The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-03-07
Wide Owake Agricultural Club Doing
VI Practical Work-Farmers Doing
a Espec rally Good Work.

&NSTaCtlCdi "ork-T drmeTS living
Espec aIIy Good Work
5@The Surrey Agricultural Assn.
held another meeting at the school
right UP to concet pitch all thru the
house March End. Interest was hello
right up to concert pitch al thru the
discussions. Rev. j. E. Joseph
opened the discussions Of farm top
les by giving HIS experience with corn
in North Dakota. During the sea-
son Of 1910 he had corn on both fall
blowing and spring blowing. Both
\ fields were plowed about eight or nine
inches deep and excepting the time OF
blowing were handled in a similar
manner The corn on fall blowing
& showed a remarkable advantage over
the other field during the ,ntire sea
son. The weeds started early on the
= fall blowing and we're killed before
the corn was planted. The corn ger
minated quicker on the fail ploWed
land, and developed faster all season
than it did in the other field. The
plants cared out better and the ears
matured better on the fall ploWed
fields. Both fields were checked SO
that they could be cultivated both
ways. In the spring Of 1911 there
was no fall .plowed land available for
corn so it was all planted on spring
blowing. One field was dtsced before
1t was plowed and that field was more
Satisfactory than the field which was
not disced ahead Of the pillow. Land
which had first been disced was more
mellow than the other, held the mois'
ture better, could be cultivated bet
ter and secured in better condition
of nth all summer. Both fields
we're narrowed twice before the corn
came up and twice soon after 1t came
thru the ground. This cultivation
with the harrow seemed to be very
effectuaI in killing weeds as the fields
were kept perfectly clean the balance
of the season. A variety of white
flint corn showed a remarkable ten
dency to "sucker." From three to
four kernels of corn we're planted In
a hill.
Question: Would thicker planting
prevent suckering?
Answer: Don't know. Mercer
flint did not suckerbad1y in 1910. The
opinion was here advanced that plant
ing in drills would prevent suckering
Mr.. Geo. Blocher advises the plant
ing of home grown seed. He has
raised corn for the last five or six
years. One spring he made up hts
mind he wouldn't plant any and sold
hts seed to a neighbor. Later on he
changed his mind and bought the best
seed he could get from dealer. In
planting, five rows were missed IN
some manner and the mistake waf
not noticed until the growing corr
began to show in rows. He then
went to his neighbor and obtained
enough Of the seed previously sold to
plant those five rows. To his sur
mise the five rows planted last made
the best progress all the season ant
produced better corn than the balance
OF the field.
One very valuable feature Of these
discussions is the fact that the far
mers tell their failures as we'll a:
their successes. Mr.. Blocher lost I
part of his seed corn this year DN
irving an unsuitable method OF dry
ing. Mr.. Greenhouse has had some
experience along the same line. HI
advises that corn must be hung up
r. the seed ear is laid upon a boart
even tho it has plenty Of air the lowel
side next the board sometimes mould'
while the top side looks bright AM
dry. Mr.. Ref forces the crop b!
deep and early cultivation, and cul-
tivates shallow laer on when deel
cultivation would destroy the roots
W. IS. Young Of the First State Banl
submitted the following from a Seet
Corn Bulletin:
Many who start to grow corn ant
get seed that will not produce corr