Show ivi ON y ON 0 THE 9 seed corn breeding by C V gregory of nebraska copyright ax o 0 american iresa press association one air the Inot ital lp 1111 lilies that inn ue foll avd Is I rei ding improved 44 pd t orn 1 ill 1 mullie 4 or XZ thing that must be done for every locality since cora corn shipped lu in from any distance cannot be dellea on it Is entirely pos elble tible to increase the yield IDS ing ability of a strata strain of corn tea ten bushels to the acre or more by a very few years breeding seed from eccli sw an improved strain will und find a ready market at satisfactory figure figures selection of ear ears in st start artial lut out to improve a strain of corn there are two main point points to td be yle 1 and quality quality can be determined matildy by inspecting the ears la in examining the eara ears the following uve five points are to be looked tor for U D general appearance the ear should be as large as it can be and still be sure to get ripe every year it should be straight symmetrical and not taper too abruptly the bu butta ats and anti tipa should be fairly well led though jtb r more important point should not be sacrificed for this 21 to type lery establish 1 ed ared it of torn orn bus has its peculiarities of chapt mior tolor etc that must be chusid ered erd atif 1 lf general type of the breed I 1 be adhered to cl closely oRely n uni formley 1 14 nil im of tm bri edan ai 0 no o ejr par shou so P nd ii ed tor for 1 that 1 14 4 not sound anu WL i matur matured pl soft cluffy blotchy ker ler nets nels or those shrunken at the tip with chaff chair adhering to them are indication indications of immaturity dep kerdel t ao 10 u with late maturi maturing tig corn extreme depth of kernel cannot be expected in tb early varie varieties tips that must be b grown la to the tile north 11 4 1 Iti tIlly while all 11 CO corn should be tested before it Is planted yet there are many ears pars that can call DP be thrown out without the trouble of 0 test ing Ima immature intire ears are usually ach ing in vitality if the kernel kernels are blis on the back or the mbayo li is dark or yellowish the chances are tint it will not grow 51 5 bli elling percent age A high percent ige of corn to cob la Is desirable bat but should be secured by compact fairia deep kernel 4 rather than by an ail abnormally normally nh emall cob increasing the yield quality 1 IR important yield Is vw more io rhin 1 14 1 not eo so eally determined actual field tests belne required before starting the thee thew w te tet ftp the breed of corn to be grown should be selected it pays to begin work with the be bet bert rt corn obtainable ai you are thus thui starting where some one else has laft off A breed of cora corn tant has proved it stielf telf adapted to your locality Is the best to elect there anre almost as many method methods of breeding seed corn as there are corn breeder breeders many of these are too com lo 10 ie be adapted to the farmer who I 1 jutt ju tt starting in as a corn breeder fler is few year yean expert enc ence ir th it 11 simpler method romp of the tile plan plant t for keeping leeping a record of each air ir from year to rp veir ir add and producing ed reed meed corn may bo be em ein aloyed abe I 1 he breeding plot should bp to COO feet long just long iong enough eo so that it takei nn an ear to plant a DW rw it hould should be wide enough for about fifty of these row rows abe poll and drainage conditions condition of the plot should be ua its nearly uniform as po possible sible it should be located twenty to forty roli rodi from front any other corn so that there will be no dinger d ingeroi inger oi tailing of the best ears of the desired strain should be 11 selected elected and shelled separately each of the row rows in the breeding plot 14 1 to be planted with one of these can ears the work can crin he done with A planter if care I Is ik k taken to cle clem clein in not out the holes thoroughly each ft time acroca it la be better ater to drill the corn in the breed ine ing plot since aluce it is Is too narrow to cul cu sivate to advantage two or three border rows bould be Platt planted Pd around the edg edges of the plot car care of the Broa Breed dinu fa alot the breeding plot should not be for fer utilized any better than any of the oth er fields on the farm and th the tion of the reed need bed and cultivation sh should I 1 4 be the same the prime object obi la Is t to 0 develop a strain of corn that will yield well under average field con dillons rue rbt extra work that la Is put on the tb breeding plot should bould be applied to the corn itself and cot not to the noil about the time cultivation ceas 9 all puckers should be cut off this can be quickly done with a straight bladed corn knife these suckers take nour lehment needed by the rood good etalka and produce inferior pollen to fertilize the silks milks the w st important part of the work la Is detas log NN hen the tassels begin to appear go through the plot and carefully pull them out from every other row this should be done every day for a week or more as long us Is tassels continue to appear at the same time any imperfect stalks in the other rows should be det isselee ed if it there are any rows that ebow a mark ed tendency to sucker carry the ears too high or low or have any other marked defect they should be detas meled also comparing the yield yields As soon as the corn Is all ripe the eara ears from the twenty five ed rows should bo be husked keeping the produce of each row separate the corn from the tasseled taase led rows as well ivell as from the imperfect rows that de tasseled tass cled and from the border rows should hould be discarded at the time of busking the ed corn any peculiarity culi cul arity larity of the stalks in a row should be noted the number of stalks la in each row should also be counted the weight of the corn from a row divided by the number of stalks in that row r III give the weight per stalk which Is the proper basia basis for comparison it will be found that thre Is a very great difference in yielding ability some rows yielding twice or three times na as much as others thu yield er with the number of good seed eara ears to the row forms the basis for determining from which aich row to select eara ears to plant next years breeding plot the rest of the eara ears worth saving should be stored away to plant in the increase field the Inc increase reuse field Is not for the pur pose of improving the corn but merely to secure larger jarger quantities of that which has been improved in the breed ing plot each year seed from the highest quality and best beat yielding of th ill individual rows 14 1 saved to plant the next years breeding plot and the remainder used in the increase beld field in this way the standard keeps 4 im proving from year to year len ien bush els to the acre increase Is by no means mean the limit to which the improvement can be ind indeed almost the only limit 1 Is the care and time bestowed upon the breeding plot the seed corn houi hous here several hundred bushels of corn are tire to be saved for seed as Is the cisi where a specialty 1 Is being tu wide ide of well nell bred seed corn it Is nee essary to have some sort of special seed corn house this may be filled with slatted rack racks on which the corn Is laid or the til cars may be hung froni from the calling with binder twine the latter Is the better method as it permits its a more or borough gb circulation of air around the corn the use of two 1170 HILL OP OF COIL 4 strings one at each end of the ear leaps it from warping as it will warp if it tied by oae oue in the middle one of tte chief requirements of a seed corn hoibo hou Is adequate nd tid equate ventilation in th northern section where cold weather cornea comes early some artificial beat will be needed the corn may be bung in the 1 house na as eoon soon ne as it Is gathered at this time it contains a n large amount of moisture mo lature so the windows should all be opened to allow it to dry rapidly artificia heat beat should be applied gradually at first a as too much when tin corn la is full of moisture mo lature will injure it after the corn Is well dried out less Ten ventilation tila will be beaded though some I 1 bould should be alv n at all timed times neat heat will be needed froni from this time on only on very tory cold cr damp czys |