Show ill n mon ant I 1 making money V on or the he farm VI A seed corn breeding by C G V GREGORY author of home course in modern agriculture 1909 by american press 11 N the pretending pw pre eding article 4 Imp improved IN of gro growing iving it i few of the moal most idela grown farm croom bi budr 1 ve it tien en iivo n fly 17 study and careful to detilla tt it Is pon ible for it farnice to alake it good front ral 11 ing produce reduce for the 9 enerud market much greater renter re rt kurui ho bever may be obtained by PIN rexi 1111 1111 ing in some particular line and aud stilling the prod acta oo 00 a special 11 market one of the moat most profitable spatial lines that cnn ann be follo followed ned la Is breed breeding hig improved seed corn this in 1 4 11 1 71 no al GOOD or OF u thing that must be done for every locality since corn shipped in from any distance cannot be rolled on it is 1 entirely possible to increase the feld ing ng abt abl ity of a strain of corn ten bushels to the acre or inore more by a very few yeara years breeding seed front enuch an improved strain will find a ready market at satisfactory figures selection of ear ears ID in starting out to improve a train strain of corn there are two main points to be considered yield a and nd quality ibe rho quality can cin bo be determined readily by impeding inspecting the ea car in examining the ear ears the following five points are to be looked jor tot III 1 general appe appearance aranca the eai eat should be as large as a it can by bv and be ure sure lo 10 get ripe every tear it should be deal and not taper too abrupt the butts and tips should be fairly veil filled though other more important points should not be sacrificed for this 2 trueness to type every establish 2 cd breed ol 01 of corn has its peculiarities of shape color etc that must be conald ered the general type of the th breed should be adhered to closely as uni Is lit an indication of breeding breedl ni 0 3 maturity no ear should be used for el seed that Is 1 not sound pound auti and well ivell matured soft chatov starchy ker nels or those shrunken nt at the tip with chaff adhering to bein them are indications of immaturity deep kernels go with I 1 late to maturing corn extreme depth of kernel cannot be expected to in be early varieties that must be grown in the dorth north W 4 while N hile all corn should be bp tast d before it la Is planted yet there are many ear pam that can W b thrown out nut without the trouble of teat test ing ina immature ears a are usually lack ing in vitality if it the kernel kernels are blia on the back or the embryo to I 1 darn darit or yellowish the debane are that it will not grow 51 5 shelling percent ace ago A high I 1 of coro corn to cob Is 1 desirable del rahle bat but should be secured by compact fairly deep kernels rather than by an abnormally email small increasing the th elcid while quality 1 is important yield Is even more w a Is not eo so easily eastly doter wIned actual field tenta toots being required lefore wore starting there teat tests the breed nr f corn to be grown brwn should be eel 14 til d it pay pays to berin begin work with the bet tw corn obtainable as you are thus starting where some one els elso has left off A breed of coro ecru that has praed fuelo adapted to your locality Is the best to select there are as many ir ethod of wed torn an there ae nie corn breeders man of thee are too com corn to be adapted to the farmer who ho is I 1 jt jut t finning in ni ai a corn breeder brooder after u few gwim expert ence once with a method Qt bod rome some of the plans for sitting t a rt nord ord of e eich iab r froni from to year and producing pedigreed d wt qed corn may be em bloyed the breedin 11 plot raould be wo to COO feet lone long just IMIR so that tl it takes nn an ear to plant a rw it hould should iw wid enough for about autv cf of these rowe rows the poll oil and drainage dral nasr conditions of the plot should be as nearly uniform a as possible poa sible it hould should be located twenty to forty rodi rods fr bruni m any tiny other corn to 0 o that there vill will be bo no danser danger of mixing fifty of the best eara ears of the desired train strain should by b elected selected and shelled separately tely each of the rows in the breeding plot L to be planted with one of these ear the work can be done with a planter if it care Is taken to clean oat out the boxes bales thoroughly each titus across it Is better to drill the torn corn in the brej bre J leg irs plot since lav it la Is too narrow to cul to advantage C crosswise ross wisp two or oc three border row rows should L be e plant planted ed around the edges of the plot car of the breeding brooding plot the bleeding needing plot should cot be for any better than any of the jtb er fields on the ferm and the tic aloo of the reed bed and cultivation should be the name the prime object Is I 1 to develop a 11 strain of corn but that ft all told well under in race field cou ditl dill um is the extra work worl that la Is put ou the breeding bree dInK plot should be appi I 1 to the corn itself and not to the oil about the time ceases all out kera should be cut off this ann an be quickly done with a straight bladed corn lutfe chest outliers ri take nour need ait M by the good stalks and produce inferior pollen to fertilize the silks milks I 1 he be important part of the work ork 1 is detas aeling hen the tassels belin to aiena go through the plot and und carefully pull hum thim out froni from ever other row this should be lone done every day tiny for a week or inore aa as long an am contlow to alpe appear at ah the same time any imperfect stalks ir 1 la the b other ros should be ed if it there ure art any rows that show a mark ed teu tendency deney to sucker carry the ears too alb or low or have any other marked marled defect they should be detas soled comparing the yield yields As soon us as tho the corn Is all rip the para ears from the twenty five live ed aws should be tw husked I 1 beeping the produce of neb row separate I 1 ahe tie from tt tie e tasseled rows as a well as from the Im imperfect rowa rows that were 1 dar I e added and from the border rows row s should be discarded at the bitne of husking the ed corn any peculiarity culi arity of the stalks in a row should denoted noted the num number berof of stalks in each row should also ix be counted abe weight ft of the corn from a row divided by the number of stalks in that row will give the weight per stalk which la Is the proper basis for comparison it will be found that ther there la Is a very great difference in yielding ability some rowa rows yielding twice or three time 4 ja As much na as others thia this yield er the number of good seed enra ears to the row forms the basia basis f arr r determining from froni which row to elect select ears to plant next years breeding plot the rest of the car ears worth saving bould should be stored away to plant in the increase field the increase dald la Is not for or the pur pose of improving the corn but merely to secure larger quantities of that which has been improved in the breed ing plot each year seed from the highest quality and beet best yielding of the individual rowa rows Is eved to plant the neat pelt years breeding breed lne plot and the remainder used in the increase field in this way tho the standard beeps keeps im proving from year to year ten bush da els to the acre increase is by no means men n 5 the limit to which the improvement can bo be carried indeed almost the only limit la is the care ard time be te upon brwn the breed breeding inq plot th the seed corn hou house where several hundred bushels of corn coin are to be saved for seed as is 1 the case where a specialty Is being made of well bred seed corn it Is necessary to have some sort t ot T special seed corn boue house this way be filled with slatted platted racks on which the he corn vorn Is laid or the cars ears may be lung the ceiling with binder twine tho the tatter latter 1 Is the better method na as it per mils a more thorough circulation ol 01 air around the corn tee the use of two Z 1 hi 1 1 fla XII OF coila strings ringi it one at each end of the ear leen it warping arping I as it will warp if tied by one etring string ID in the middle one of lie chief requirements of a it teed seed corn house is adequate ventilation ID in the northern section where revere evere cold weather comes early some artificial hent h nt mill be needed the corn rn may I 1 ix hung in the seed boue houe nn am eoon soon as it 1 is gathered at this time it contains a large amount of moisture so the windows In dows should all be opened to allow it to dry rapidly artificia heat should be applied gradually at dral its too much when the corn la is full of moisture will injure it alter after the corn Is well dried oat out leu less vent ventilation lia will be needed though acme bome bould should be given at all tims tim s heat will b needed from this time on only on very cold or damp days |