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"ON THE CORNER"
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On the Farm
VI. Seed Corn Breeding
By G. V. GREGORY.
Author of "Homo Gourso In Modern
Agriculture"
Copyright. I905, by Amrrten Prm
AasoclMton.
I
N tlio proeiHiliij: articles Improved
methods of growing a few of the
most wldoly grown farm crops
huvo been jilven. lly study ami
careful attention to details It Is pos
sible for n farmer to make a good
profit raising common produce for the
general market1 Much greater re
turns, however, may be obtained by
specializing lu some particular lino
and selling the products on a special
market.
One of the most profitable special
lines that can bo followed Is breeding
Improved seed corn. TIiIb Is some-
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VIO. XI GOOD TITE OP KEHNEL.
thing that 'must bo done for every lo
cality, since corn shipped lu from any
distance cannot bo relied on. It Is
entirely posslblo to lnctense the yield
ing ability of n strain of com ten
bushels to the acre or mote by n very
few years' breeding. Seed from such
nn Improved strain will find n ready
market at satisfactory figures.
Selection of Ears.
In starting out to Improve a strain
of corn there arc two main points to
bo considered yield and quality. Tho
quality cau bo determined readily by
Inspecting tho ears. In examining the
ears the following five points are to
bo looked for: (1) General appearance
The ear should be as large as It can
be and still be sure to get ripe every
year. It should bo straight, symmet
rical und not taper too abruptly. Tho
butts and tips should bo fairly well
filled, though other more Important
points should not be Hacriflcod for this.
(J) Triteness to type. Every establish
ed breed of corn has Its peculiarities ol
shape, color, etc., tlint must bo consid
ered. The general typo of tho breed
should bo adhered to closely, as unl
fortuity Is un Indication of breeding
(3) Maturity. No ear should be used
for seed that is not sound and well
matured. Soft, chaffy, starchy ker
nels or those shrunken nt the tip. wltu
chaff adhcriug to them, are Indications
of Immaturity. Deep kernels go with
late maturing corn. Extreme depth
of kernel cannot be expected In the
early varieties that must be grown Id
tho nortli. (1) Vitality. While all corn
should be tested before It Is planted
yet there are many ears that can bs
thrown out without the trouble of test
lng. immature earn are usually lad
ing in vitality, if the kernels are
blistered on the back or the embryo Is
dark or yellowish the chances nre that
It will not grow (.") Shelling percent
nge. A high percentage of corn to cot
Is desirable, but should bo secured by
compact fairly deep kernels rather
than by an abnormally small cob. , .
Increasing the Yield.
While quality Is Important, yield Is
even more so. This Is not eo easily
determined, nctual field tests being re
quired. Before starting these test
tho breed of corn to bo grown should
bo selected. It pays to begin work
with the best corn obtainable, as you
are thus starting where some one elsn
has left off. A breed of corn that hai
proved itself adapted to your locality
Is tho best to select.
There are almost as many mcthodt
of brooding seed corn as there are corr
breedors. Many of these are too com
plicated to bo adapted to tho farmei
who Is Just stnrtlng In as a con
breeder. After a few years' experi
ence with a simpler method, some of
tho plnns for keeping a record of each
car from year to year and producing
"pedigreed" seed corn may bo cm
ployed.
The breeding plot should be 500 tc
COO feet long Just long enough so that
It lakes an ear to plant a row. It
should be wide enough for about fifty
of these rows The soil and drainage
conditions of the plot should be as
nearly uniform ns possible. It should
be located twenty to forty rods from
any othor corn, so that there will be
no danger of mixing. Fifty of the best
ears of the desired strain should bo
selected and shelled separately. Each
of the rows In the breeding plot Is to
be planted with one of these cars. The
work can be done with a planter If
caro Is taken to dean out the boxes
tlmmughlj each time iu-wm It Is
better to drill the corn In the breed
ing plot sluco It la too narrow to cul
tivate to advantage crosswise. Two
or three border rows should bo planted
nrouud the edges of tho plot
Caro of the Breeding Plot
The breeding plot should not bo fer
tilized any better than any of the oth
er fields on tho farm, and the prepara
tion of the seed bed and cultivation
should be the same. The prime ob
ject is to develop a strain of corn that
will yield well under n vertigo field con
ditions. The extra work that Is put on
the breeding plot should be applied to
the corn Itself nnd not to the soil.
About the time cultivation ceases all
suckers should be cut off. This con be
quickly done with n straight bladcd
corn knife. These suckers take nour
ishment needed b.v tho good stalks
and produce Inferior pollen to fertilize
the silks.
The most Important part of tho work
Is dutnssollng. When the tassels begin
to appear go through the plot and
carefully pull them out from every
other row. This should bo done every
day for a week or moreas long as
tnssels continue to appear. At tho
same time any Imperfect stalks In the
othor rows should be detasselcd. If
there tiro nny rows Hint show a mark
ed tendency to sucker, carry the ears
too high or low or linvo any other
mnrked defect, they should bo detas
sclcd also.
Comparing the Yields.
As soon ns the corn Is nil ripe tho
cars from the twenty-live dotossoled
rows should be husked, keeping the
produce of each row separate. The
corn from tho tasseled rows, ns wpll ns
from tho Imperfect tuns that wore do
tasseled and from the border rows,
should bo discarded. At tho tlmo of
husking the dotnsseled com nny pe
culiarity of tho stalks In n row should
bo noted. The- number of stnlks in each
row should also bo counted. The
weight of tho corn from n row divided
by tho number of stnlks In that row
will give tho weight per stalk, which
Is the proper basis for comparison. It
will bo found that there is n very great
difference In yielding nblllty, somo
rows yielding twlco or three times its
much ns others. This yield, togeth
er with tho number of good seed
cars to tho row, forms tho basis for
determining from which row to select
enrs to plant next year's breeding plot.
Tho rest of the enrs worth saving
should bo stored nwny to plant lu the
Increase field.
Tho incronso field is not for tho pur
pose of Improving tho corn, but merely
to secure larger quantities of- that
which tins boon Improved In tho breed
ing plot. Each year Hoed from the
highest qunllty aud best yielding of
tho lndlvldunl rows Is saved to plant
the next year's breeding plot and the
rcmnlnder used In the lncrcnso field
In this way the standard keeps Im
proving from year to yenr. Ten bush
els to the acre increase- Is by no means
tho limit to which tho Improvement
can be carried. Indeed, almost the
only limit Is the enre and tlmo be
stowed upon tho breeding plot
Tho Seed Corn House.
Where several hundred bushels of
corn nro to be Bnved for seed, as Is
the case where it specialty Is being
mndo of well bred seed corn, It Is nec
essary to have some sort of special
seed corn house. This may be filled
with slatted racks, on which the corn
is laid, or tho ears may be hung from
the celllnc with binder twine. The
latter Is tho better method, as It per
mits it more thorough circulation ol
air around the corn. The uso of twe
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na. xii iood iiilij of conn,
strings, one at each end of the ear,
keeps It from wurplug, as It will wart
if tied by one string In the middle.
Ouo of the chief requirements of u
seed corn house is adequate ventila
tion. In the northern section where
severe cold weather comes enrly some
nrtlllclal heat will bo needed. The
corn may be hung In the seed house he
soon as It Is gathered. At this time It
contains a large amount of moisture
so the windows should all bo openei
to allow It to dry rapidly. Artificial
heat should be applied gradually at
first, ns too much when tho corn la
full of moisture will injure it. After
the corn Is well dried out less ventila
tion will be needed, though some
should be given at all times. Heat will
be needed from this time on only on
very cold or damp days.
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