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Some Labor-Saving Plans for First Cultivation of Corn and Cotton'. Pagos 4 and 5 IfrrtDr& fn Tnl (q (q xx r i I i II y i i i I I i r n i y i v -y i i i i - 1 r; Title Registered in U. 8. Patent Office. A Farm and Home Weekly for ttie Carolinae, Virginia, Tennessee and Qeorgia. Vol. XXII. No. 9. RALEIGH, N. C, APRIL 11, 1907. Weekly: $1 a Year. 8 WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS WEEK'S PAPER. Page. Butterflies, Our Native, C. S. Brimley. . . . ; . 8 Eggs, How to Preserve for Winter Use, Un cle Jo 7 Feeding of Children .................... First Cultivation of Corn and Cotton, R. J. Redding ............................ Flower Garden of Perennials), Mrs. Walter Grimes ... . ... ........... . . ... . ... . . . Harrowing Crops as They Come Up, S. M. Tracy ......... Letter to Mrs. Farmer, C. C. Moore . Plant a Big Corn Crop, B. B. Dumville. ..... Right Distancing for Cotton, C. B. Williams. Seeing the West Through a Farmer's Eyes, H. M. Daniel . .. Silo, How to Make, A. Jj. French. . . ....... Split-Log Drag ... . ... How to Get tKe Right Type of Earsjior Seed Corn. k - The only rational way to select seed corn is to pick your seed ears in the field when you have the whole stalk before 10 you and can compare yield and thereby get 5 the best ears from 13 j . - . y . 7 ine mo si proauciive 7 stalks usually those bearing two ears. QOur readers who 3 failed to make such a selection last year are like I v to lose THIS ' WEEK'S PAPER SOME RANDOM COM-1 - irt,u,rty vturt-cu lit, iiij year's crot by reason We have tried to write the word timeliness r y P(yUvfit, rp across the face of every page of this week's Pro- -i , d & gressive Farmer. We like to have this character- Wf let Her or not your istic prominent in every issue; in this week's pa- seed ears were select--per we flatter ourselves that it is a distinguishing ed in this fashion quality. however, you can To begin with, here is our front page feature on t ;x . ny . n the right type of ears to select for seed corn com- . S, , ing just at a time when nine farmers out-of ten y-. ' ys are in their corn cribs puzzling over this very planting seed from problem; while on page 2 are the plans and draw- the right type of ears; ings of Ihe King split-log drag, the simple and and to aid at this 6oint we are reprinting herewith the article by Mr. C. B. Williams oj the cheap device which will do so much for the coun- epartment of Agriculture on u The Right Kind oj Ear to Select for Seed" giving in direcHons accompany the drawings. detail, the points you ought to consider in making the final choice in.your corn end. It is not yet time to build a silo, but if you are shape. The cylindrical ear (as shown bv No. to have one this year, it is not too soon to plan h in the cut herewith) is the best tvDe. as it is t for it and to plant for it. Hence the illustrated the one that generally yields the highest percent- article by Mr. A. L. Frencn on page ,5. age and the largest total amount of shelled corn. On pages 4 and 5 are two striking and timely Tne rows Gf kernels should run parallel-the full articles on the first cultivation of corn and cotton, length of the cob without change in shape or di- A world of labor may De savea Dy laamg mese minution in size, or if so, but very slightly. If crops in time, and it is shown by both Mr. Red- the ears are tapering towards the tip there is a ding and Prof. Tracy that the harrow applied suppression of yield, due to one or both of two early and often is the best ally of the young crop Qauses, viz., (1) diminished size of kernels at against the hard crust and the grass. It is no the tips, and (2) droDDine1 of rows of kernels an small matter to understand killing weeds at the hnch or so from the tip end. rate of sixteen acres a day witnout nurting tne Color. Yellow corn should have a deep-red cob, yoiirig corn and cotton. while white corn should possess a white one, and Our page 6 is brimming over with practical and any variation from these tvDes is indicative of helpful letters from farmers who have their eyes crossing of varieties. The market price of meal open and who write straight from tne plow nan- or grits