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8ffig&S3?2' RALEIGH,- N. C, FEBRUARY 28, 1905. Weekly-$1 a Year. ' j ,
About Corn, Shucki and Fodder. CORN GROWING ON THE RORTH CAROLINA TEST FARMS. .
Messrs. Editor3 : In the spring of . , . . J?. ; .-, . r - -, " y v..;r-?.. 1
1002 I purchased of Mr. Noah ' . . . , - , .'. v ,'.'" . v .
Biggs, one peck of his prolific white - , . . . . ; ; . - v . ,
corn. - ' : y ' ..V;' ' V-y v ' -"T ' r
This was planted ahout May 15th tfy'vVf" 0?- .-' y.yf " "Y v" .; V "? .'' i j
on red clay upland, that had been ' ; , , . .. -:, - Cyr- ; v:'" "V i " v : V -l - " v ' ' J 1 !
plowed very deep (ten to twelve " ' " t, t, Sjfy JV;-- "V Sj 5. -V-'- - . - :7. X y, '7!
inches) the previous fall. Tt was 4 ' ' r - ' 7 H'--'V' ' : - ": " , -'v-3- "! '
cultivated m the usual manner with t? ( . .Ay" - '-::; :- 1
double shovel plows, and made a , .. . r ' x' r XiJVXiiJd" ' -f
fair yield. if v,. xt 'n - - ' ' f
The stalks were very lush, soft s J
and weak and were blown down by t w I ; .
the first high wind. There was us- , !
ually two to four small ears with
short grains and small cobs to the '
stalk. There were not more than five : !
nor cent barren stalks and fifteen ? - j I
per cent with only one ear to the , . . i
stalk. ; v i
It was about two weeks later ma- ... ;
turing than Hickory King corn (I !'',
planted the same time. ! j
. For the next crop, s'eed was select- j i
ed from those stalks bearing two to !'""'
four ears, and usually the bottom - j , '
ear chosen. - : -. ' - t
These ears were carefully sorted . ' , . . '
and seed selected from those having I. Corn grown from seed selected in the usual way, stalks and ears not of a uniform height and yield of gram small. - , . ,
the greatest depth of grain, to : ' . . " . : ' ; - j
plant three acres. This was planted 1.ffTn Yyv.r.v. 'VrTTW ""Trl " ! '
about May, 15, 1903 (it should have T ?VW(; P. : i
been planted sooner) on red clay up- " . , W, . 7fX ' " 1 . !
land on which had been broadcasted - : is J ,"ry Vx'a -S v 5i:JVi - l:- " l - -?
six to eight two-horse loads of ma- ;M ''vK ,V I
nurc to the acre. y; V' 1 : 5-T " x'v 1H"V1 I "
pus field was cultivated shallow V. ' . ) Vj- v rrft ' , ' Jjt: j , j
with one-horse cultivators, but ow- 1 '''v' ' " 7 - y "-('
ing to the sickness of the writer, it ' f v j-VsV , c T - I ' 1
was not cultivated as it should have y- '; 77: " - 1
been. The yield was 40 bushels to is. r : : r-, !
the acre of much better corn than . . yyy'f " ,
that grown the previous year. There j . .
were very few barren stalks, and not " - j ,
more than ten per cent with only $-; --i-,---.,
one ear to the stalk. ' ' yy ., ,' " ,.
The stalks were not so tall, and " - ..-'....;.'.;...;.:.:.: ' :
stood up much better than tho pre- y ; ; )a .
vious year. There was usually two . ,r j
to five medium ears to the stalk, y. 4 r
and they were not so high on the . y?!
stalk. ... ; - j ; .
Seed for the following crop was ) .. J
selected from large, thrifty, stalks
bearing two to four ears to the , ; " , ! '
stalk; only the lower ear was used .-r - z -..-A . -
!for seed. This was planted about !
"ay 10, 1904, on about four acres . t :::- - y J I
of red clay "upland, on three acres I' " " " " 1 ' "' ; : : ; " .
of which twenty-five two-horse loads c similar conditions to No. I, but from carefully selected seed and with judicious fertilization. " '
of manure had been broadcasted. It AA orn uwu t - . , . TT . '
ttoo t j i ii ..i -.1,1 rtf -rtrn in North Carolina is only 12.8 bushels per acre, omy three States in the American Union making a
as cultivated shallow mth the Thvge .rf cNo
('S 38I no pornnjnoo) 1 begin next week an important scries of articles showing how this may be done. V