Show making malting money on the farm III gorn corn culture by G V GREGORY athor of home course in modern Wi lal culture copyright 1909 by Asso caton 1 to raise it larg large crol i of corn orn should bagin in ili the tile full fall of the previous ouis year plow ilow ing 1 for the crop should by a nil II 11 menus means be lie loin one the tile fall I 1 it fore if poss ble 1 ea w 1 will sprout and be b killed by fiort in inducts hit thit are haher noting in fit ground will meet the same fate rate I 1 rost ts Is one of the firm cr tre best friend in many ways rhe effect of freezing on the exposed plow log ing N 1 to crumble it more thoroughly than could be done by half halt a dozen if the land Is clover eod mod its it eho mho id be if the highest yield 14 1 to be expect expected id the be freezing ia will break up the sod better than cin be done in nul an other way in some cases however where there Is considerable late fill grouth roth that in Is it tillable for fall and winter pasture it Is better to let the plowing go until spring even if it does make a little more work setting getting it in hope gathering beer S zorn even more important than fall plow in 1 9 Is 1 the tile election selection of seed corn early in the fall and storing it carefully care lully tully for the wl istir the plan of going through the field early and picking the seed in a eack sack Is sometimes advocated but on most farms this 11 15 too much of nn an un A better way Is to go out and nd husk a load us its boon an it iq 1 fairly well ripened and anti before any very hard frosts come if this Is picked from the best part of the field there on ought 19 ht to be at t least three or four bushels bushel of good 1 eed can ears in it these can be sorted ported out ot and the remainder unread over the hot bottom tom of the crib or fed to the hogs half A it dozen such load loads will usually furnish all the seed I 1 it t la Is a good plan to sive about twice as much BONI ns its will be required eo so that aton tan an be more rigid in the spring it I 1 etere are no very severe fr freezes before husking ligans 1 elna in ili earnest at some more seed corn can be bared by putting a box on the side of the wagon la in wl kh ich the best ear 4 may be thrown k better quality of seed may be the obtained in this nay fly because of a wider range of selection it 1 not naf to depend on it entirely however because a hard freeze when the porn Is full of moin jointure ture may kill the gorm i and make it north orth le at 9 for need seed the first th thing ing to do with newly gathered seed Is to hang tl R up where it can dry out quickly an open shed Is I 1 the beet best place for this aa as be the nir air ran can circulate readily while the roof keeps off the frost A good way to hang the corn Is to tie number umber of ear ears on a long tn anding ding mine twine after the corn la Is well dried tut ut and before extremely cold weather amea it should be put in the storage room the attic attle 1 a good place provided there Is 1 some provision for ven yen ti illation lation 1 I the corn Is dry some freer ing will not hurt it but old cold and moisture together are very ting and nd testing along in febra iry try the corn should be sorted picking out only those ear earn of fair lair size well nell filled it at the butts butt an I 1 tips and symmetrically shaped through thron cli out further Instruct instructions ionn for selecting corn will be oven alven in article 6 0 after the corn Is sorted a it few ears should be taken talen from in number of cars ears in dif ferent pans parts of the wed room and teat tent ed A fold of moist ninnel between two dinner plates make makei i a good tester tenter iut the corn between the layers of cloth and pet et it t in to some out of the way place in the living hiring room in three or four daye days it will III be ready to exam 4 zaw no rig V hubli LARS ARE I 1 lr iloe if ah all the kernels strong it roii tr a seto etaul III fet if it this gi 1 the he same avult oa 01 th tall ry rf ef the he I 1 may day be ile flin taken for brantl Irant ran tl etl if nm of the lei t drw fail to germinate xer minate and eti oth era ers have werk the lo wt ear should be atel per this select a box bol of any too vett tBt bild put into it three or nr four lath abw of goolet and sand or sawdust on n abl place R strip of which has bills bet marani into inch 0 lay down as many ears in a row on the ae its there are square in the box take four to elx six kernels from atch ear selecting hem them from different df ferent parts and i luce lace them in a square cor responding to the numb number er of the car ear from which they came cover the kernels with three or four layers of moist cloth ara with go some me more of the sawdust or sand and set got eway as before V hen ben the kernel kernels germinate you have a complete retard of the vitality of each ear dhoot in jhc one or more of the kertie kernels 1 ali failed 1 to I 1 germinate should be di discarded abose that show weak germination should be put ID in a pile by themselves henis elvea if abre Is enough sted without them they should not be used ut at all if in th re tv Is not enough of the strong need abe other will