Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-03-19
PRACTICAL

As a sample of what our schools
are doing in the way of practical
Agricultural Education we print the
following paper which was handed in
as a lesson. by.a member of theAAgri-
culture class Of Dowell school.
TIC BsfAky of Core
The corn flower and the wheat
flower are not alike. The corn stam-
ems are in the tassels. The silks are
the pistils. The yellow powder one
secs on the ground In a. cornfield just
AZ the -sifks begin to show Is the pol
len. The pollen must fall or be blown
from the tassel to the silk In order to
fertilize the kernel and make it de-
velope. There must be q great abund-
ance Of poilensbecause SO much of II
IL lost. Dry weather at this time is
very bad becauseethe ends Of the tasA
sells dry up and then pollen win not
stick TO IT, When q corn stalk grows
In q place byeitssf It has an ear with
out kernels because the pollen from
M stAniens' 10 blown away
The leaves on~a stalk are arranged
opposlts seach other.e The ears are
arrnnked I'M the same way. The mar
gin Of q Leaf 10 longer than the mid
Ole OF . leaf this makes the leaf wayy
n preventsYthe wind from tearing
the leaves. The wind does not dam
age the corn IN b county except AZ
ter . frosts dry weathsr the
ienves curl up like a cigar. This il a
great advantage to the corn. II
keeps In the moisture. It prevents
evaporation. II keeps the sun from
hitting II.
The threads whirh run through a
corn stalk are woody bundles called
hbro-vasculnr bundles. These bundles
are the thickest near the outside~of
the stalk The food entefs the stalk
tnrpuyh these fibro-vascular bundles.
The chief function of the 1ibro vascuE
lar bundles is to- conduct the SAP up
and the prepared food down In the
plant. They extend into the leaves
and become the veins, and thus help
70 make up the leaf frame work.
The joints Of the corn stalk are call
ed nodes md the spaces between the
Joints afst intsrnod8s. II d stalk n
broken deWn 1t begins to straiphten
up 1t th8 NEXT internode. The node
is then NOT of the same. length MI
around The side Of the node That the
lsaf y on - channsied. But Il is not
enanneied AL \ way up. Wheat,
cane oats, barley and rye a1s0 have
nodtp and interhodes like corn. Corn
AND wheat r grass plants but fax
a~nd.clovsr r not
The nj IL alwaysF found on the
channeied side Of q corn stalk. A leaf
snssth; Leaf sheath Is not found
ON ne other side Of the ear. II the
ear of corn were born on of O..
long branch with leaves arranesd5 ust-
a. they arr on a stalk and YOU could
Tablespoonful branch from til to base
70 that II would be only an-inch long
the Isave8s would then have the place
81 hu9Hg -Eroszndet eafsI The husks|
nrs simply o leaves. The short,
branch tliAt btRrs the ear IL called the
shank. II Is short because Il could
not hold . large ear on the ground
Il Il were very long. II Is better for
the shank to4nlloW the ear to hano|
down . little than TO- hold the ear up.
ear YOU'D R6t very vet and the water
could NOT run out which would causel
the earHt6 mould.
Ihere rs Z great advantage In hav-
ing the tassel At the top Of the corn
stalk, because when a wind comes
along y VIII blow the pollen down on
The bess kind Of corn to cultivate
10 the kintN we have now. y But we still
sometimes find q few kernels In the
tassei or parts Of the tassel attach
cd to the en-. This Il. not the bestl
kind Of corn to plant.
The roots around q hill Of cefnrerow|
less than four inches from the sur
face, the roots extend from hiliHto nan.
The cultiyutor could 60 two inches
deep without injuringt these roots.
About tho stims the stassels come root
the brace roots appear Mesesro0ts'
support tire tplantfs0 that itswih not
blow dowfiNuniess the wind takes roofs.
and all.