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laQiisi How the Farmer Can Double His m' '
How tbe Farmer Can Double His
Qreat American Crop. V
Corn planting time! The. United
State this year will hare over 90,000
000 acres planted to this king of crops.
For this enormous acreage 15,000,000
bushels of seed will be required.
Probably but little thought Is given
by the average farmer to the germin
ating quality of the seed used, for -he
has so lone been accustomed to get
ting a "stand", under ordinarily favor
able conditions, varying from 60 to 85
per cent., that many have come to
think a more complete stand impos
sible. Yet experiments have shown
that barring unfavorable weather at
planting time, the work of grubs, wire
worms, and the like, there is no rea
son why a stand of corn should be less
than 95 per cent. Of recent years, how
ever, conditions have much improved,
and never before has there been such
a demand for seed corn of high vital
ity. Some of our best farmers are be
ginning to realize that one of the great"
est factors In profitable corn produc
tion is the use of seed which will show
a high per centage of germination.
It each corn grower would give a lit
tle time during the early spring to the
testine of the seed, the vitality of each
individual ear of corn intended for
planting could be readily determined.
The poor ears could then be discarded,
and the millions of bushels of seed
corn which fail to grow each spring
could be very profitably converted in
to pork and beef. Of the 15,000,000
bushels of seed com which will be
planted this year, it is almost certain
that from two to three million bushels,
or nearly 20 per cent, of the corn first
planted, will fail to grow as a result
of the low vitality of the seed. Thou
sands of acres will have to be replant
ed either in their entirety or in part,
and many thousands more will grow
to maturity with an imperfect stand.
there any corn growers who can not
produce the equivalent of at least two
such ears to every hill? How many
grow 80 bushels of shelled corn per
acre?
The time reauired to test individual
ears for vitality is very small when it
is considered that 12 or 15 ears will
furnish enough seed to plant one acre.
Experiments have shown that if a few
kernels (preferably six) are taken
from different parts of an ear of corn,
and all are found to germinate well
that is, to produce good healthy sprouts
practically all of the kernels on that
ear will likewise show strong vitality.
On the other hand, if the part of all of
cover the box with a piece of glass, or
other tight material, to prevent the
evaporation of the water irom me
rinths. and set the box aside tor a
few days to await tne results oi we
test. Where only a limited number of
ears are to be tested, a similar germ
inating apparatus may be made ny
using cloth between two dinner plates.
Ten inch plates will give ample space
for the testing of 18 or 20 ears at one
time. It Is important that the ears
be numbered or arranged In the same
definite order as the corresponding
tests In the germinating box. One of
tha mnnt satisfactory methods is the
use of a rack as is generally used for
drying seed corn. This Is generally
a piece of 2 by 2 inch piece of pine
from which extend on all four sides
innir nails, each of which 1s numbered.
After the kernels from the first ear
have been placed in square wo. i
of the germinating box, the ear is
shoved on nail No. 1 of the drying rack,
and so on. These racks can then be
samples tested are representative of
the present supply of seed corn, the
testing of every ear and the subsequent
rejection of poor ears win increase we
stand 13.7 per cent This Increased
stand would mean an Increased yield
of 298,140,695 bushels, with a value of
$100,739,912.91 calcuiatea on we oasis
JOURNALISM IN CHINA.
Dialect Newspapers Increase OuU
Betweea Provinces.
United States Consul Anderson, at
Amor, has made a report on Journal
ism among the Chinese. He says:
"It la rather surprising, in view ot
the comparatively small population
ot foreigners In China, how many
large publications there are in foreign
languages. The prices they obtain for
their publications and their work
probably - explain the situation.
Shanghai has five - daily newspapers,
three morning and two evening pa
pers; one is French. It has six for
eign weeklies, one German. It also
has four Chinese dailies and a large
number of Chinese weeklies.
Practically all of the foreign pa
pers sell for 4 cents gold per copy.
