Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08
CORN-TALK BASED UPON TALKING
 CORN-CROPS

I will run out unless it is selected and preserved with some intelligence. Ii l nus Eeen sh Jwn that, on the same ground, having the same treatment 1 the same year, corn from wisely se- 1 lected and tested seed will produce l from eight to. ten bushels more, per acre, than corn from just ordinary | seed. It has been shown that corn responds nobly to intense cultivation, both before and after planting; that ] it calls for deep blowing and thorough | htsIn@ Hi,!l the harrow. and that it | pays big wages for at least twice as much cultivation as usual. after com ing up.
 i And various other things.
 he fact that corn didn't use to do well when handled in the old way is not only no proof it is no presump- tion, even, that it won't do well when handled as, growing knowledge has shown it should be. have once before referred to the boys corn contests which are such a
 feature of western farm life, these days Some recent reports to the Kan
 sas City Star from the lads who last
 season took tries for its prizes illus
 trate with an emphasis that ought to make some of use old hunks ashamed
 of ourselves just what the adoption of
 modern methods will do for corn.
 The average yield of corn, per acre,
 Was Z7 3-4 bushels in Kansas in 1912.
 That includes all the corn grown in
 the state, no matter by whom and, of
 course, includes these contest acres as well as those of the big ranches run
 by old farmers Now will you please consider a few cases of few Kansas small boys, raising corn according to the new way?
 Two boys in Lincoln county, Guy Mooney and Clement Mooney, raised four acres of corn last summer They pIowed the land in the fall: they disk ed and narrowed it in the spring till 1t was as mellow and deep as an ash heap; they secured tested, pure bred seed; they gave the growing crop four thorough cultivations: they harvested and sold POS bushels. an average of 52 to the acre, for 50 cents a bushel. Guy Mooney is eight years old and Clement is ten. They used no com mercial fertilizer and their field is on the edge of the dry belt.n
 Byron Robinson, another Kansas boy, took an acre which was in corn in 1911, disked it in the fall, narrowed it in the spring, tested his home grown seed before planting,-he saved l It himself the year before and kept it | over winter on shelves in a dry, rat proof pox,-cultivated energeticaIly | i've times, and took off a yield of 93 | bushels and II pounds of corn Byron | Is twelve years old.
 Leonard Skinner of Morris county, | following out similar methods of prep | arat1on and care, raised 50 bushels to | the acre, which paid him ten cents a n hour wages for his time spent on it | ana gave him profit of s21.21 in 1 addition, when the corn was sold Leonard is twelve years old
 Reno county, Kansas, has not hith- arto been considered a corn county. | But Luther. Brickey grew 52 bushels to l ne acre there, and is going to try it lga1n, this coming summer For he says, he sees where he made one or wo mistakes that he won't copy again. Luther is also twelve years old.
 Creston Haworth Of Republic county harvested 55 bushels from his acre. Creston is eleven years old.
 And so on and on. Just as vlnd-up will you please read thisa fincent Dumas, seven years old. plant d end took care of an acre in Cloud ounty, and got B bushels of shelled orn off it. Eh, what?
 So far not an acre has been reported o The Star which didn't do better han the state average. The general un has been about double
 1 wonder how the old grizzled Kan as farmers feel about being beaten at HSiI oWH SdIue Dy CWe1N05 and ten nd seven-year old boys2
 1 wonder if that's one reason why 1astern Connecticut farmers are so lmid about letting their boys go into he Bulletins corn contest-because hey,re afraid the boys will get the ugh on them? The only visible reason why these , .ansas boys beat their leaders was i nat they were willing to take pains, I filing to learn. and really anxious to | / lcceed. They weren't afraid to work , or ashamed to take pointers. from T Sperts. They didn't start out assllrn f lg that they knew it all and that any ' dvice ssor suggestion or instruction 'om successful corn growers was an | i lsu1t. 7 My SWn feeling is pretty strong that. ,
 lot of Connecticut farm boys were , lven the same chance the Kansas . oys had they'd take it with a whoop 1 7 nd jump over the Kansas record like f deer over fve-foot wire fence '
 THE FARMER. |