing in the field. 1t
requires constant care and attention
so it will not heat or Mold even
after it is so perfectly dry in the
fall. Farmers should get their corn
ready to make their termination
tests. There is no better time to do
this WORK than now.-Northwest
Farmstead.
Good Roads i'm Iowa
Villisca. Iowa, Jan. 5.-The far
mers living in Nordaway river valley
north of Villisca boast of the best
kept country road in Iowa. For
several miles this road is almost per-
fectly level and is we'll graded up in
the center with splendid drainage.
The top Of the grade is solid and
smooth as a pavement. The far
mers living along this road take
pride in keeping it first-class condi-
ton ana drag it over and over after
every rain, One of the most impor-
tant features used in keeping this
road better than any other is that
no grading or filling is allowed to be
done during the fall months. All
this work is done before June each
year, SO that the new pieces Of
grade or fill has time to become
packed and solid before the fall
rains set in This plan of doing all
the grading in the spring of the
year seems a good plan to adopt on
the roads all oTer southwest Iowa.
Teach Children Self Control
1t was a pleasure to witness, not
long ago, in a nelghbor's child. the
working out of the theory of re-
warding goodness instead of punish
ishing badness in children.
!. Little Margaret, of ten, was a
girl of unusal brightness, but her
quick. sharp tongue brought her
|, manual troubles.
Whippings she accepted As her
natural birthright. but they left her