The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-10

showed that one man mas ears thd'
approach nearer TO the requirements Of
the score card than another, but give
us no informa ton Is to the style OF
the corr nor its productiveness. The
score card lays particular stress on
the perfectly cylindrical shape OF the
ear. and the covering OF the tip and
butt with grain. In some experiments
made At one OF the Western stations
II was found that ears that tapered
made more corn an acre than the
score-card ears Ii has also been
found that the constant selection OF
ears with the tip we'll covered tends
10 make shorter ears, and that an ear
that is snouty shows that the plant
has made an effort to make a longer
ear. and this corn rejected by the
Judges at the show, will make more
corn than the well-covered ears What
tho farmer wants is corn, bushels OF
corn an acre,
Pretty ears are desirable, but pro-
Efficacy is more so. Every farmer /
know. who tries for the first time the
Southern Prolific varieties like Cooke $
Prolific, is disappointed when he. gets
the seed and | have had them sepC
mo samples to know If il was worth
planting This corn never has the
cared corns, but it makes the corn per
acre.
At corn show in Baltimore some
years ago. | went around with the
Judges. and saw that they placed The
blue ribbon OH the largest and finest
ears Nearby. in n station exhibit
and not for competition, we're ears OF
Cookies Prolific corn, which no one
seemed 10 notice. told the JUDGES
tina, they had done all ri3ht. accord
ing to rules. but that ] knew that
could take those little cars OF Cookies
prolific and make more corn on an
acre than with any of the big show
cars These Southern prolific corns
arc Ions season corns. and do not
suit Northern conditions But they
arc the corns that have made the
great yields per acre that have shown
that the South can grow more corn
an acre than any other part Or the
country If the soil is improved.
Burbank's Corn.
What 10 you know about the Wen
dcrfui corn th,t MIR. Burbank has pro
duccd in California;" Some time ago
/ got very prettily printed invita-
ZION 10 become q member of the l.uthci
Burbank Soriety that they have FORM
ri III California 10 pu@iist Burbark's
az 81 woull make me- q mcmbc" o.
the society. ard that n further coptri-
button Of 1850 would Get me 4 fdll
set OF Mr. BUrbank's books With my
name engraved in it as. ,uc u tho en-
dursors They said that IN, mcmbcr-
ship is Il b. limited 10 $40. and was
ncarly fun AS my invitation was No.
s.. it dill not look that WAY to nc.
rhey printed list or abaNt forty
names Of very prominent people all
over the country who We're members.
Among thcse was the nam" OF John
WanamaSrr. | wrotc To MIR. Nana-
maker and asked if he had paid the
$751;.
lie replieI that he knew nothing
mere ahou; tie society but that they
had notified him that he was elected
q life .memher, and he had paid moth
ing And suppose the whole list OF
forty was soften ir tho same way, as
sucker bait The circular told won
dorful tales about tho great value OF
MIR Rurhank's productions, and told
about the spinef. 20 'actus
Spincicps Cactus.
They said that tho spinelcss cactus
would hca, alfalfa or any other plan,
FOR stock feed. Now tho fact - that
SIN ears ago the California expert
his s7incles. cactus was .. per cen,
water. and had Very little nutritivc
character. They! said tina, the 9unls
OF Mr. Purbank Lad started the prune
industry ir California, when the fact
j, that they arc not used by the prune
growers at nn Rut the greatest yarr
wss Rurbauk's corn
Burhnnk's Corn.
The circular stated that the great
cst feat of Mr. Bur1ank was the corr
no had invented This corn, the,
said. grows siSte"r feet tall. End hears
thirty two cars OF stalk Two ear.
tassell Now any one can believe n:
,ruch Of that as they choose. dc
not Know why he did not make tht
tssscl all cars. Hence. MY advice is
10 grow the corn common In your see
Iiun and let Burbank fakes All alone
I have given this more room than q
deserves. because Of tho ,ay i'm which
parties in California are trying t.
boom Burbank. and his queer thing,
have never panned uui, a, least Tia til.
East
Cow Breeding.
How soon after CaiNinE should ;
COW bc brod2" COW Will usual,
breed IN ono month after calyinE, snt
VIII come in aoout twcnty dayt
Intervals after mat She Will prce.
more resdily af;or calvinc II she IA.
had : good DRY spell before ~ cal
came. Milking TOO long in nrcgnanc,
tsnds 10 irrcsular,ty in breeding.
TcOsinte.
From Essex County: The seed cata
lcgues recommend tcosinte VERY high
~. Last year We planted corn in sue
cession and fed II green to team.
Would teosinte he better for this prac
tice?' Teosinte Reana iuxurian,
makes very strong growth Of forar
ON strong land, and can be cut NOR
Than once. IT never seeds in this eli
mate, as the season IS too short FOR thi
anywhere north Of the southern end q
Florida. have grown it, and foun
that IL made a goodly amount OF gree
forage, but as compared with India
corn, do not think it so good If N
corn is cut and fed with. the gree
cars In fact, there are few foTar
splants that can compare with corn
value But / had rather put the cor
lin the silo and use the ensilage rath,
than the green corn. The ensilaae wi
keep through summer as we'll as
.twinter. and viii DC all right for II
summer feed OF succulent material.
The clio I'm summer.
Years ago we did not think of G,
siage except az a feed for cattle
the u}inter Ora Snn,p,ar I'D :,