The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-10-14


dunn Hight On Stalk With Short
Shank.
~ 4. a. HotDEN, Agricultural &.
tension oepAht lsnsnt International
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The charGctsr of the stalk should
10 talksn into consideration In select
i1g tho SEED. \
There are almost % many things to
81 considered In connection with the
Stalk % have been discussed with re-
gard to the ear: though It Will be i'm
p61sible to give to the subject the
SPACE It deserves.
There are the root system; the char
actsr Of the foliage, and ito distribu.
tlen ON the stalk; the disposition to
sucker and to set several ears; tho
length Of the shank. the time Of pollen
aton % compared with silking; sus-
cSrttbiifty to disease such % rust.
smut ana mold: tendency to break
over q the roots. below the ear and
stove the ear; premature ripening.
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position Of the ear on the stalk, high,
medium or low; erect or dropping;
the way the ear 10 covered with the
husks and the comparative maturity
Of the different stalks and ears. etc. =
The great majority Of corn raisers
DO not take these things into consid.
eration. They simply save the occa-
si6nal good ear throughout the husk-
int season or pick them from the crib
1t planting time.
We must know the stalk upon which
the ear grew. whether the stalk was
the only one in the hill or one Of
three stalks.
How 10 This to Be Done?
There is just one practical way to
DO 1t, and that is to go into the held
In the fall, before the nights are cold
enough to injure the vitality of the
corn, and select the best ears, pro.
vided they come from strong. healthy.
desirable stalks. We simply must come
to this method of selecting our seed
corn.
Strong Stalks.
The stalk from which an ear is &C.
lected should be strong, vigorous and
healthy. indicating ability to win in
the competition and to overcome un'
favorable, conditions. We should dis
erininate against Apindling stalks, es.
pe~ally those that are small from the
ear to the ground. Particularly should
We avoid those stalks which have
shown their weakness by breaking
over. The ear ID likely to rest on the
ground and gather moisture and mold.
Height Of Ear.
Select ears from az nearly the same
height and position on the stalk % pos
sible. The higher growing ears will
tend to make the corn later each year.
II we go to the other extreme we
will soon get an early, small, slim,
ainty ear. with shallow kernels and
open burrows between the rows and
the yield will be reduced.
Dropping or Erect Ears.
An ear that droops its nose slightly
q the husk begins to turn yellow and
open 10 preferable to one that stands
erect, allowing the water to run down
under tho htsks and stand at the butt
Of the ear. which Of course 10 unde'
slrabls. The dropping ears are gen
orally q little earlier than the erect
ones.
Short Shank Desirable.
The CIR dhoald be ret ON . short
Shank closS to the stalk. Ears on long
6hanks afe more likely to be- broken
~ Ai,d are nuisance to handle. esps.
cially Il the corn II cut and shocked.
Freedom From Disease.
The stalks should be free from die.
ease such - smut. rust. mold, etc.
I have seen cases whore nearly every
stxjk coming from = certain ear was
affected, and 20 badly Affected that
there wis not . good ear ON any Of
ths 500 stalks.
Foliage, Its charAetsr and Distribu.
tlen.
|9e 4 thin, sparse folisgs 10 never desir.
able. It carries with It nothing but
weakness. In the corn belt whore the
eas u the most valuable part Of the
pient W should secure Tho kind Of
St6lk ana foliage which WIN 6fve the
lfiatest proAt u grain. This win not
- S43urea By heavy foliage. Tho best
t21ultt WIN b. bstws6n the two n
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