Show corn that resists attack of frosts experiments prove rich soil increases the vitality of the plant just as a well fed man Is better able to withstand the alie rigors of cold we weather u th so corn which has baa rec received elved an abundance of plant food Is 19 better able than poorly nourished corn to with baand frost attacks both in the late spring and early fall agronomists of the united states department of agriculture ri have bove found department plant breeders bleeders bre eders studied the question at bloomington ill III in the corn belt during the last tt three iree years yeara they produced frost with a portable refrigeration plant which was used in different parts of the corn plots tile the results of the experiments suggest that farmers may minimize or avoid frost danger to their corn by growing it tr ir fields that have been fertilized or are naturally rich in plant food corn was planted in 1030 on land plowed from virgin sod in the fall fail of 1029 1920 and alse ou on soil which had been plowed from virgin sod in and cropped continuously since corn grown on the new ground was much more resistant to the frost than that grown on tile the older land while testing corn on cr cropped and on new soil boll tile agronomists also experimented with fertilizer in varying ari on the old soil plants growing in fertilized soli soil showed more resistance si al to frost than those growing in untreated soil young plants of a cold susceptible strain in untreated led soil sell a were killed billed in a few minutes at a temperature pera ture of 33 degrees to 34 degrees IV whereas plants of the same strain gonwa in a fertilized hill showed no ill III effect from four hours of exposure to a 80 30 degree temperature fall tests gave much the same results in one instance approximately 50 plants were subjected to a temperature of 0 20 degrees to 27 degrees tor for two hours half ol of them were on fair soli soil and the remainder on soil capable of producing 15 bushels more to the acre the test was made about the middle of september when the kernels were about four fifths matured following exposure to the cold neither set of plants showed any noticeable injury when the crop was ripe however the corn on the poorer sull soil had failed to mature completely while that on the richer soil had bad matured naturally and fully good season to market farm grain on the te hoof this la Is a season when farmers may well plan to market as much as po possible a of their grain and hay on the hoot hoof current market prices tire not no t such ns as to encourage the sale of wheat and small grains the man who wishes to get the most out of grain as feed will tand it profitable to grind it grinding increases the digestibility it has been said by experienced men that a feed grinder should pay for itself the first year through tile the extra profits obtained been cause us of grinding the feed however that may be this ls 14 a year when we do think farmers should feed their low priced grains and prepare them for or feeding so as to get their greatest nutritive value indiana farmers Fan ners guide |