The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-02

Oh Inc ear except tu0 TWO SnoSs
Grading the Seed Corn.
"Then that ear 10 numbered and laid
on . rack and the six grains are put
in . similarly numbered compartment
in Q tray. and the six grains from ear
No. are put In compartment No. :.
and SO on, until yor have the trays Of
your corn tester filled.
Then you pour water 10 degrees
warm over the grain, shut the tester.
light the lamp which keeps the tenn
perature Of the seed never under 10
nor over 30 degrees. In twenty.four
hours the corn will be swelled up.
Then draw OF the water. shut the
tester, with the same temperature for
twenty-four hours more, keeping the
seed damp by sprinkling. and at the
end Of the third twenty.four hours tho
corn will have sprouts from one to
three inches long. and roots Of CORE.
spending length.
III all six of the grains have sprout.
ed you grade that ear 100 per cent and
SO on. II 1t grades under So per cent
throw the ear away. It 10 UNFIT to
plant.
after you have tested each ear and
saved all that grades about 30 per
cent or over. you shell the ears.
throwing away the corn from the
length OF about two inches at each
end. The corn left you run through
grader so the grain saved for seed will
be uniform in size, and will drop with
uniformity from the planter.
Having taken this much care In Sc
lecting your seed you will be sure that
each grain planted will come up. and
that II will make a strong and lusty
stalk. that will mature early and have
the most drouth resisting qualities,
and will produce the biggest and best
ears"
Cultivation.
Mr.. Miller gives the following
method Of cultivation used:
Never plant corn after corn. Al
ways rotate the crops, following wheat
with corn.
Every farm ought to have a silo.
Then the corn can be cut one year
when there Is plenty OF Juice In the
stalks and before the kernels have be.
gun to dry up. and put in the silo.
leaving the ground ready to plow and
SOW to wheat. After the wheat Is har-
vested the next July is time to begin
plowing again for the next crop Of
corn.
PloN nine inches deep for corn and
never less than eight inches deep.
This is very important and there are
good reasons for It. The deep plow.
ing throws to the surface q littlN new
soil and. as corn roots never 60 deeper
than the earth has been stirred. deep
plowing gives the corn roots more
room to 60 down for moisture In .
dry season and the deep plowinE
makes q deeper seedbed and holds
more moisture than shallow plowing.
Keep on PlowIns.
We never plant corn before May 10.
no matter what tho season. The risk
Of q cold spell Is over then and the
ground is warm. We have discovered
that when the soil Is warm the corn
comes up quicker and Is stronger. A
lot Of vitality goes out OF seed that
lies In the cold earth eight or ten
days.
We begin to prepare the soil for
planting az soon as II IL At to Be
worked. First we disc It one or more
times and harrow It with . 4.horss.
3.section, 16-foot harrow.
As soon a. we have planted the corn
we harrow II with the same harrow I
have described. to kill any little nne
weeds that have come up. When the
corn 10 up one to three inches We har.
row It again. When II 10 four inches
high We 30 through It with . plow.
using a common 2.horss riding 8.
shovel cultivator.
The object Of all our plowing 10 To
leave the ground level and ridge II a.
little as possible. because ridges give
q chance for the moisture In the soil
to evaporate out the sides Of the
ridges. while II the field IL left level
there Is less surface space for mois-
ture TO get away through. This 10
very important.
Cheating the Drouth.
When you have cultivated the field
once, turn right around and cultivate
1t again. Plow 1t as many times as
you can. There Is no time to be idle.
The average good corn farmer plows
his corn three times. That Is not
enough. We plow every field OF our
corn five times. The fourth and fifth
plowing of a field Of corn will add ten
bushels an acre to the yield.
Mr.. Miller spoke of the field Of corn
that ia yielding fifty bushels to the
acre while an adjoining piece will
yield practically nothing.
"That field was plowed nine inches
Deep" he said. "The best selected
seed Vas Dlanted and II was Cnltivat-