The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-09

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would have long narrow kernels and
while it would be good yielder it
would be late in getting ripe. Rather
let us select an ear about half way
between the two mentioned. That
will give kernels on the ear of
good width and holding their width
well down to the point of kernels.
Kernels should not be too close at
butte, but there should he space
enough so you can run case knife
or thumb nail down between them.
With that space at butte your corn
will dry out more quickly. An ear
of corn should be nine inches long.
or fraction over, and should weigh
from eight to ten ounces. but an
eight ounce ear of corn is better for
M innesota than one much larger.
An ear of corn Of this type if laid
down beside a modern score card
and scored according to rules should
score nearly up to the twenty five
point mark. Test all your corn
that you expect to use in your breed
ing plot, by the single ear test.
Save only those ears that have strong
terminating qualities and plant none
that will not throw out three strong
roots to the kernel. Plant all uni
form kernels, and three in a hill.
There are 3 ,240 hills in an acre of
corn, three feet, eight inches apart.
sixteen ears Of corn that average
COS kernels to the ear will plant one
acre, three kernels in hill.
Why Three To A Hill
Corn planted three feet, eight
inches apart will yield 223 bushels to
| the acre; two eight ounce ears to the
hill will yield As bushels to the acre,
with three eight ounce ears to the
hill corn would yield 673 bushels to
the acre. That would be very
good yield for any section of the
country. The average yield for
Minnesota is around % bushels.
With the exception Of husking
you have as much work with poor
stand as a good stand. In a poor
stand there is one other thing to be
taken into consideration besides miss
ing hills there are the barren stalks.
These are even worse than the miss
ing hills. When your corn in your
breeding plot gets about II or l5
inches high go through your plot
and you find any small sickly stalks
pull them out. Leave only those of
uniform size. Then just as your corn
starts to tassel outs through your
breeding p OF once, more and cut
down all of the barren stalks SO
there will be no pollen fall from them
Remember the tassel andsilk have the
same mission to perform in the corn
field that the anther and stigma has
on the flower in the flower garden,
berry patch, orchard, etc.
/ believe the time will soon come
when some one in neighborhood
wilt make business of breeding
corn the same as men make a bust
ness Of breeding stock.
Farmers Learn All You Gan
In closing | will say | have never
aspired to write articles for news
paper, periodicals, magazines, etc..
but as best as can in my homely.
old fashioned manner, have dealt
with this subject.
Now, to you, corn raisers. will say:
Learn all you can from such men as
Olson, Holden. Bowman, and Hughes
then use common sense. Remember,
common sense is worth more to
man without an education than an
education is without common sense.
Thank You. George
P. S. Now to the editor of the
Gazette, | take off my hat. bow low
and thank you for the honor you con-
ferred on me in asking me to write
these articles. And while few men
if any, ever reach the goal to which
they. aspire. my prayer is that you
may climb high on the rounds of the
ladder and meet with very marked