Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-01-26

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'sIf you'd read some Of Joe's books
you'd find out lot of things you don't
know. Now tell your dad. Joe. how
you are going to breed three ear
corn"
Joe was embarrassed. but plunged
bravely in.
1T takes several years to do it.
daddy. Now. this seed corn we are get
ting is fixed at two ears to the stalk
we can depend on that much. If we
give it all the plant food it can take
some of it is going to show three ears.
but the third ears are not going to be
much more than nubbins."
''Well. don't see no advantage in
them nubbins.''
Yes. sir: nubbins are good to feed
hogs on. But if we go through that
field and pick out the best stalks with
three ears on them and then pick the
most perfect ears from the lot and
plant the seed from them next year.
the nubbins will be bigger. and more Of
them on an average. and maybe some
of the stalks will shows show
"Rudimentary ears" said Mr.. Somer-
vile.
Thanks; couldn't remember it. but
it means just the beginning of an ear
not developed. Then. if the best Of
those stalks is saved for seed. next year
the rudimentary ears will be larger"
II begin to sort of catch on now"
said Tom Weston.
each year the selected seed, the
best Of the last years crop, will in time
produce a perfect third ear, and sew
eral years of this work will fix the
habit of the corn so that every stalk
can be depended on to bring three ears.
Then person can keep on
"Well, If that amt the plump limit
mo, sir; not the limit I'm going to
have four ear corn before I quit
"You reckon all that is really true?'
asked Tom Weston.
"Of course it is, Tom. 1t has been
proved too many times to doubt it. It
is just a question of care and pa
tience."
"Well. we'll, well! Why, if Joe gets
that corn up to four ears he's got
pretty good thing, amt he?'
''Got fortune It would sell for SIS
bushel for seed"
"Whew!'
"And four ear corn ought to make
200 bushels to the acre without bit
of trouble. and 200 bushels at S. is
$1,000 an acre. isn't it, dad?" His ia
Their gazed at him with unwonted re-
spect. Nd.
'Think I'll borry some of them books
Of yourn and do some readin' myself"
said Tom. 'but l never had no chance
when was chap, an readin' is pow
erful slow work fer me. I've done
mighty little Of it too"
"You can't start any sooner, Tom."
said the merchant.
That's right. I just learned that
much.'
II came in to talk to you about that
fourth acre, Mr.. Somerville," said Joe.
Our yam potato One?'
Yes. sir. We ought to raise more
than potatoes on it,
Can we?"
YES. sir"
''Then it's our duty to do it. We
ought to do it,
II thought so, but you're my part
ner, and thought you ought to have
say about it,
We'll. say plant it, but l don't
know what to suggest early corn?''
mo, sir; couldn't get that of in time.
was thinking of putting in a crop Of
extra early English peas and snap
beans and radishes and getting them
off In time to plant the potatoes. We
don't have to plant them until along in
June"
THAT amt farmin'. that's truck
growin'." said Mr.. Weston.
Don't care what you call it, it's
making money out of the ground" as
serted Joe.
Seems to be pretty good idea to
me, except we can't sell all that stuff
around here''
Nearly everybody in Brierfeld's got
gardens and wouldn't pay fancy prices
Tor garden sass nohow," said Joe's IA
Their.
Il know that, daddy, but I'm going
to let Mr.. Somerville do the selling.
If he'll get me the right sort of crates
ind boxes to pack those things in he
tan express them to Chicago and st.
Louis and Cincinnati and come right
in behind the Florida truck, and we
ought to get good prices"
TN order the crates and boxes and
get in correspondence with some good
produce houses in those cities.''
All right, sir and please save the
sugar barrels from the store here"
"What for?
Pack radishes in 'em. Take an au-
ger and bore holes for ventilation and
fill the barrels with punches of rad
ishes and some ice mixed in, and then
tack cloth over the top"
''Now, who told you that?''
"Old Mr.. Schneider. He stopped at
my farm one day. He used to be a
truck farmer before he got too old. He
suggested the peas and things
Joe, one thing about being educated