made from white corn., with red cobs is (i) (2 : (3) POOR AND WELL-SHAPED EARS. (4) No. 1 is a well-shaped ear, Illustrating the good points mentioned in the article herewith and the right type for seed corn, while Nos. 2, 8 and 4 are all undesirable ears to select for heed purposes. dies. And when a farmer sits down to tell a thing h0wer because of Darticles of th5 red robs j?Wtim he usually does it with as few frills as anybody in mt0 the corn and being ground inwith meal, giv- the world. For example, we defy any college pro-nng it a reddish and unattractive cast fessor to pack an article fuller of points ana gize Gf cob.; A medium-sized cob is the best, ideas than Mr. Dumville's letter on getting the big- because it usually yields the largest DroDortion i all thft others-have r.f K UlUOO vyuv vw. I V- " vix, ,vyJ 13 C3J-LLO.il, VJ L llCUTOOlLy thesame practical qualities. - . I the number of grain rows is restricted, and when Paee 7 ooens to us a nne scneme oi uncie ju o large tne proportion or corn to cob is reduced. for preserving summer eggs for winter use. And Length and Circumference. The length to cir it gives us also the answers wnicn actual expen- Wnat is tne cumference should be about as 4 to 3, i. e., if the ear is eight inches 'long its circumference should be approximately six inches, when measured about one-third the way from the butt to the tip, to pro duce the largest yield. Too large circumference usually indicates small narrow kernels of low vi tality and I poor feeding value. Filling Out of Butts and Tips. The more per fectly ears are filled at butts and tips, the larger the percentage yield of corn. It is possible, by rigid selection of ears filled compactly at butts and tips, to increase materially within a few years the annual yield over corn in which no consideration is given to these characteristics. Notice the poorly and well-tipped ears as shown in the illustration. Number of and Distance Between Rows of Ker nels. The number of rows to the ear should be comparatively large and the distance between them very, small to secure the highest percentage yields. A wide sulcus, or distance between rows, indicates a reversion to an inferior type that will not justify the farmer of to-day in growing. Tii our cut herewith is strikingly shown the differ ence in the solid setting or corn. In No. 1 there is little or no space between the rows, while in No. 2 there is (Considerable; ; " !" last is an K the article by Mr. H. M. Daniel (page 12) is iigiiv uibwiiv ,krwii;::; not the most timely, it is certainly not the least excellent arucie oy n- v. . " """" ' . the entertaining of this week's contributions. The . The idea of timeliness is emphasized by tne . tMn e l "V.-::? : prosperity of the West, the way things are done poem, An April iayi, oy me buliuj- : thA nthpr fe,iows country, the stock, the nnw. by the health talk on the Feeding oi uniiareu - .f. Q OTlf nnr with fTinnaaT, which appear in the Home Circle on page 8. QSQ are some of the things seen b Mg Especially at this season, when there is likely to tea M.to.mir nn tw. This week Mr. E. D: Smith, National Organizer . I form or PVP3 OT1 his triD which , co to make ud this Ka:mnwnr is snriTiP sickness among tne cnn- . J dre it is advisable to note well the Valuable interest.ng aruc.e i''i.-i,ib .nitT, toitr Nnr.Wthfl element of This week Mr. J Utog ritr in our Social Chat arti- tor the cotton SKS rl nT, q nr in the children's columns on ten days' campaign in North Carolina with Presi pS" ?7 wh J mny-things are mentioned that dent Charles Cotton Moore. The latter takes this EfSe .VZf!l "I? rJr, fL n ,tnr. occasion to write another one of his unique let- ters to Mrs. Parmer, and also to publish on an other page a list of appointments. And finally, the flowers that bloom in the spring and all the year round are found in Mrs. Grimes's Farm Home Beautiful garden on page 1-6, While scattered here and there through out the paper is a variety of helpful shorter arti cles "too numerous to mention." And this our life; exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good In everything. I -William Shakespeare. iuaj uc icaiucu j "
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