The Natchitoches enterprise., 1913-03-27
TO THE CORN CLUB BOYS.

carried off the highest State, Nat
ional and international honors as
champion corn raisers fon the past
successive years and thus have pro-
ven that they know all about it,
many new clubs are being organ
lied in different sections of the
parish this season to whom these
excellent directions of w. }. Sheel
Agriculturist of the Wallace Ag-
ricultural School. as published in
the Country Review may be of
great value.
Now that it is about compliant
ing time, you are most likely in a
hurry to get your corn in the
ground. But wait a little; let me
ask YOU a question. Have you
gotten your land thoroughly pull
yerized2 Have You gotten your
manure we'll mixed2 Have you
prepared a good seed-bed for the
young plant7 Have you drained
your land well9
The foregoing questions should
be answered before you can expect
to raise a large yield of corn.
Let's take the questions up sep
arately. Open land should be
plowed and narrowed until 1T Is
thoroughly pulverized, for you
can't have land too fine tor corn,
for remember the fine little roots
have to get food from the little
soil, particularly for the corn,
and if the land IS full of clods
these little roots can not get the
food and consequently do not get
much core, even If your land is
rich
Your manure should be well
mixed with the soil in order that
it may rot and give up the food
that it contains. Manure well
mixed with the soil helps the sol
to hold the moisture for the corr
on hot days. If your. land had d
good crop Of COW peas, or clover
last year, YOU do not need Sc
much manure.
i You should get your seed-bee
in the best condition possible. lr
order that you get good stand al
first planting. Then, too, IN {
good seed bed the young corr
grows off fast and does not become
stunted.
Open land will have to be vel
: drained in order that the air car
get to the soil. If not we'll drained
YOUR land will remain cold am
chilly and the corn will not grow
- slauiiaaA The plant food in
= s-.Ae go = : soil is of no benefi
rain your land $,
tat 4lslly get into the pore
and change the plant food into a
available form for the plants
You may prepare your soil an
!. fertilize it we'll, but if the land
> wet and soggy you will not get
! large yield of corn
. Last but not least, you may pr
. your land in prime condition an
give the best attention possible
= cultivation and then plant poe
seed corn and you will not maxi
r the yield that you would expec
! Get the best ond purest seed cor
4 you can find. 1t will pay you.
: YOU should plant inferior see
!. you'll not get good, healthy cor
q plants and without these you ca
not expect full, well-maturet
!, plump ears of corn. Do az
: plant mixed corn. Get some pun
"a strain. just remember that yc
= can't expect good corn from lit
dwarfed, one-sided grain. If yo
. buy your seed corn get it in IL
l. ear you may expect to raise; an
J, too, you can select the best ca
!. and rub off the round grains {
o. the butts and tips and any fault
grains that may be on the ear ar
n plant only we'll shaped, mature
d grains.
j. Now, don't forget! Prepare you
v land well, drain it, and plant GOO
n seed, and, with the proper cult
"a walton, you can expect a lars
it yield.
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