Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-04
Tho Dead Ear Of Corn.

FROM tnS 0Or{t Magazine.
just look at II. Would you think ity
It's a fact just the same-actually dead.
ana yet ~ was the ear OF corn that the
Judges had unanimously decided upon.
at the Iowa corn show.
The expert judges agreed that there was
but one ear Of corn that had ever been
could in any way compare with his ear
and that was the ID. l.. Pascal ear, which
has SO long held the record as the best
aar of corn ever exhibited in Iowa. MANY
pronounced 1t the best ever exhibited In
the corn belt.)
The Judges had practically made their
decision in a general way. without going
Into the matter Of vitality. and. the pick
ing Of first money was an easy matter.
This ear stood out pre-eminently tho best
OF all the many ears exhibited.
But now came the time for a. closer ex-,
animation. The question arose.. Are these
ears OF corn all alive?s And so they be-
gan to investigate. and 10 and behold.
ear OF corn. so well filled over the tin
and butt; with such uniformity In shape
OF Kernels. and such straight. regular
Gus and damaging evidence that the ear
or corn was dead-had been frozen.
Kernel after Kernel was taken out. and
they presented a brown cheesy appearances
IN the germ. So hard had it been frozen,
That 1t could be easily detected with the
eye.
And SO this ear OF corn, so strong and
vigorous IN appearances beautiful type
OF Reds Yellow Dent-with everything In
us favor from the standpoint of the gem
standnoi;it OF seed corn most of the kerr
neis on the ear would be just as good as
buttons for seed. but no better.
~ ofter 10 make still more sure. the
Juuses TOOK SIX kernels from the ear and
put them In a termination box. so that
wnsn the. owner of the ear of corn came q
corn and told how u had been rated from
lne standpoint OF the Individuality Of the,
sar Itself. but because Of its vitality It be-
came necessary to throw it out-the owner
could hardly underestimate first he
thought there must be some mistake, but,
ne was taken over to the termination box
taken from the ear and placed in tho
y~ermtnation box. Around this square was
other corn also placed the same day. but,
Ct corn taken from this ear? They re-
fused to sprout. They were dead. That
evidence was sufficient. The owner of the,
corn grower. realized. as possibly he had
never realised before. just what 1t meant
70 select a dead ear Of corn for seed pur-.
But ne was not one Of those to be find
ing fault or complaining. with the de.
cision OF the Judges. He saw the evidence.
Then he recalled the fact that we had:
had some unfavorabie climatic conditions
very serious to seed corn last fall. and be-
great deal Of his corn saved for seed was
poses. !
Let each farmer in the corn belt ask,
himself the question. us my corn all Of
strong Eermination quality! Are there
any lead ears among 1t? Will 1t all,
answer this question With the germina-,
sion box test. Il is folly to think. or guess,
b sure.
The question In now whether the recall,
i Will 800&Y Tn hats that NoVy0 hAosn thtn-rf
'"eo tho ring.-New York Evening Post.
port which states that there are oniy 10
- ty.nsanS porsons IN New York.--st. Paul
resident 1radero. Of Mexico, probably
Mnn.u ~ couldn't have been treated
w - ~ re We're asking for q third term.