The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-06-11

! lCCClNOO Viz AClAONiii6 ANPSA - 49,
work accomplished under his SUI
pervision for the month Of May:
Bronwood, GA, 6-1-14
Chairman, Agricultural Committee;
This marks the close of the De
monstration Work in your county
for the month of May, and | beg g
leave to submit to you as chairman
Of the Agricultural Committee, the
following summary Of the work
done:
During the month | have visited
ITO demonstrators, 36 club mem
bers, wrote 30 letters, mailed l28
pieces of literature, inoculated 100
head of hogs, and travelled 81
miles.
1t has been unusually dry all
over my territory during the month
and for this reason rapid, fiat, and
shallow cultivation has been advo-
Gated. Where same has been prac
ticed the crops have not suffered
nearly so bad as where ridge culture
has been practiced. TO conserve
moisture it is very essential to ex-
pose as little Of the surface as pos
sible and this end is accomplished
in the way mentioned. The loose
LAYER of earth known as a mulch
stops the upward movement OF soil
moister caused by capillary attrac-
ton. The cultivation for corn and
cotton has, for the most part, been
alike during this month, Second
application of fertilizer has been
applied to the old cotton and corn,
but great deal of the old corn is so
BADLY damaged that we donot think
it advisable to make further eXpen
ditures by applying nitrate OF soda
as was first intended. 1t will, how
ever, be applied to younger corn II
the seasons following are more fav-
orable. The same cultivation will
continue through next month. We
propose to do a great dealof essen
tial detasseling work in corn breed
ing that we may be able to furnish
this county with better seed corn
than can be bought from any ssed
house. We can never get seed corn
in the ear and consequently have
no way of telling from what kind
Of ear the corn came, nor do we have
tile privilege Of discarding object
ional ears or grains. Furthermore,
seed brought from a distance is
never at it's best the first year, not
being used to our soil and climate
| feel safe in saying, that if the seed
corn we ordinarily buy is worth SO
per bushel, good, hand, picked
home seed in ear is worth So pei
bushel. Corn breeding is not BY
any means complex. There are on,
lily few rules to follow. Do not
have your breeding patch too neal
to other corn that will tassel abou
the same time, not under 200 yards
the further the better, because corr
is a wind pollinated plant and vii
mix very readily. Go over the pa
tch when all the tassels are out anC
before the pollen is ripe and cut GU
the tassels Of all undesirable stalks
such as replants, immature stalks
barren stalks etc. There is a grea
law in nature that will help u
greatly if obserued and kept cons
family in mind. This law is Lik
4 Produces Like" This law is slight
lily Offset by another law known a
the Law of Variation" which i
the tendency of plants and animals
as well, to resemble remote ances
tors. However, this law is easil
overcome by selection if same i
kept up. 1t will be impossible 70
me to see all the men who hay
breeding patches in time to do tn
necessary work, so it is hoped tina
all will note the foregoing and pu
it into practice.
Quite bit Of time has been spen