Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-01


Any recommendation or suggestion
regarding the use of a given crop can
not, obviously, be considered to apply
uniformly and equally to all conditions
of the state and to all seasons AS
matter of fact there are wide varia-
tons in soil, climate and crop adapta-
tons within Missouri This is par
ticularly true in the length Of the
seasons.
The first killing frosts come about
October 20 at the southern line of the
state, while in the southeast lowlands
the average date of killing frosts is
October 30. At the Iowa line the
first frosts come much earlier, averag-
ing about oct. to 10. From these
figures it will be evident that the date
of planting, allowing time for a given
crop to mature. will vary with the To-
cation or section of the state. In
general the dates of planting given
hereafter can be taken as dates for N.
Missouri and correspondingly later
paintings may be made as the southern
line of the state is approached.
There are thousands of acres of
lands subject to overflow in Missouri
on which the staple crop is destroyed
each year, and in addition there are
thousands of acres on which the seed
ing must be delayed until the flood
season is past The selection of a
crop on these two conditions, there
fore, becomes essentially the same.
What can be grown on overflow
lands l-Seyeral crops are available,
some of which are corn, grain sor-
ghum, sweet sorghum, cowpeas, millet,
Sudan grass, navy beans and buck
wheat.
| Which crops grow the bestl-Mis-
souri, is primarily a corn state, con-
sequently corn should be planted just
as late as possible. Northern grown,
early maturing varieties may be plant
ed as late as July to 10 even in N.
Missouri, with reasonable assurance
of a crop. The choice of a second
best crop will vary with conditions.
If forage crop that produces fair
grain yield is desired, the grain sor-
ghums are the best. The next choice
would be sweet sorghums and the 4th,
cowpeas-
What varieties of corn may be plant
ed in the late seasOni-Iowa Silver
mine, a good medium early maturing,
900 day., white dent corn, Pride of
the North, good early maturing, go
day. yellow corn and Nebraska Uni
versity No. 3, good medium matur-
ing 600 day. corn, are all excellent
for use in Missouri where medium ear
ly varieties are desired. They are of
doubtful value for grain unles they are
planted before July l. There are var
ieties available which may be planted
later and still mature crop of corn.
Wisconsin No. IL or Wisconsin Golden
Glow $50 days., and Wisconsin No.
or Wisconsin Silver King $50 days.
are good corns to plant from the last
week in June to about July 5. These
varieties are not commonly or widely
grown in the state and therefore it is
usually necessary to send north FOR
} seed. There are still earlier matur-
ing varieties of corn which may be
planted even later than the Wisconsin
corns just mentioned. Minnesota No
10, a yellow corn (75 days. and Min
nesota No. %, yellow corn GO days.
! are two very early corns which in
average seasons will produce a fail
yield even when they are seeded as
late as July 10 to Is. These corns
must not be expected to produce as
many bushels of marketable grain as
either Reid's Yellow Dent or Boone
County White, but with reasonably fav
orable weather and with frosts com
/ ing at the average date or later, the,
will give excellent yields considering
the length of their growing season.
The Missouri State Corn Grower.
4 Association collects information re
garding the source of seed corns ant
this information may be secured b,
writing the secretary at Columbia, Mo
This seed corn will cost nrohabl,