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Page 2 THE SELECTION OF SEED CORN No Work Done On The Farm Is of More Importance Than Making a Careful Selection of Seed—Now Is the Time To Attend To It. For the amount of labor in volved no work upon the farm pays better than seed selections. Within a seed is the minute germ that has all the character istics of the preceding genera tions of that species, with the modifications which the culture, soil, climate, and selection have given it. and these it transmits to the future plants. In addi tion. the seed contains a little food to help the germ until the plant can become established in the soil. While the types in seed are persistent along general lines, within their limits they admit, of modification by selection and cultivation. When a farmer buys high grade seed at a large price he is simply paying another man for using his brain to do what he can do just as well if he will. IMPROVEMENT OF CORN BY SEED SELECTION. Corn is one of the easiest plants to modify with which the farmer has to deal, and there is no plant that will respond more quickly to intelligent efforts at improvement. Corn is also very susceptille to the effect of a change of climatic or soil conditions: hence, it is very difficult to predict that the best variety at one place will prove to be thbest in another locality. Owing to these facts we are liable to many disappointments in purchasing new varieties of corn, and this emphasizes the importance of at least one farm er in each community making it a business to select his seed corn with a view to obtaining the best variety for his section. In fact, this improvement of corn by selection is so simple that there is no reason why each fariiur shuild not give it his attention. CnLss this is done, uc'l will sr.,deteriorate and it wi'l be necessary t • purchase i - -row d seed c i n if it is desired ! ul.tain th • best results. I : r:r.vi I .!!• tir. Xo. :£!». en ti !e 1 I h'v. .'' >u :>■' •!! '.i »1 5-it'll C ra." Is a treatise or. the s j'' n a; 1 en:'.' of > I corn vh: •]•. ■ '''.! !>• in th* h;rv:!s of : tve y Vivmcr. The following is a brief cutPne A Good Example "I am a good example," writes Mrs. R. L Bell, of J ■ McAlester, Okla., "of what Cardui will do for suffering I I women. "1 suffered with my head and back, for over six years, ■ and although I tried everything, I never could get any- I do me any good, until i began to take Cardui. "Cardui has surely helped me and built me up and I ■ am so thankful that I have found something that will do I me good. I feel so much stronger and better than I have I in a long time." It is well to make up your mind before you are sick I what medicine you will take when you are sick. I Mf CARDUI I I - The Woman's Tonic I You will be glad to take it when you are tired, mis- I I erable and when life seems a weary grind. It will put I ■ new thoughts into your head, fresh courage into your mind. If not sick now, at least burn Cardui on to the pages ■ of your memory, so that when you are sick you will ask I ■ for it without thinking. If sick or weak, get a bottle today. At all druggists. ■ Writt ft: Ladle*' Advitorr Dipt, Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Chattuutoo*. Tetw., I J tor Suclal hutomMom, Md t4-paa* booh. "Hona Treat—t for Women." teat free. - of just how to select seed corn : » The corn it is desired to im , prove should be planted on i specially prepared plat and wel cultivated. When the plants have silked, go through the fielc | and remove all plants that hav , not started an ear. After this ; and before harvesting, go through the plat care fully and select the best stalks, marking them so they can be readily distinguished. An ideal stalk is one without suckers, thick at base, with well developed roots, as shown by its growt. and bearing a good ear or ears about 4 feet from the ground. The stalk when ma ture should be between y and 10 feet high. If it is desired to produce early variety, only those stalks that mature first should be marked. Select stalks that are free from smut or disease and are not in the immediate neighbor hood of other diseased stalks. Tlit- stalk should have two good ears upon shanks 4or 5 inches long, and these ears should show a decided tendency to turn down. GATHERING AND STORING THE SEED EARS. As soon as the corn is sufficiently dry it should be care fully gathered and housed. In gathering for seed, gather only from the selected stalks that have two ears. If there are two good eare on a stalk, take loth. If one is p«.or, select only the good one. Gather for seed only those ears that have the end covered with a close fitting shuck, as this is a very effective protection against the weevil. Except as stated, not much can be done in selecting the ear at this time. Store the ears in a coo!, dry. well-venti lated place and not in too great a !>u!k, mi there will be no dan ger or heating. Seed corn should also be kept froir. freez ing. VVI ien the opportunity pre sents its •!f during the winter, this seed corn should be care fully shucked and the best ears selected. THE IDEAL EAR. An ideal ear of corn is nearly THE DANBURY REPORTER. j cylindrical in shape, tapering only slightly from the butt to the tip. The tip shold be fairly abrupt. The rows of corn should be straight and compact, ; commencing close to the shank and extending clear over the end of the cob to the tip. The I cob should be of medium size, | about one-half the diameter of i the ear at a distance of one j third from the base, and the length of the ear should be about four times its diameter. Extra large or extra long ears should be avoided as much as small ears. The grains of the ear should be of uniform size and should fit snugly. They should be fairly long, nearly flat on the sides, and slightly tapering on both edges. The dent should be only slight and the outer ends should be well filled out and not chaffy. THE SEED PATCH. When ready to plant, select from this lot of corn as many ears as are necessary for the seed patch, of as nearly uniform color, shape, and size as possible. Remove the imperfect and irregular grains at tip and butt and plant the remainder in carefully prepared ground. Have the seed patch as far re moved from other cornfields as can be, so as to avoid mixing. (iive this patch special care and cultivation, and practice the same care in selection each year. The patch should not be too large; one-fourth to one-half acre is ample for the average farm. After making final selection for the seed patch, the remainder of