The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-02
DEFEATED DRouTH
OF PAST SUMMER
AVERAGE GOOD CORN FARMER
PLows HIS CORN At LEAST
THREE TINES.
STORY OF NEBRASKA FARMER
Story Of Nebraskan Whose Crop, viii
Yield Fifty Bushels to Acre In
Spite Of Drouth.

Near Central City, Neb.. is field OF
corn that will yield fifty bushels to
the acre this year. In spite OF the
drouth.
Adjoining Il, with only a barbed
wire fence between. q another field Of
corn that will not yield enough to pay
for cutting.
The corn Of one field Is green and
It's ears are full The cornstalks In
the other are scared and yellow and
the winds rustic them in their dry.
ness.
And yet each field has exactly the
same soil, the same level OF surface,
the same drainage. the same degree Of
moisture, and the same quantity OF
rain fell upon each.
There are three reasons why one
field is yielding large crop OF corn
this year while the other Ia yielding
only few bushels:
First-Careful selection Of the seed
planted.
Second-Deep plowing of the soil.
Third-Cultivatio OF the soil five
times after the corn has come up.
The field OF corn that Is yielding
hfty bushels to the acre is owned by
the T. B. Hord Grain company. This
company has 1850 acres in corn this
yeas In different fields near Central
City, and all Of 1t Is In good condi.
ton. Very little Of It will yield fifty
bushels to the acre. and very little Of
It will yield fewer than twenty-five
bushels. which Is a good crop this dry
year.
The Hord company's fields Of corn
are always better than other fields In
the same neighborhood where the
same methods Of seed selection and
cultivation are not practiced.
The Secret.
A representative Of the Kansas City
Star went to Central City to get from
Heber Hord and his farm manager,
William Miller, the secret Of fruitful
corn growing. and here 1t is:
First, and the utmost importance, Ia
the selection OF the seed. The man
who selects all Of tho seed planted on
the Hord farms gave this account OF
how 1t Is done:
Select the ears for seed in your
own fields and as early In the fall as
possible. Begin going through the
field early looking for ears ripe enough
to pick and select those that ripen
nrst because the seed OF ears that
ripen early this year. II planted. will
mature early next year. thus avoiding
possibility Of damage by early frost,
and making sure OF an early develop
ment and avoidance Of damage by late
lrouth.
"Pick ears for seed Just before they
are ripe enough to shell. but when the
kernels are hard and dented good
Pick the largest and best shaped. best
developed ears. going over all the field
Tor them. picking one here and one
there. and 30 on.
ut is very important that this corn
be so thoroughly dried before frost
comes that there Is absolutely no
moisture in 1t. And the best way to
do this 10 to lay It out in the sun. II
there Is any moisture in the grain
when frost comes It will freeze. and
freezing kills the germ OF life. Many
farmers, every year. plant corn that
has been frozen and then wonder why
only a part Of It comes up.
after the corn is thoroughly dry So
lect the best ears, with straight rows,
deep grains and we'll filled out over
both ends.
Remember always that you can
never tell by the looks of corn
whether 1t will germinate or not. The
only way to find that out Is to test
each ear. and tests all parts OF the
ear. for we have found that often the
grain from one-half the length OF the
ear will grow when planted and the
other half will not. And often the
grain from one side of an ear will
grow and from the other side It will
not.
From each ear take six grains. one
from about two inches from one end
the next from farther along and from
two or three rows away, and 90 on
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ARGENTINE BEEF IN DEMAND.