Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-04
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by p. G. HOLDEN.

RMWA HERE will be a short corn
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crop this year and mil
eN lions OF dollars will be lost
III to the farmers II great care
AN,Z Is not taken In selecting
M and testing the best ma
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warning to heart, for this
section Of the country lives and pros
pers largely on the production of its
land, and follow the advice Of agricul-
tural scientists who can tell our peo-
Pile how to escape heavy loss. This
advice will work no hardship and no
expense IL followed. II will require
q little careful work and sharp watch
ing at a season Of the year when the
farmer is not overburdened with labor.
Nineteen fifteen was bad year for
corn. A cold, wet season retarded
the growth of the grain. The crop
In many parts OF the corn belt was
immature; II contains an excessive
amount OF water and is unfit for seed.
The scarcity of seed corn is really
the most serious in many years
You farmers may say you are going
70 use seed from your 1914 crop. Don't
trust It. The grain may have been
damaged by the frost during the hard
freezes of last year. Don't trust
it--test It. The high price of corn,
too. on account of the war has near.
ly exhausted the 1914 crop and this
source OF supply then is not reliable.
Missing Hills, Weak Stalks.
There are about 500 kernels on the
average ear OF corn. One poor seed
means 500 weak, moldy OF dead ker.
nels. II these are planted 1t means
missing hills and weak stalks produc-
Ing little OF nothing. According to
reports just received. every indication
points TO very serious trouble with
seed corn. especially in sections lying
north OF central Illinois and in North
Dakota. Wisconsin. Minnesota. Michi-
gan and Iowa.
This community ought to get busy
right now, for the prosperity Of our
community-ou merchants. our bank
ers. our builders. our workers-de-
pends on The prosperity Of the farmers
hereabouts. We ought TO start a seed
corn campaign. The county superin-
tendent Of schools can reach the farm
ers through the rural schoolteachers.
who In turn will see that the children
carry tho message home. You bank
ers. merchants and implement dealers
who trade directly with the farmers
ought to write personal letters urging
them to 20 into this matter scientific.
ally. In short, all OF as ought to mo
bilize our forces, Just as our nation
would have TO mobilize all its re-
sources in case OF war.
You farmers must not use poor seed
this spring. II means too much to all
OF us. Poor seed means not only
. poor stand and a portion of the
neld idle. but that you must cultivate
missing hills, one-stalk hills, and poor
worthless stalks. and receive nothing
IN return.
Don't Work for Nothing.
Thousands OF people every yeai
work more than a third of every day
on ground that produces nothing. Dc
not depend for seed on the occasiona
good ears selected during .the husk
ing period. The corn will pe rnJuI g,
by freezing before 1t is husked or be
fore II has had time to become dr.
lfter husking.
Select the best ears. II you hav'
not already done so, and string then
on binder twine and hang up.
DO not store seed corn in barrels o
bikes. II will gather moisture" ant
mold or freeze. Do not store over tn
sable. DO not put immature or fresh
ly gathered seed corn in warm room
on the floor, or in piles. 1t will eithe
sprout. or mold, or both. II should b
hung up at once. and the window
opened to allow the freest circulation
of air. Do not depend on the cri
for seed corn.
One day devoted to the seed corr
at the proper time, may be wort
more than an entire month OF har
work next summer put on a poor stan
of corn.
The attic is a good place to hang u
the seed corn. There should be eli
culation Of air through the room.
space three by eight feet will hold 20
strings Of corn, twelve to fifteen ear
70 each string, or about enough
plant 200 acres. Three-fourths of thi
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