The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-07
PROPER CARE
OF EAFIR CORN
AFEW FACTS IN REGARD TO THE
CULTIVATION AND HAIR
yEsTlNo OF IT.
THOROUGH CULTURE NECESSARY
kahr Does Not Deplete the Fertility
Of the soil--corn Harvester Is
Preferred Method Of Gather
ing the Crop.

Kafr should have thorough shallow
cultivation. 1t seldom receives It. A
large proportion OF the Kahr growers
Of Kansas. Oklahoma and Texas give
the ground little attention before
planting, plant any time convenient.
regardless Of moisture conditions OF
soil and give less than half enough
cultivation Il is surprising even to
those we'll acquainted with the hardi.
ness o. this crop, that so good yields
are secured.
kaiir should be cultivated at least
once after It has reached fun height
This cultivation should be 80 shallow
that the little feed roots are not
damaged
Il is claimed by those who are op-
posed to raising kanr corn that 1t is
hard on the soil and soon exhausts
the fertility This Is not true. Kahr
corn takes out Of the soil almost ex.
actly the same quantity as an equal
crop Of corn.
Kaar win continue to grow and
10 pump moisture out OF the soil, long
after the earth becomes so dry that
corn gives up the light In a dry year
the supply Of moisture in the soil be.
comes greatly depleted In a field OF
kahr Unless the moisture content
Ii restored to the usual condition be.
fore another cop Is planted the yielu
Is light, not on account Of depletion
Of soil fertility. but because Of lack
Of water To overcome this dlinculty,
kahr corn should receive thorough
shallow late cultivation. Wherever
practicable land on which kanr has
been grown should be plowed ia the
fall. II this cannot be done Il should
be dieked or listed IN the spring, az
soon as the frost Is out OF the ground,
to prevent evaporation OF the moisture
accumulated through the winter
There is an upland field in wabaun,
see county, Kansas that produced
good crops Of kafr corn for sever
consecutive years. and was ther
seeded to alfalfa A good stand and
growth Of alfalfa was secured. Thli
would have been impossible II the fer
Unity Of the soil had been badly de
pleted
The most common way to harvest
kair Is with corn harvester. cut
ting the stalks when the grain il
ripe. The harvester ties the stalk
with twine into bundles and the bun
dies are set up In large shocks Il
cure The common sled cutter Ii
used where corn harvester is no
available
Where the fodder is not particu
larly desired, header attached 10 al
ordinary wagon box is sometime
used. Some farmers use header al
tachment which will cut the head
from one row and deliver them int
wagon as fast as a team can walk.
Several growers OF kahr in NORTH
wess Oklahoma harvested the head
last fall with the regular wheat headel
raising the platform up ~ the highei
possible point Three rows were gatl
cred at time, the headings bein
carried as fast as topped into req
lar header barges IN these the
were taken to the stacks There
also on the market sepecial kal
grain header that gathers three row
Of heads at time and can be set
cut At any distance above the grouH
from 82 10 56 inches
cheap method Of separating th
heads from the stalks is to take Ii
bundles made By a corn harveste
LEI them thoroughly cure In the shoe
Place a heavy log across the top {
the wagon box; lay the heads on ii
log and cur them OF the stalks with
broad Ak. Two men can head kat
very rapidly in thEs way one taklr
the bundles from the shock and pla
ing the heads On the log, the oth'
standing in the wagon and chopin
of the heads.