Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-30
COUNTY CLUB PRIZE WINNERS
Della Norton of This City Est in MoherDauster Canning Chb-Howard Zabristie of Norwich Captures First Prize in Roys' Corn Chb-Boys and Girls Tell How They Conquered Farming Problems.

The depth of planting varies with thssa the nasnrs sns Of @ the son from one to n done by hand or by machinery, the old method of planting four grains in hills four feet apart is no, materially chanssa. Three or four grains in hills permitting easy cultivation of the field each way.
 Cultivation should begin before the corn has yet begun to come up in or der that the kill weeds before they can get 2. start and to break up the top soil. This is accomplished by the weeder- azy acre of corn Nsas caltiwa- ted by a weeder four times When the corn got so large that the vseeder could no longer be used. I nEed a cui- tiyator. had my corn after the sec ond cultiyatioR. this keirg ths only
 1oeing 1t receiyed- It received tl1ird too large. This ended the cuitivatien.
 From cultivation to harvesting there is very little that can be done except pulling weeds. eliminating suchers, thinning out hills or such like In raising corn. very rarely do we have to combate with disease or insects and this line of work. of which much has to be done in connection with some plans is thus negligible.
 Corn is usually harvested by cutting while comparatively green and put ting up Tn shocks of good size, securely tied at the top. When the stocks are we'll cured the corn is ready to husk. Husking. done by machinery in some places, is done by hand here. Corn should be stored in large roomy cribs. which allow free circulation of air. In drying small quantity, as for seed purposes. other methods are used but these are not zractical sor storing large quantities.
 Selecting Seed Corn.
 Seed corn for the ensuing year should always be considered. There are three or four ways of selecting such corn, as for instance:
 (a) selecting from bin
 (b) selecting while husking
 (c) selecting while cutting
 (d) selecting before cutting
 but of these four and the last is by far the best The one great advent of age of this method is that we are able to consider the plants from which we are selecting our corn and this is of much importance.
 In selecting corn for used we want to choose from stocks which have a ten dency to give better yields than those around them without aI,y apparent reason. other than some inherited abil- ity to grow better corn A stock which grows on an unusual amo9nt of may grow good corn without having any inherited ability for such, but the ones we want to select from are those which have this ability.
 Indian corn is preenliI;entiy the American crop suited to be preserved in siIos and the sj is fast becoming a necessary factor on every farm. How ever almost invariably those who have silos, plant a special kind of corn to be used as si1age. The common corn. known as field corn is husked and cribbed and the fodder fed out to stock while the corn is sold, fed out to to corn meal to be fed to domestic an- inaa1s-
 My corn did not do as well as I had hoped this year owing to the poor cleared expenses and have large amount of corn to dispose of yet Il have found my work far more interest ing than I should have thought it. by the spirit of rivalry ana the fact that was doAlg the work on my own hook and that any lvss or gain would be on me. In the W1>rk I have learned much which I would never have in other ways and have benefited from 1t in many ways.
 Edward Mccall.
 The soil in which raised my corn was a gravel loam. It had not been plowed for 20 years or more and was a moving lot all of this time.
 For fertilizer I used well rotted sta ble manure. Seven spreader loads were plowed in. Let me say right here it was plowed well. If every farmer was
  with their blowing it would save them B great deal of labor later in the sea son. Now it is plowed, then there were two more loads spread on at the rate of five loads to the acre.
 Then it was narrowed six times, first one way, then the other, with a, cut away harrow. By this time the ground was in very good condition for the seed.
 It was planted the 27th day of May T "a 1xp fn f2 in week before had the season permitted.
 The next thing done to it was to run over it every other day with weeder; 1t came up in about a weeks some work to have found a weed. As soon as 1t was large enough it was cultivated four times and i1eed once.
 The crows pulled some and the chip hunks and mice dug out some. At this time put some hen manure about the hills.
 It was cut about the 10th Of Sep- tember. I sent 10 ears to Springfield exposition and received first prize I
 I had nearly A bushels of sflelied corn and it yielded nearly a bushel to 3 shock. had very good luck with my corn, for the wind and storms did not hurt 1t much.
 I will have to say goodbye to the other club members until another year, because this years work is nearly 1 done on my corn.
 MAURICE BURGESS.
 How I conquered My Ensries.
 Perhaps you might be interested to I know how came to take up agricul- l tllre. Because live on a farm, was especially ir1tereted in the care of to- natoes. So when my teacher and su- pervisor wanted me to have a garden decided to plant tomatoes as my special vegetable.
 In the first part of March planted l he seed in boxes about 24 inches long | md 12 inches wide and kept them in cold frames. In two weeks they were ID about an inch and seemed te grow 70 quickly and fast that by the first part of May they were in 1t -confition l 10 be put into the ground
 After a hard rain. sHfaile the soil was stiH dasnp and moist. I decided to set