The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-18

MUST BE TESTED 'l'l
,tunity Is aIvsn Lss County
people TO Have Their
Corn Tested
Here.

.ounty farmers are facing a
problem in the seed corn
.ion It is going to b necessa airy
- avery bit of seed corn planted,
,he time is getting short now for
eating. The high school base
Il equipped for a testing sta
md farmers are asked. and
- bring their seed corn, with
aver help they can furnish, to
high school.
i Of corn tested the highest per-
100 obtained was only fifty-three
csnt Corn testing lower than
: ner cent should not be used.
,es,,lt of corn testing - 1t has
carried out at the high school
he shown by the tests - given
! reading Of tho tests Of fifteen
has Of corn, some Of eighty ears
and some OF forty are as follows:
tch No. 1-White, 50 ears: No.
AS growing six strong, 20; No.
~ growing five strong. 8; per
| II ears fit for planting. 40.
ktch No. 9-White. 80 ears; No:
.rs growing SIX strong. %; No. OF
rowing tive strong, II; per
# ears TT for planting, 52h.
Ltch No, S-White, 80 ears; No.
.rs growing six strong. 20; No. OF
roving five strong, %; per cent
~ fit for planting, 63%.
Stch No. white. 80 ears; No.
- growing six strong, %; No. OF
growing five strong. IA; Der cent
ars fit for planting, 52h.
ktch No. 5-White, 80 ears; No.
rs growing SIX strong, "a; No. Of
growing five strong, IS; per cent
ksrs fit for planting. 521s.
hitch No. yellow, 40 ears; No.
lars growing six strong. IA; No. OF
growing five strong, O; per cent
Bars lit for planting. IS.
latch No. 7-Y elbow, 80 ears: No.
lars growing six strong. /: No OF
! growing five strong, 2; per cent
lars fit for planting, OF 9-13.
htch No. a-Yellow, 40 ears; No.
srs growing six strong, Z; No. OF
growing five strong, Q; per cent
bars tit for planting. 221s.
hitch No. 9-Yell0w, 33 ears: No.
hrs growing six strong, o: No. OF
! growing five strong, !; No. OF
3 ears, 10; per cent OF ears fit
planting. .03.
)atch No. 10-Yellow, 40 ears; No.
bars growing six strong, O; No. OF
\ growing five strong, 8; No. OF
entirely dead, IL; per cent fit
planting. .07k.
itch No. 11-Yellow, 40 ears; No.
bars growing six strong, 8; No. OF
j growing five strong, s; No. OF
: entirely dead, 8; per cent OF ears
For seed. 3711.
etch No. 12-Yellow, 40 ears; No.
bars growing six strong, 6; No. OF
; growing five strong. Q: No. OF
\ entirely dead. 10; per cent OF
fit for seed, 20.
Hiss Troutner, teacher in agricul-
B under whose supervision the
h was done, makes this report:
There are still twenty patches of
h ears each to be reported upon.
are in hopes to have them all
Gy within a day or so.
1 wish to state that the high
pol people have volunteered their
fices very freely to the work and
3 certainly shown a spirit of pat
Ec service. Had the work been in
rge Of leader whose entire time
hit have been devoted to this pro-
I believe great deal more
lht have been accomplished. For
past two weeks, Miss Dorothy
laud has given generously OF her
y to help in the supervision OF the
X.
10 our knowledge most Of the
. sent in has been crib selected.
Y accounts partially for the low
One farmers wife said Satur-
that the seed they had intended
plant had Y been selected before
! frost last year and most Of the
tested 100 per cent But this
: brought to the high school. Sc
ed from the crib out of the same
q was practically all dead, show
conclusively that more seed
ut have been saved had it been
.cted earlier and carefully dried.
Inc result Of the test also shows
in this season Of serious short
OF seed corn, every ear OF corn
ing 100 per cent ought to be saw
lot seed even though this may
IN the selection OF only one ear
ten OF more of those tested"
y Lewis Single Binder &c Cigar
Dn'1I stf,1~ A. a.