the selected corn can be used |for the main crop. By keeping up this prac tice of selection from year tp year a wonderful improvement ctn be made in the yield and quality of corn. It has been demonstrated that, j all other conditions j an average increase in 1 over common corn of from three j to five bushels per acre can be j made the first year. As the j whole crop is improved, of course this rate of increase will: not be so rapid, but if persisted I in from year to year the careful sel ction of seed will have an ultimate marked effect upon the corn yield. HOW THE FARMER MAY PROFIT BY SEED SELECTION. The farmer who follows this practice of seed selection per sistently will not only be repaid in the increased yield of his' corn, but he will soon find that he can command quite a pre- \ mium for it from his less pro gressive neighb >rs by silling it to them for seed at a price much greater than ordinary seed corn commands. The satisfaction of knowing that he has a better, corn for his conditions than can be purchased at any price will l>e an additional compensation, j The South is in greater need of improved varieties of corn than is the case with any of her: other crops. Cotton hasreceiv- 1 ed fairly good attention, but the corn crop has been sadly neg lected. Our people are begin ning to realize its importance, j and quite a remunerative field of industry awaits thj farmer who will make a business of raising reliable seed corn. Ow ing to the fact that corn is so easily influenced by a change of climate and soil, the field for this industry is very broad and s is not likely to become crowded. ' GERMINATION TEST FOR SEED CORN. A great amount of trouble in securing stands from purchased seed, and especially that of corn, is due to the fact that much I seed so obtained is of low vitality. When it is necessary to purchase seed corn, the seller i should always be required to guarantee a germination of 100 per cent. Always buy seed corn upon the ear: then you can form some idea of what is being purchased. Afterwards test its germinative powers as follows : ! Have an ordinary box about 12 inches wide. 18 inches long, 1 and 12 inches deep. Put into the bottom 8 inches of horse dung, wetting it well and pack ing it into the box. On top of this place 2 inches of well-damp ened sandy soil and fit a piece of muslin or thin cloth into the box on top of this. The muslin should previously have been ! marked into 1-inch squares with a pencil or ink. these squares; being numbered. Now number the ears to be tested to corre spond with the squares. Take three grains of corn from each I ear. one near the butt, one at the middle, and one near the tip, taking each grain from a differ ent row. Place each set of grains on the square of muslin corresponding to the number of the ear. When all the squares, or as many as you have ears to be tested, are occupied, cover them with several thicknesses of a damp, heavy cloth and set the whole in a warm place. In about seven or eight days, or even in a shorter time if the weather is warm, examine the grains and take for seed only those ears from which all the grains have germinated. This precaution will avoid much dis appointment in securing stands, i —S. A. Knapp, special Agent in ' Charge of the Farmers' Co ! operative Demonstration Work ; of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. THE NORTrI CAROLINA State Normal and Industrial College Maintained by tin* State for the Women of North Carolina. Four regular Courses leading to Degrees Special Courses for Teachers. Fall Session begins September 14, I'.tlO. Those desiring to enter should ap ply as earl.v as possible. For cata logue and other information ad dress. JULIUS I. FOUST, President, Greensboro, N. C Pains or Cramps "I carry Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain I'ills with me all the time, and for aches and pains there is nothing equals them. I have used them for rheumatic pains, headache, and pains in side and back, and in every case they give perfect satisfaction." HENRY COURLEN, Boonton, N. J. Pain comes from tortured nerves. It may occur in any part of the head or body where there is weakness or pressure upon the nerves. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pflb Relieve pain, whether it be neu ralgiac, rheumatic, sciatic, head ache, stomache, pleurisy or ovarian pains. Oruflaiato «vrywhf Mil th«n. If flnrt pufcaaa talis «• fcwwflt, your drug* «M will return yur winy. NIUM MIONM. o*, MMM* IML FERTILIZERS Daisy Middlings Meat, Flour, Chop Corn Meal, Lard, Sugar And all Kinds of Sup plies For Farmers. , I wish to announce to my friends of Stokes and Patrick and other counties that I have opened a new store and new goods here and want their trade. Will keep a full line of home supplies, at prices as low as the lowest. Special Induce ments offered to the Farmers Union. Non-un ion men will also be treated right, and sold goods as low as they can buy them anywhere. WANTED--AII kinds of country produce; high est market prices paid. J. A. LAWSON Next door to John A. Burton old stand WALNUT COVE, N. C. ■ Walnut Cove Roller Mills. Are running on full time, six days out of every week, and making good flour and meal. We have a large custom grinding but want more, and we guarantee to please every one. So you people who are not in the habit of coming to us will please come and try us. If' we don't please you come back and tell us. We sell flour, meal, chop, bran and corn and buy wheat. Yours for more business, JOHN R. LACKEY WALNUT COVE, N. C. ■ THE NORTH CAROLINA College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The State's college for training industrial workers. Courses in Agriculture, horticulture, Animal Hus bandry and Dairyimg; in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering; in Cotton Milling and Dye ing; in Industrial Chemistry; and in Agricultural teaching. Entrance examinations at each county seat on the 14th of July. D. H. HILL, President, West Raleigh, N. C. PIEDMONT SPRINGS HOTEL WILL OPEN FOR GUESTS JUNE 15. The Finest Water In the South For Run-down Systems, and All Diseases of the Stomach, Liv er & Kidneys. Excellent Hotel, Good Fare, Conveyances Meet AH Trains At Walnut Cove. Rates Very Reasonable. Address FLINCHUM & BENNET Lessees PIEDMONT SPRINGS, N. C t Blisa stands for I best—best family medicine. Bliss Native Herbs ■ strikes at the root ot I E disease by purifying 1 I the blood. ————— |m It restores wasted Hi tissues: sTontrthenp jj^r ?1 every oigita. 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