| Show r k 1 CORN IS KING Successful Farmer Tells how H He Raises Ralles Hundred Bushels Per Acre I have raised more moro than bushels bushel of com corn per acre nere three times during durin the last four years ears and expect to hav have e moro more than bushels per acre this year ear I did it In this wa way explains explain I I. I F. F Andrews in Farm Journal I take my hay crop off oR and then le lethe letho let t the tho second crop grow until It Is at Its best then I plow it down and sow to rye in the spring I manure ma nure aura the rye and let It grow until a al most the first of May when the ry rye is coming Into head I plow rye am and manure down put on 25 bushels o ot of limo lime per acre and sow It to to corn putting put put- ting pounds of rock fertilizer t to the hills per acre I mark out th the corn com rows three feet eight Inches each way plant four grains to the hill an and later pull out the tho smaller plants to tw two to the hill I cultivate the corn both ways until you can see neither horse hors nor man over the top of the corn When the corn Is ready to cut I haul hau It ot off and seed the field to wheat and grass I never leave the grass crop more than one year so I need only three fields for my rotation I select the tho thickest longest longest grained grained corn that I can find for seed seed ears ears that will shell about one quart o of shelled corn per ear car Somo Some critics critic say that thick cobs are a waste but bu grains one inch In length around a thick cob will shell more than twice the quantity that short grains around a thin cob will shell and I raise corn for the corn the cob going In the bar gain I always mix my seed corn that is I put one peck of the best cor corI corn cornI n I can buy to each bushel of my own selected seed and mix well When the corn comes Into tassel I take a broom handle with a knife a athe nt at the end and pass through the corn clipping of oft off the tassel of the weaker one of the two stalks In each hill hili am and if it the difference in the stalks is no not too great the clipped stalk will havethe have havethe the larger ear I like a strong stalk to furnish the pollen and one tassel to each hill is amply sufficient to fertilize fer ter all aU the corn com I can clip the tassels tas sels ads ot off two acres of corn in one day If U smut appears on off the tassel or any part of the corn stalk I clip at off with with- the knife and those stalks make full ful full ears while if it the smut was left on i they would produce not any corn or a at best only shriveled small ears I seldom seldom sel dom have six hills missing per acre a aI asI as asI I replant as soon as the blades peep above ground And if It birds or something some some- something thing else destroy some hills when too toolate toolate late to replant corn grans grains I replant with corn stalks and raise full ears earson earson earson on such replanted stalks Thoroughness Thorough ness pays |
