Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-04
SELECTION j 81 OF SEED CORN,
ky.~' = -. '....-.. a !,
BY H. L. 6oilsy.

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Forks schools has asked q Question
OF extreme Importance to, every farm
or IN North Dakota. / therefore, take
the liberty, without waiting to ask him
the privilege, Of copying his letter. l
make my answer just as definite as
anyone is justified in making it, that
may II you wish, publish it for the
benefit of your readers. .n.&'2 ~ .,flsf
This has been a very unfortunate
fall, but it costs so little time to get
out into corn field to select sufficient
ears OF: corn to plant next seasons
crop, that the farmer whose real sue
cess depends on whether corn is. on
his land or not, cannot justify himself
for not having accumulated his. seed
corn from his field, or if not having
a field himself, in buying permission
from his neighbor to select from his
field. One can count On from IS t9
80 ears per acre as furnishing al
abundance OF seed s.y5s -.4!5i5s g. i,
AS to maturity, many farmers do
not know that immature corn will ger
inmate splendidly if it is properly
dried. I have, every year for num-
Der Of years, been growing southern
corn in acclimation experiments, in
which the southern selections are SO
long lived that have never been able
to get the grains further than the
dough stage. These grains, when
proper]r dried, terminate freely, tho
Of course. not as strongly as when
fmore thoroughly mature: en-. l35.
Fast Grand Forks, MINI, 9-24-12. I.
Prof. H. Z. Bolley, 81 III
Agr. Co1lege, N. Oak.
Dear Sir: 5s5 81 I. V.
u Please tell me If in your opinion
seed corn will be fit to pick and save
after the severe snow storm now fall
ing over the Red River valley. Our
own corn was just coming out Of the
milk stage into the dent stage, and I
think a vast amount of the corn
around here is no further along The
snow begun early this morning and
has been showing hard up until at
this time, 9:15 a. m, there is about
one inch to one and one-half inches
on the ground. It is wet and cold and
ali evidences seem to be that It will
get colder. Isl ~
VI The corn stalks & and leaves are
weighted down badly and both are
very green. III
Yours truly. 81
4s5$' Y. D al. w HAYES. ID
Mr.. A. w. Hayes. $
Dear Sir Corn is very delicate, but
in my opinion, unless the weather.
.nrns sufficiently cold to bring the
thermometer down to say % to y, and.
POSSIBLY 26, for quite a period Of time.
luSIS SsSCOln QlChS0 si AAsssJ InS VS. 1AuS&A
brought into dry room, where It will.
not dry too rapidly but vet sufficient.
" rapid to prevent holding IN ths#
husk, will be found to germinate IN;
good shape, il kept from furthe Sfreez,5
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real freezing Of the grains. Of
course, results id death, but dry freez-t
ing is worse than wet freezing, for the
reason that there is time for cellular:
while the moisture il being.
withdrawn under the drying process
mentioned
advice TO farmers would be tcs5
get into the field & imme diately and
bring il as many of the ears as show
yellow husks either inside or outsid.ss
Bring IL as many as they have dryinses5
room for il which 70 hang UP the ears
IN wire d rope racks. IN this ma
ser. they may easily AZ small cost