The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-04-08

corn on MANFRED spring plowed land
but fall blowing will mature corn {
week or ten days earlier. Land to be
spring plowed should be double disk
ed early, and plowed about the usua.
depth, packed and narrowed just be.
fore planting. 1t is very important
that the land be carefully prepared
Just before planting. This saves halt
the ~cultivating later, especially on
weedy land.
On very weedy land-thistle OF
quack grass-the ground should be
summer fallowed, or an early crop of
barley grown, the land plowed shall
low as early as possible, and the cul-
tivator used several times during the
fall to bring the weed roots to the
surface so that they car be raked
and burned, or hauled off. If possible
a light coating of manure, Zone load
to each two inches of rainfal) should
be applied and the land spring plow-
ed deeper than the fall blowing,
worked down to a good seed bed and
the corn given thorough, careful Gull
tivation.
What Variety of Corn
This is the question most frequent
Iy asked. There are two classes of
varieties, Flints and Dents. The
Flints as a class are earlier than the
Dents, but some Dents are earlier
than some of the Flints. The Flints
grow ears near the ground, and fire.
~quently two or more ears to a stalk,
and many suckers.
The Gehu, North Dakota White
and Mercer are the earliest, in order
named, and will mature nearly every
year in northwestern North Dakota.
Longfellow, Triumph and Smutnose
are larger Flints, the latter no earl
Ter than Minnesota No. Is, and some
other Dents. The larger Flints make
splendid fodder, but many ears will
be cut of by a corn binder, as they
grow so near the ground. The earl
Ter Flints are excellent to hog off
turn hogs or cattle into the field and
let them gather the crop.
Of the Dents, we find variety name
unreliable as an indication of the
time required to mature. Corn is a
relatively new crop and such char
acteristics as time of maturity
height of stalk, position of ear, ETC.,
be easily controlled by careful
selection. We have sent samples of
No. Is corr down to Kan
and within a few years this corn
S very little earlier than the regular
varieties grown there. Seed grown in
Kansas one year is ten days later
maturing than u local grown seed.
seed must be acclimated. We have
'rown all the varieties that are sup
'osed to be early. Some of them
re early, but so small that they are
# little value. After seven years
rial, we are growing only Minnesota
70. IS, a yellow Dent that has been /,
'rown in North Dakota for thirteen
ears. Northwestern Dent is a cross
Detween a Dent and Flint variety
nd does not grow true to any type.
1any of the ears are low and it is !.
O earlier than our Minnesota No.
3. Minnesota No. % is a white cap
anne as Minnesota No. 10. There
re many other early varieties being :
rown, but we find that a variety :
lust become acclimated-accustom- :
d to growing under our conditions
f short, cool summers. :
Get Seed From Near Home :
Many sections of the Northwest :
grow corn for fodder and siTage
nd not save seed-we believe an +
fort should be made to grow seed !
t home. Seed corn from the corn
cit grows big and makes a lot of :
)dder but does not have the feed :,
lg quality of mature or practically :
iature corn. The big green corn is T
early all water. There should be
ars on the fodder and these should
e nearly denied for best quality of
led, and this cannot be secured
'om seed grown too far south. The
est recommendation for a variety :
{ corr is that it will sufficiently ma
ire to make a good feed, and grow
rye enough to harvest and make a
.ltisfactory yield. Almost any var :
ty of corn can be made earlier by !.
,lecting the earliest maturing ears !
n seed, but unless other qualities
,e watched the stalk will get short, :
le ears grow close to the ground, :
I'd the yield will decrease. Seed !
ust be selected from stalks of the
size. :
Plant Early q
Much more corn is damaged by Il
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