The subscription price is about f 15
gold per annum, postage extra. The
Chinese dailies sell for about M cent
gold per copy. In addition to these
publications there are many religious
papers, mostly in Chinese, published
r to select a oxrraniee.
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ior rooro "In the south Hong Kong don
A full description of how to make nates the publication business, and
toota q fnnnrt in Farmers Bulletin No. as it is a British colony. English publl-
om hir t w t. rhivel. which can be rations mleht reasonably be expected
had from Members of Congress or the to lead, but on the face ot the record
Secretary of Agriculture."
the Chinese predominate. There are
four Enelsh dailies, the fost, tne
Press, both morning papers, ana tne
Telegraph and the Mail, both evening
papers. -
There are six unmese dames, ana,
as in the case of Shanghai, there are
a large number of publications de-
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TESTING RACK.
It seems Incredible of realization,
that the average yield of corn in the
iTnited States in 1905. when the total
production was the largest in our his
torv. was only 28.8 bushels of shelled
corn per acre. It is still more sur
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nmA irwiav as it was forty years ago.
In fact, the average yield per acre for
the ten years from 1866 to 1875 was
?fifl7 hushels as compared with 25.2
bushels for the ten years from 1896 to
lone whilo there are several rea
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the kernels tested fail to germinate or-1
show only weak sprouts, tne propor
tion will be the same for all oi tne Ker
nels on such ears. And the experienced
corn grower will be not a little sur
prised to find many a fine looking ear
of corn among his selected seed, the
kernels of which will not sprout at all.
Better Now Than Not at All.
Germination tests should be made
Ave nr Rix weeks before planting time,
but even if it is necessary to stop the
plow in the field, it is far more profi
table to have a good stand of corn on
19 acres than it is to have a poor stand
on 20 acres, thereby saving the time
and labor necessary to prepare the
ground and to plant and cultivate the
additional acre. Yet many farmers are
every year planting and cultivating 3
or 4 acres in every 20, for which they
ronaiva pnmnarativelv no returns .
In making the tests it is essential
that each ear tested should be given a
number and all kernels taken there
from given a corresponding number
so that after the tests the faulty ears
may be thrown out.
Many kinds of germinating boxes
and methods for testing seed corn have
been described in various publications,
but the Department of Agriculture has
designed a simple box which is be
lieved to combine most of the advan
tages, and give good results in the
hands of almost any operator. The box
would be about 1 or 2 in)hes deep
Inside and the length and width such
as to suit the needs of the individual
farmer, but It should not be made water-tight
Instead of filling the box with
sand, soil, or sawdust, as Is commonly
recommended, the seed bed is made
of heavy canton flannel or similar ma-
WHAT MAKES THE CORN AVERAGE LOW.
oitsnpnded in some suitable place and
there need be no tear oi me ears ue
ing mixed while the germination test
is in progress.
The kernels in the testing box
should begin to germinate freely a
bout the third or fourth day, but the
counting should not be done until the
sixth or seventh day, or until most of
the shoots or stems are from 1 to 1
inches long. This part of the testing
must be done with considerable care
and requires good judgment, as ker
nels will be found in all stages of de
voinnmont If the six kernels In any
one square in the germinating box
show six good healthy sprouts, the ear
hnri mi time for brooding over lmagln
ary troubles and were happy. But
they neglected to map out the proper
rmnrspa for their children and in
rootine- them with kindness -have
Daved the way to Insanity.
The Cities present numeruun rancs
Some of them attempt work in the
line of high grade magazine and book
publishing, and while it is not always
an unmixed success from a technical
typographical standpoint, it demon
strates that the Chinese woricmen,
who do most of the work under for-
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of nhvsical and mental wrecks of I TOm ln ama bjv
young persons brought on by aiss'P9; qulre considerable merit in this line
tlon and strennoslty In the battle for Jf effort
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correct the evils at home. They give puDilcations that many parts of the
their children all the benents or Unlted states have passed through,
schools and colleges and leave out the AU tne emplre native newspap-
essential runaameuuu iuuu y i era are being started in the coiio-
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Idleness because they are taught in
sons for this, the principal reason is
probably carelessness in the use of
seed of low vitality.
