The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-03-14
PLANT CORN EARLY
SAYS THIS EXPERT.

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- three years in the growing c
corn. Farmers are all convinced tina
corn is one of the surest crops tina
can be raised with profit, not as
cash crop but as basic feed croI
County Agent George Gustafson sal
in report issued recently. His re
port follows:
eve must remember, however
that the last two years have beel
better than the average for the pro
duction of corn and that we are go
ing to have years when corn will no
produce as we'll. This need no
brighten us, however, because low;
and Illinois have years when thei
corn crop is far below the averag;
and even failure. But even so there
is a lot of feed to be fed the hogs
and livestock and that is one of the
big features in growing corn.
Blaine county farmers have come
to realize that the best success in
growing corn will come from home
grown seed corn. Regardless of va
riety, this is one of the most import
ant points in growing corn The
average corn must be acclimated to
our conditions before we can really
depend upon it and this can be done
only by growing it under our condi-
tons Seed imported from other
states and even other sections of our
own state has not been acclimated.
Planting Time Important
''The time of planting is perhaps
as important as the seed. Too many
farmers of Blaine county spend all
their time seeding small grain in the
spring and leave corn planting until
the last. That usually means after
June 1 and very often after June
Is. This does not give the corn
fair chance to mature. Most varie-
ties of corn require 100 to lis days
to mature under ideal conditions.
Some years they require more,
others less. Our average frost in the
fall comes about September IL. That
means that some years frost comes
about the last of August or Septem-
Der 1. Hence corn should be plant
ed early enough to mature by Sep
TENDER / to be sure that it natures
before frost. That means corn should
be planted not later than May 20.
"What varieties should be planted
10 be sure of mature corn and the
most feed? There are three varie- |
les that can be safely recommended |
or any part of Blaine county. They |
ire Gehu or Yellow Flint, White
flint and Northwestern Dent. These |
ire the earliest varieties grown in the
county Minnesota % is proving
cry successful in northern Montana,
tut as yet has not made very much
,rogress in Blaine county. Brown
ounty yellow dent and pioneer white
ent are good and will, no doubt,
rove more popular after they have
cen raised little longer. Mime
ota 13 is a yellow dent which thus
ar has not matured early enough to
any recommendation of it. 4
From the standpoint of yield of /
orn per acre, the yellow and white {
ints will produce more than any
Their variety. For this reason they ]
re the best varieties for hogging off {
r sleeping off corn. The ear is {
ose to the ground which makes it i
ather difficult to harvest and husk t
ut the hogs and the sheep really {
elieve themselves doing mischief t
nding themselves in the corn field q
Id greatly enjoy the job of harvest I
g it. This is practice that could t
} adopted more universally with t
eat profit. 4
1.-THE Northwestern dent and Min
,sota % make more fodder with :
rs growing higher on the stalk and 4
therefore better adapted for the
10 or to be cut, stacked and handled
r feeding to stock during the win
r months. The same is true of the
her varieties mentioned, but since
ere is more feeding value in the
ature corn than the immature and
ice Northwestern dent and Mime
ia % are more certain to mature
would seem that these are the ones
bank on.
'From rather close observation of
e varieties of corn raised in Blaine
unity during the last two years
len conditions for growing corn
We been above the average with
,st holding off until the 7th and
tn of October, we would say that
me of the varieties which have
own up we'll during these two years
uld be absolute failures in years
tn a normal frost date of from Sep
nber 10 to Is. Unless the corn is
e and out of danger from frost by
} first part of September every
IT, we can not depend upon it be-
a success. In our variety tests
t year, the yellow flint, white flint
Northwestern dent and Mime
a % were all mature before Sep
nber Is. Several fields of these
'ieties of corn over the county
ich came under our personal OBJ
walton were mature and out of
1ger of frost. On the other hand,
Ter varieties were immature and
t and but for the frost holding off
u1d have been worthless -