Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-27

when sliced made splendid feed. as
is evidenced by the results we had In
putting through about 70 head of.
cattle on III farm. ~
the sth Of May and finished before
,the4zsoth. ThIs corn was given ex-.
.cellent cultiYAfipn;,s#5and although the
weather wasSdry.!R cold, with sev-Ss
eral frosts after 1t came up which
kept It back, and an unusually hot
dry summer, there.was enoughScornf
matured SO that We saved a number
}of bushels Of a~seed---enough forssfour
own fplanting.JT This meant that thefe
lage,g and that it is making excellent
feed. We filled u silo as oon as!
the corn was.Scut and stacked the.
balance to-. be handled as we usually
do, in refilling the ;ailo several times,
during the winter
The early snow of last October.
damaged the fodder to considerable
extent, n it. was stacked soon after:
this snow hads gone, off. The warm
weather whichsfollowed in November
started u fodder to spelling in the
stack, which necessitated our build.
ing q silo for preserving it. We have
previously given a description of this
silo. We AVE a spit silo 20 feet deep
which was already filled, and in or.
der to save the balance of our corn
we built a stave sflo on top of the
is built. out of common ;2x6's which
we bought from the local lumber
yards, and we $%had. the hoops made
by a local shop, and this silo.: was
completed within three days from
the time we considered it necessary to
build the silo.
While the corn was damaged some-
what from heating in the stack, when
we put it into the silo, it made splen-
did shape. We are still feeding silage
and have enough to last until the
pastures should be in good shape.
Manure Corn land.
There is no crop that responds so
readily to manuring the land before
1t is planted, as corn, n there. is no
crop that prepares the land puts
it in better shape for the succeeding
crop. than corn.
Land in being spring MANFRED for
corn. should have a very light appli-
be enough to make 9. great difference
in the result. This may be applied
and disked in before the land is
plowed. or it may be applied as atop
dressing after the ground is plowed,
particularly if the manure is we'll rot
= ted and it would be advisable to use
well rottcd manure for spring appli-
cation. if possible. However, if, there
is not we'll rotted manure available,
II would not hesitate to use manure
that had been produced and piled GU
out in the winter.
If there are a great many wild oats
in. the land hat is to be seeded tic
corn, it would be, of advantage te
disk the land as early as possible ir
the spring. so as to get the wild oats
started, and then pillow n put the
land in shape and plant as soon rs
possible after blowing. In this way
deal of wild oats that might bother
in the corn. ~ "a,
.s.- Checkrow Corn.
Where corn is grown particularly
for Sthe9 purpose of cleaning up thu
Land there is, nc question but tina
~checkrowing is the proper method. fol
.fplanting. s This admits Of cuftivatint
the corn both. ways. and Keeping tn,
weeds down to a greater extent tina,
where. the corn is drilled in
1t is also advisable to cultivate thu
land in such a way as to keep i
practically level, so that it may b'
seeded to. small grain without furth
Ell blowing.
Cultivating Corn.
The cultivation of corn is an i'm
portant step: in the process of grow
ing it. 1t is necessary not only tt
keep. the weeds back, but TO keep tn
soil in UGH condition that it is favor
!. able to the growing of the corn
This is accomplished by keeping tn
. soil stirred SO that moisture and al
: will enter it freely and circulat
about the corn roots.
lin this north country the corr
roots grow very close to the surfac
and flor this reason it is necessary t
cultivate very shallow. or great dam
age is done to the corn. There un
ldoubtedly is much, corn practicall
ruined by c%ultivating 50 deep tina