To Test Each Corn Ear.
The statement is made by officials of
the Department of Agriculture that
while corn breeders have achieved
mai-verl miccess in the production of
improved types of corn during the last
decade, unless tne tanners urne um
care of their seed corn and test each
ear nennrntniv. nreDaratory to planting,
tho r.hanc.M are that the average yield
of corn per acre in the United States
will not be materially increased.
In nnr nrlnrlnal corn-growing States,
corn Is planted in hills 3 feet apart
each way, giving 3,556 hills per acre.
In most sections three stalks to the
hill 4a inn uiHprpii ft nerfect stand: in
some States, two Is the standard. Yet
if each hill would produce dui out
nizAri ear. 6 or 7 Inches In
length and weighing a trifle more than
o nnnr-o th vield for each acre would
be 28.8 bushels, the average yield per
acre In the United States in IMS.
A single ear of corn to the hill tne
size shown as A In the illustration
riira on avaraee of 28.8 bushels
to the acre; a single ear shown as B
would give 30 bushels per acre; an
ear such as C would produce 40
hnahoia nnr acre: an ear such
n wnniri wield 45 bushels per acre;
while an ear like B, which weighs a
loco than a nound. would yield 50
bushels of shelled corn per acre, count
Ing only one such ear for each of the
ck hiiia There are. however, very
fo. f.rmera who raise as much as BU
hnaheia of shelled corn per acre. Tet
every corn grower can probably pro
manw Mrs which are larger than
that shown as B In the cut Eliminate
t hnwawar. both ears D and K and
granting that every farmer could har-
tmm nrh hill tWO SUCh ears SS
the one -shown as C, an ear which Is
less than 8tt Inches long, and weighs
19 nnncea. the vield would be 80
bushels ot shelled corn per acre. Are
A Very Simple Test.
vnr hnn first wet the cloth thorough
ly by soaking In water, and then place
.ho half rioth. double thickness, which
has been marked In squares. In the bot-
e t
local in character. .
'It is unfortunate In many re
spects that the publication of news
papers in the several local aiaiects
has developed so generally. While
such publications will afford means
of educating the people of the em
pire in some lines, they also nirnisn
the means for deepening the gulfs.
dividing tne several proviucen unu
differ in dialects. Each newspaper
center. If It performs Its natural mis
sion, will develope Its own language
In its own field to the exclusion oi
a language which might in time be
come common to all China.
CAN NOT YOU GROW TWO EARS LIKE " E TO EACH CORNHILL?
A SIMPLE GERMINATING BOX.
terial, using two or three thicknesses
nf ninth in the bottom of the box and
one or two thicknesses oi ciotn ior
covering the kernels after the frame
has been filled. The cloth at the bot
tom shouW be marked on into squares
2 Inches each way, and numDerea. ecu
one of which is to be filled with ker
nels from ears which are given a num
ber corresponding to the square used.
which they represent should be taken
for seed. There will also be cases in
which all six kernels have germinated,
but will be lacking in vigor, wmie
these kernels might produce a good
ear of corn, the chances are that they
will never develop, or else win produce
but a barren stalk. It Is only necessary
to remember that all ears showing
dead kernels or weak and poorly devel
oped sprouts must be discarded and
only those used for seed in which
everv kernel tested has given a good
healthy sprout The ears which have
shown a perfect germination are now
ready to be butted and tipped ana
shelled for planting. In order to in
sure further uniformity in planting it
is advisable to sort the ears before
planting into two or three grades, ac
cording to the size of the kernels.
This grading may also be done by
screening. If more convenient
Remarkable Results of Government
Tests.
