The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-26
LOCAL YOUNGSTERS
GROW GOOD CORN
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merchant in this city. Every year he
saved the best ears of corn for seed.

merchant In TINS CITY. Every year ne
saved the best ears of corn for seed.
How I tested my cornI found a
box one foot square, ] filled this with
saw dust and moistened it; then I
checked it off into one inch squares.
1 then placed my corn in row across
the room and took three kernels out
of each ear Zone at the tip, one at the
butt, one from the middle) and put
these into the squares, then ] num-
bercd each side of the box and placed
it in warm place to terminate. In
five days my corn was sprouted and |
found that two ears had to be dis
carded Our soil is black loan with
a yellow clay sub-soil. My acre of
corn was turned over cIovcr sod. It
was plowed in July, 1912, top dressed
with barnyard manure in September,
1912, and we'll disced in. It was
disced in the spring of 1913, about
May 9th. 1t was then narrowed sew
eral times until time of planting.
Corn should be planted about May Is,
two and one-half inches deep; drilled
in rows eight to twelve inches apart
in the row, rows three feet six inches
apart, running north and south so as
to receive equal sunlight. The seed
planted should test one hundred per
cent.
Corn should be narrowed soon after
planting and narrowed every other
day until corn begins to appear. Then
weeder can be used up to time leaf
begins to unfurl. Then no narrowing
or wedding should be done for five or
six days although the weeder can be
used again on warm afternoons only
when the plants are pliable and will
not break; after these weddings the
horse cultivators can be used, cult
waiting about four inches deep and
quite close to the plant admits air to
the plant after the roots begin to
spread; care must be taken not ito in
jure them. Then cultivation must be
shallower and further from the plant.
After this a dust mulch should be
kept on the surface; this prevents
evaporation and insures a good yield.
Corn should be planted on fields not
previously planted to corn; corn seed
should be treated with formaldehyde
before planting, this prevents smut.
Harvesting Commence after
corn is well glazed; corn can be cut
with corn harvester or by hand, max
ing large shocks which will stand the
wind, also preserves the slower much
better; the slower should be fed to the
stock.
Corn should be stored in cribs built
proof from rats and mice.
Seed corn should be selected while
in the field. Select ears of good size,
straight rowed, well tipped, of uni
form kernels; select those that ripen
first and are the desired distance
from the ground. / followed the
above method and think it's very good.
Exhibited at the Stearns County
Fair held at Sank Centre, Mimi, Sept.
II, IL, 13, 1913, and won second place,
premium received fifty cents.
Corn is the greatest food known
both for man and beast. 1t satisfies
and creates warmth when eaten.
Boiled or roasted it can also be eaten
green by man. Ripe, it is ground into
corn meal and used in various ways.
The silo is the best place to store corn
for winter use. Corn cut after it is
we'll glazed and put into silo for win
ter use is an excellent food for all
farm stock.
My corn yielded ninety-nine plus
bushels to the acre; my corn is all be-
ing used at home; my expenses on my
acre of corn was $7.96, and my profits
were $41.64.
l would plant earlier in the season
next time if possible.