have ta bf be used by put ting it on the barnie 41 driest null it will make a fairly hood growth grading the th sd seed after the mm torn half aten ken tested it should be run through sli a seed corn grader this will the irregular butt and tip and divide the rest ret into several grades according to aizo size if the tho corn 1 Is 13 3 well graded craded in this ivay ay nn tin edke drop pi inter will giro fro the best bt results i tor kernels of different siz LP boeer the tile full bill hill drop I li ii i preferable the calibration of the planter 14 1 on an important point if nn an es eian ell stand la Is to I 1 to 0 secured lly illy block ing up the planter so that the beels art n of the brount and running through a or so of each grade of corn platen plates can enn be selected that will drop the aestrid number of kernels ninety tire time times out of a hundred these plate should be put nith their particular grade of corn in pas for planting time preparing the soil NN ith graded set d of high germi germinal nat ing power and a it planter properly call boated n good stand la Is almost certain tho the nest next step 14 1 to prepare the soil to rp fcc ive lye the wd in sections where there Is any danger of drought Irous bt it pays to run oer the fall plowing with a harrow early in it U t spring this crum bits biti the e and checks ton it also encourage the weed 1 to tart start only to be killed by the disk dik later As soon as an pe possible sIble after the small grain Is in the ank should bo be 5 act et to work on the corn ground i 1 there Is ii time it pay pays to double disk an the boll poll la is left in ili smoot smoother ber and ani oner finer condition condit lon after disking the ground should be harrowed occasionally until planting time in many cases corn follows corn and the plowing must be done lo 10 the earing spring plowing should not be k TIG VI TZ very deep as it makes a loose layer of dirt into which the moisture cannot readily rise from the subsoil As a consequence the tile furrow slice dries out abod the growth of the young torn corn plant la Is hedged V disking before plowing will cut ut up the talks stalks and P provide ro vide a one layer which will fall I 1 into uto the bottom of the furrow and help tc te restore capillarity in oils soils that are able to bake each daya days plowing should be harrowed before leaving the field at night A little work nt at this time will prevent the formation of cloda clods and eave save ten times as much trou brou ble trying to pulverize puli pule crize them later three or four adal additional lonal har will usually put the spring plowing into first class thava bahaa for planting it la Is better to chock check than to drill when growing corn tor for grain as 81 it can be kept cleaner with a resulting larger yield for fodder or aldage drilled airn gna more tons of dry matter per acre and la Is more easily handled by the corn binder in some of the he elates states west of the missouri rarer when where the soil Is 1 light and rainfall scanty listing gives the best re suits aults ahe I 1 tie number of kernels to use jer hill depend depends upon the richert s of the eoll so 11 on the average corn belt three kernel kernels per hill will give gire the best results aery very rich soils 11 can support four while on poor two are enough it pays both la in boks and in bac of cultivating to drive straight white while planting and to take pains to have hare top row rows check croes cross wise cultivation aa an many barrow ings as a possible ble should be given toe the corn between planting time and the time it comes up if it heavy henry rains have packed the toll soil or if it it Is badly hadly infested with beia weeda it will pay PRY to follow the planter marks with the eniti cultivator before hair rowing As soon as the rows rown can be followed athe the should be started if any deep cultivation 19 to be given it hould bo be the first ort ti to 0 lime limes s 0 oer er I 1 e I 1 fore the poll la is filleti with corn ro rv is kafter the he corn ie 19 eli or eggli indies high form of surface that aill m not disturb the soil to a it tie depth ath of more than two jr ar three in h should 14 t ired in the western p rt nf of tho corn twit belt where the nehu irp r large he the two row cultivator Is 19 bw in it in IHK popular if it the corn Is 14 v rv both nth nolys theve r work well aft the ft time mer and enable one on limn titan to handle nt leit half a ns much more lind the problem tn of cultivating it corn alel 1 aeve i acres in extent as 14 t found in many of the tile r ral rat at corn ir growing rowing region of the prairie it tiles it ba has bak k beant greatly simplified since the two row cultivator came into ilse etli the perfect wor working L ing cor planters now in the market the row roi of corn may be mode made 90 straight that I 1 the be two row cultivator can be use without difficulty this has brought about a of cultivation which has added largely intges r to the yield in many part parts of the country before the corn com ing 1129 of ot the double row cultivator there wa was danger that much of the land ot the western portion of ta th belt would bacomo too weedy for corn matur |