The Department of Agriculture re-
centlv made tests of seed corn iur-
nlshed by farmers in the corn produc
ing States, and ot the 3,322 ears tested,
1,906, or the startling percentage ot
more than one-half, were unfit for seed.
These samples were taken from ears
nicked for seed by good, careful far
mers, and are evidently much above
the average. The average germination
of the 1,906 poor ears was only 77.7
schools and at borne that manual
labor Is not honorable. There Is no
reason why farm life should become
monotonous to any one residing with
in the boundaries of ordinary civiliza
tion. The rural mail carries the dally
papers and magasinea to the farm
door yard; telephones place the farmer
in direct communication with the out
side world; railroads open the channels
of trade to every commercial port;
yet there is a life of monotony on
many farms. The places are not lm
proved, the owners follow the fashions
of their forefathers, they do not
adoDt new methods in any line and
their children become discouraged.
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OLDEN DAYS OF WHALING.
The days of the old-time whaling
fleets when more than two hundred
full-rigged ships sailed out ot New
Bedford harbor on three and four
vear voyages to the most distant and
dangerous seas, were over more man
half a century ago. The right of
Greenland whale of the Arctic waters
with his mouth full of whalebone and
his cousin, the sperm whale ot tropi
cal waters, bearing in its head the
precious spermaceti, were practically
exterminated by those all-daring, iron-
nerved, keen-eyed Yankee skippers.
Their sDlendid Bhins. the -Annie B..
the Mary Jane, the Blue-Eyed Susan
great lovers of their wives and sweet
hearts, were this race of gentlemen ad
venturersrotted at the wnarves or
were degraded to service as coastwise
and with them vanished a world of
romance and adventure. No men, in
no time, more truly than they, "went
down to the sea In ships".
But when the 'pennant of the last
old-time whaling ship was hauled down
forever, there still proudly swam
tbe oceans the vast rorqual or racer
whale: areatest of all his mighty kin.
To the sailing fleet of the old days, the
rorqual was an almost impossible prize
because of its tremendous speed. It
was practically unmolested, and mul
tiplied exceedingly in both North At
lantic and Pacific waters.
It was the abundance of this levi
athan, measuring ninety feet In length
and weighing almost as many tons
hnikinaT lareer than a wnoie nera oi el
ephants which was "the Inspiration of
the modern wnaiing inousxry.
BICYCLES ON THE WANE.
Over Three Timet aa flany Fac
tories la 1900 w at Present.
Statistics furnished by the Census
Bureau at Washington show a marked
decrease In the manufacture or bi
cycles. Since 1900 the business has fal
len off 65 per cent, the number of
establishments being reduced from 312
t 97. '
Formerly there were 2,034 salaried
officials and employees of the facto
ries whera now there are only 360. The
falling off In the number of wage earn
ers was 81 per cent Tfc, capital in
vested In 1900 was $29,783,659, where
as In 1905 It was $5,847,803.
The production In 1900jtmounted to
nearly 32,000,000 bicycles and was re
duced In the five years to uttie over
.000.000.
In contrast with these figures, tne
motor cycle factories Increased from
159 to 2,289. '
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000,000 worth of kauri gum. It Is
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A BUNCH Of FINE SEED.
torn of the germinating box. The ker
nels from ear No. 1 are tnen piacea,
germ side np. In square No. 1 and so
on. When all of the squares have been
filled, fold the other end of the cloth
carefully over the kernels. If during
the nmDllne- the cloths have become
dry, sprinkle them well with water
POOR, SMUTTY SEED.
per cent, while the average germina
tion of both the good and the poor
ears, the seeds of which would ordin
arily have been used tor planting, had
not these tests been made, was 86.1
per cent, showing that 13.7 per cent
was gained by discarding ears of low
vitality Granting, however, that the
a least one American has suc
ceeded in London Jonrnallem. Ralph
D. Blumenfeld, late of Milwaukee, Is
the editor of the London Express.
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