Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-03-04

Corn

By J. Z RICKs-A. 4 IL COLLEGE
On account OF the scarcity and
the high price Of corn. every
farmer should plant enough q
supply his needs and some % sell.
since cora at 80 cents a bushel j.
a profit bic crop. On soils prp- +
ducing from 40 t. 90 bushels per
acre We have been growing corn
AZ the Station at an expense Of
. cents per bushei Every op-
Grafton in The making of the crop
from the rent on the land % the
putting OF it into the crio was
charged to Just as il the land had
been rented and all the work hired
done.
Preparation of the soil Bet
ter results are obtained when the
land IS broken deeply in the fall
or winter and the seed bed made
with q disc harrow in the spring.
Should it be necessary to pillow
: the land again in the spring in
: order TO destroy glass or weeds
the p1o~fng should be shaiio~ !
The seed bed should be fla on
J the well drained soils On poor
e iy drained soils it is better to
plant on ridges or beds, except
when the corn is planted late II
: May or June, then flat prepara-
ton is better.
! Tine to Plant.-The last d
i March and first OF April planting
< will give better yields than latel
. paintings. An average Of oul
: results here shows that Marct
1, planted corn yields about one
n third more than June planting
= However, on poorly drained soil
IS better to plant the crop il
June.
Variety to Plsnt-The prolifi
varieties. such as Cookies. Mosb,
and Hastings are among the hes
yielders at the Station. Tenaes
see Red Cobis the yielding on
land variety We have tested.
Cultivation Systematic an
thorough cultivation Is very es
ne sentiai in the making OF a goo
i, corn crop. Weeds and gras
he must be kept from coming up an
A. the soil must not be allowed 70 BE
come crusted. but the muIc
should be maintained. For earl
nc planted corn the first two cult
A. yati9n should be done with cul
.l- tIvator having corn shoveis on
=. that will g fairly deep. At thi
=, time the roots are not long q
- nough u De injured 70 any exten
III by a deep cul lvatiDn, and hos
Id that are injured will not materiI
ay ~ effect The growth OF the your
~ plant i.lasnucn as there Is plent
or moisture in the soil in IN
~ spring On later paintings the
- deep civilizations ~noud not b
made, since moisture condition
- might De such that the planE
- would be injured kiter the cor
from any date Of plantiag is /
I7 or u inches high the cultivation
~ should be shallow, just dee
ar enough 10 keep a good mulch
~ All GU tivations should leave IL
J., land as level ~ possible.
= Laying By Time. Our re
We suits snow that the best time {
ad "Iay by'' is when the corn
nd bunclng to tasseI. This cuitiva
~; .::c:. sh.essss.a be dome with : ssn.
- c,Slivator and should be shallow
= The Planet Junior CuItivator Is
.. good implement for this purpose
id This laying by should leav
be the land as level as is possible |
do 20.
!. Every row Of corn should hav
peas planted in it at laying b
I time. These may be put in tn
y. mindless with one-horse Col
DO drill. or may re put in with an o.
q binary corn PLANTER by using n
:. pea plate, or K seed Pess al
plentiful they may be bfSadcaste
0e by hand, the cultivation give
e with the small cultiyator wi
20 cover them.