The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-06
PREPARE NOW FOR
GOOD CORN CROP
ALL FARMERS GATHERING OWN
SEED CORN SHOULD MAKE
1T "A SPECIAL TASK.
WHAT CONSTITUTESGO GOOD SEED
Corn Grower Who Demonstrates Year
After Year the Superiority of His
Corn Can Always Demand Good
Price. Seed Corn Gathering.

After Year the superiority Ol IAAs
Corn Can Always Demand Good
Price. Seed Corn Gathering.
Observation-Disclosures is the
time to prepare for a profitable corn
crop the following season. At this
time the seed is most abundant and
the very best can be obtained before
it has in any way been reduced in
vitality. Many let the opportunity
pass, expecting to purchase their seed
corn in the spring, but the depart
ment of agriculture's specialist in
charge of corn investigation advises
tht the autumn is the best time to
select good seed corn.
The best place for the farmer to
obtain good seed corn is from fields
on his own farm, or in his neighbor-
hood, that were planted with vari-
ETY. which mas generally proved most
successful in that locality OF course,
if a community has an experienced
and honest corn breeder on whom it
may depend the seed corn may be
obtained from him.
The corn breeder who has demon
strated year after year the superiori-
ty of his corn will demand a special
price for his superior seed. Such
corn breeders are improving corn as
cattle breeders are improving cattle,
and has used special methods that
famers generally have not time to
apply. Five dollars bushel is not
too much to pay and will be profita-
BILE bargain for both parties.
What Constitutes Good Seed Corn.
By far too many consider seed
good simply because it will grow. To
be f1rst-class seed must be:
Cd Well adapted to the seasonal
and soil conditions where it is to be
planted.
CD Grown on productive plants
of a productive variety.
CD Well matured and preserved
from ripening time until planting
time in a manner that will retain it's
full vigor.
The importance of the three re-
quirements just enumerated has been
demonstrated experimentally by the
departments office of corn investigaI
tions. The results given briefly, as
enumerated, are as follows:
11) For a series of five years IL
well bred varieties were tested in 10
Northern states, equivalent lots Of
seed being used in each state. Vari-
cites that produced most in some
states were among the poorest in
others.
GU Seed ears taken from the
highest yielding rows of ear-to-row
breeding plats have repeatedly pro-
duced better than seed ears taken
from poorer yielding rows. Seed
ears from the best producing stalks
found in a general field produced
more than seed ears taken without
considering the productiveness of the
parent stalk.
CD Four bushels of ears were
divided into two equal parts, one
part being taken care of and the 9TH
er placed in a barn as corn is ordi-
narily cribbed. The well preserved
seed gave a yield on poor soil II per
cent higher than the poorly preserv-
ed seed and 81 per cent higher on
fertile soil, notwithstanding the fact
that both lots of seed terminated
equally as well.
Seed Corn Gathering.
At corn ripening time drop all 9TH
err business and select an abundance
of seed corn. The process is too i'm
portant to be conducted incidentally
while husking. When selecting seed
corn give the process your entire at
tention. Get the very best that is to
be had, and preserve it well, and
your increased yields will return you
more profit than any other work you
can do on your farm,
The only proper way TO select seed
corn is from the stalks standing
where they grew, as soon as ripe and
before the first hard freeze.
PLASTER FELL ON CASTELOW;