The record., 1913-09-25

mere III hulllenDSGS CeulllA we
do not have this trouble TO con-
tend with, so we should harvest
the corn crops hy tAemcst eco
nomical mothod.
Here in this county the silo
should be more common, for il
that forty per cent which is
generally lost, while it Geo
nomizes time in feeding voughage
buring the winter Then after
the siio5 are filed, the rest Of
the corn should he harvested
and cured in the shock. BY this
method. we save all Of the fodder
which forms a valuable part
Of the corn plant jest think,
in this county, ore Of the largest
in Kentucky. We have one lone
silo. IS ii any wonder, tnat We
are not making money on or
farms? Ask i,r. George liohl,
for hc OWNS this silo. if h is
finding il a hardlaattcr to make
ends meet. 1t would pay every
farmer in the county, to make
Mr.. Foil a visit, and hear him
talk on the value of the silo.
But best of all, would be the
beautiful fawn Jerseys that
you would see making money
day in and day out, for their
owner.
Our method is to snap the
ears from the stalk and to leave
the stalks containing nearly
forty per cent of the feeding
value of the entire corn plants,
to bleach in the fields and in the
springs to be burned. Is it any
wonder that our fields are not
able to resist a drought, when
we de troy all such humus form
ing material? Is it any wonder
that We are rot getting much
more than a living frJE cur
farms, when we are wasting
nearly half of some of our crops?
Then there is another thing
that we would do well to con-
slider, that of having more farm
m achinery. We should cut our
corn with a corn binder, for it
saves hard work; yet we have
only two such binders in the
county. You may be sure that
Fohl has one, and he would not
give it up either. Even if we Go
not have corn binders. we can
cut our corn with our corn
knives. shocking it in the fields
land the fodder, as well as the
grain, saved. After the corn
has well cured, IL should be
taken to the barn, where it can
be shredded. I5y shredding the
corn plant, the coarse stalk and
leaves ale converted into ar
inviting feed for our farm stock
| At the same time we are able
to have the corn nicely husked
for the wagon or crib. In speak
ing of cribs, | have only seen on'
good crib in the county, anC
that one is owned by the Ken
ltucky-Midland Coal Company
The waste, by having cribs tina
! are not rat proof. must be enor
nous. If any farmer who wishe!
to build modern crib will Sc,
me | shall be glad to help him
If we leave the corn in the fielt
; some time after it is ready L
gather, there is more or les
: loss by the fall rains washin,
out sonic of the soluble plan
juices.
In the matter of saving on
! seed cora, farmers have an ide;
that the large ears are the one
to save. This is not the case
: for the determining factor il
the yield is not the size, bu
! rather the strength of the en-
! tire plant. Tie ideal way /,
select seed corn is to g
through a field of nearly rip,
corn and select perfect ear
from the large, perfect stalks
having corn nearly ready t,
o snap. This process Of selection
a will result in establishing al
y early variety of corn. perfect.
! suited to cur conditions and a
y the same tine prodcuing a
q least double the ordinary crop.
: In making our selection W
t should consider several thing