Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-03-11

soft White. Similar to Soft Yellow in
every way except color.
soft Red. Flour corn, as near to a pure
red as we get though nearly half of the
crop is white or pinkish white. In some
individuals the stalk and leaves show the
red color, and even the cob is red to the
center, pith and all. A trife earlier and
smaller than the two above.
Hard Yellow. Flint corn, 8-rowed. A
very pure strain and said by the Indians
to be their earliest variety. Has 2 to 4
suckers; height of stalk 3 to 5 TT. ears
borne 6 to II in. above ground. Ripened
at Bismarck, 1916, in 92 days. Has / to 2
ears and / nubbin per plant.
Hard White. Flint corn. Perhaps a
heavier yielder than the Hard Yellow and a
little later. Ears often shaded with pink.
BLUE Corn. Kernels rather predominant
ingly dinty; ears rather short. Grows "a
to 8 DIN. tall ears borne 2 to IL in. above
ground 2 to 5 suckers per plant. Each
plant has l to 2 ears and l to 3 nubbins.
Ripe, at Bismarck, 1916, in e6 days.
name). Flint and -four of mixed colors.
Grows 40 to 50 in. tall; ears borne 3 to 10
in. above ground; has / TO 8 suckers toe
casionally nonel, l to 2 ears and ! to 2
nubbins per plant. Ripe at Bismarck, 1916,
in 93 days.
CLAY Red. Flour corn, color dull pur-
plish- red (about like the common purple
red lilacl,. with blush tinge on some ker-
nels. White cob, S-rowed; ears about 61a
in. long. (Scottered Corn gives it In heI
list as one of the old Mandan varieties.
"Sweet Corn. Color red-brown when
hard and dry. Ears 4 to ga in. long; 10
rowed; white cob with a red ring about
the edge Of the pith. Very bushy and leafy;
a heavy yielder, often 10 to IL ears to a hill.
Gives roasting ears in 90 to 90 days but
dries more slowly than the other sorts.
Never, or rarely, eaten green by the 1ndi-
ans. Called Wrinkled Corn by Mandans,
and Dummy Corn by Hidatsas. Grows SO
to 80 in. tall; ears borne 2 to 10 in. above
ground; plants have 2 to 4 suckers, / to 2
ears and l to 2 nubbins. AT Bismarck,
1916 Ia poor year for CORN, some plants
of this variety had 2 large ears and 2 nub-
bins. Ripe and hard, 1916, in los days.
The Mandans and some of the other
tribes used in their agriculture sharpened
sticks, and hoes and mattocks made of
wood and bone, besides rakes fashioned
from antlers of antelope and other animals.
Women Fine Gardeners
The Mandan women appear to have been
far superior in many respects to the WON
en- of some of the other prairie tribes.
Early accounts give the impression that
they were virtually slaves and forced to
work In the fields. Those writer's who
studied the tribe most closely, however,
declare that the women performed their
tasks willingly and took great pride In
their gardens. They loved their work there
and enjoyed it. Spring was waited long
lngly among these people as the time to
begin work on the gardens, which fur
nished much of the pleasure Of the summer
season,
The Mandan woman was a real gardener,
her methods resembling those of the mod
ern market gardener or greenhouse man.
She gave great attention to detail, work
utmost pains. She knew the habits of each
OF her plants and CHE worked with careful
regard for these differences.
In explaining the activities of the Man