Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-05-18
GrooCingC Corn in the
Northwest . . T.. !. s :: $ IS: !; . : :
Hsveae Companf
Corn Essential in This Region
Grow 1t

this i've half the ~cuitIvatlng ate
especially on weedy land.
On very weedy land-thistle o
quack grass-the ground should b
summer faIiowed, or an early crop O
barley grown, the land piowed shall
low, as early as possible, and the cul
tivator used several times during tbs
fall to bring the weed roots to tbs
surface so that they can be raked ano
burned or hauled off if necessary. II
possible a light coating of manure
Zone load to each two inches of rain
fall) should be applied and the land
plowed deeper than fall blowing,
worked down to a good seed bed be-
fore planting and the corn given thor
ough, careful cultivation.
What Variety of Corn?
This is the question most frequently
asked. There are two classes or var
ieties, Flints and Dents. The Flints
as a class are earlier than the Dents,
but some Dents are earlier than some
Flints. The Flints grow ears near the
ground, and frequently 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 earlier
than Minnesota No. 10 and some of the
other Dents. The larger Flints made
splendid fodder, but many ears will be
cut off by a corn binder as they=grow
SO near the ground. The earlier 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 Of maturity. Corn is a rela-
lively new crop and such character
istics as time of maturity, height Of
stalk, position of ear, ETC., can easily
be changed by careful selection. We
have sent samples of Minnesota No. 10
corn down to Kansas and within a
few years this corn is a little earlier
than the regular varieties grown
there. Seed grown in Kansas one
year is ten days earlier than our To-
cal grown seed. Seed must be accli-
After corn has been grown in
the north for a number of years, it
will grow and mature when the sea
are ten to fifteen degrees colder
than it formerly would. We have
grown all the varieties that are sup
posed to be early. Some of them are
but so small they are of but
value. After nine years trial
we are growing only Minnesota No.
10, a yellow Dent hat has been grown
m North Dakota for fourteen years.
Northwestern Dent is a cross between
Dent and a Flint variety and does
lotgruw- true-to any type. Many Of
he ear are low and it is no earlier
han our Minnesota No. Is. Minnesota
Se@s23 is nv htteeappeEyellnw-tha
natures about the same as Mime
Iota Ne There are many other
'arly varieties being grown, but we
ind that a variety must become accli-
mated, accustomed to growing under
'ur conditions of cool, short summers.
Get Seed from Near Home
Many farmers of the northwest
row corn for fodder and silage and
10 not save seed-we believe an effort
hould be made to grow seed at home.
iced corn from the corn belt grows
ig and makes lots of fodder, but
oes not have the feeding quality of
nature or practically mature corn.
he big green corr is nearly all water.
here should be ears on the fodder
nd these should be nearly denied for
quality of fodder, and this IAN
OF be secured from seed grown too
south. The best recommendation
a variety of corn is that it will suf-
mature to make good feed,
nd grow large enough to harvest and
lake a satisfactory yield. Almost any !
ariety of corn can be made earlier
Y selecting the earliest maturing {
ars for seed, but unless other quail
les are watched the stalk will get :
hort, ears grow close to the ground :
nd the yield will decrease. Seed :
Iust be selected from stocks of proper !
re. {
Plant Early-Checkrow '
Much more corn is damaged by fall :
-osts before it is mature than by !,
BRING frosts because it is planted !
70 early. Early planted corn may :
)t grow much larger than later :
anting, but the early planting will !
allure first. Light spring frosts that =
p the leaves do very little damage. !;
e begin planting May 10th to 18th, !
Id any corn not planted before May :
til has a poor chance to mature and !,
AXE good feed. Corn on MANFRED !
nd will mature earlier than on old :
neat land and not MANFRED. Plant '
ly good seed-test for germin-
ion, don't guess. If the seed does !,
t grow. money and time are not =
ly wasted but a failure to grow seed y
ay cause a greater loss. "
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