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11017 TO SELECT
SEED CORN
When Harvesting Seed Con
Choose Medium Sized Ears
From Strong, Vigorous
Stalks.
Registered.
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There Is Danger cf Selecting Eart Toe
Large If the Season la Late anc
Cold or Frosts Come Early Wf
Will Have a Lot of Soft, Chaffy,
Moldy Light Corn From Which to
Get Seed for Our Next Year's Crop.
By PROF. P. O HOLOEN, Director
Agricultural Department Interna
tional Harvester Co. of New Jersey.
A good sized car Is essential to a
good yield It Indicates that the ear
comes from a slroug, vigorous, healthy
talk and that In turn It Will produce
.talks and ears having a strong con
atitution and hardiness. No one would
ttilnlc of selecting for seed small,
weak, puny-looking ears. Corn has
been bred for the grain or ear until
the proportion of corn to stalk is ab
normally high and consequently the
iendency is for tre ear to become
jrmaller unless we select larger ears
than we expect in the average of the
rop.
Select Medium 8lzed Ears.
On the other hand, the greater dan
ger lies in selecting too large ears
nd too large types of corn, and this is
specially truo of the northern half of
the corn belt. For every dollar lost
toy growing corn that is too small or
too early there are ten to twenty dol
lars lost from growing corn that is too
large and too late in maturing. If the
e&son is late and cold, or the fronts
ootne too early; or If the seed is plant
ed lated In the spring, the grower has
t lot of soft, chaffy, moldy, light corn.
.In addition to this it is very diflitult
to secure good seed from such corn
tor next year's crop. It is certain to
'be more or less frozen, moldy and
aveak, and to result in a poor stand
od a poor crop Large, sappy, tm--enature
ears fill the wagon-box rapidly,
and we deceive ourselves into think
so g that we are getting a large yield.
Corn of this kind often contains from
i to 46 per cent of water. When the
corn dries it is loose on the cob, chaffy
nd light. The little cells in the ker
nels are only partially filled with food
and are dull and chalky, or starchy,
lasload of bright, hard, heavy and
rich in appearance.
The corn is apt to spoil, especially
In the bottom of the crib, t. e., burns
ut, and it is unpalatable to stock. The
grower of such corn is required to sell
t a greatly reduced price. What we
ant is corn that will be safe every
.year. Remember that two small ears
weighing but ten ounces each, to each
bill will make 64 bushels per acre, or
double the average yield. Three ot
-jtKffP will give nearly 100 bushels per
' ere.
4JWa indicates full maturity, good
quality, feeding value and yield.
Large ears will generally have larg
er and deeper kernels. Short, bunchy
ars are certain to have deeper ker
nels than long, slim ears. As a con
sequence the planter cannot be ad
lusted to give a uniform drop.
If we have large and small ears,
Irancby and slim ears, deep kerneled
nd shallow kerneled ears we shall
tot only have unevenneBB in size and
nape of kernels, but we shall also
Jbave a great variation in time ot ma
turity, some stalks bearing early and
ome late, and some having high ears
nd some low.
POOR SEED MEAN8 LOW
YIELD.
On. small eight-ounce ear of
corn added to each hill will
double the yield and value or
the crop and add $1,700,000,000
t. its total value.
CORN GROWERS' RULES.
1. Pick seed corn before October
1st, saving at least twice as much as
evlll be needed.
2. Select only ears that will ripen
n1 that are of good quality.
3. Select from strong, vigorous
talks, ears that bend over at medium
Jieight on medium length shanks.
4. Hang seed corn In a dry, well
ventilated place, so that the ears do
t touch.
6. Select seed corn from your own
jfleld.
6. If you must buy seed corn, buy
to your own locality.
. 7. In th. spring, se'ect the best
ars and test each ear.
8. Select 100 of the choicest of
hee ears and plant In a separata
tlt to select from neat year.
Immature Corn Freezes.
Cora put Into the crib In the tall
la a sappy couditlon freeses and
thaws repeatedly through the winter.
In March and April when the weather
arms up, It will be found that the
fcearta of the kernels have tamed to
cheesy color and later become black
ttd are strong to the taste. Is this
last case 1 have reference not to soft.
Immature corn, but to what would be
considered as very good corn except
Caat tt la large and contains consider-
abia) water.
CATTLE SALE
This herd was run originally by Eggleston & Hill for fifteen years and
have had ten crosses of registered bulls. The four-year-old steers
were sold by Clay, Robinson & Co. for the highest price known on
the Kansas City market. These cattle are the low down, blocky kind
prolific breeders; all dehorned, pasture raised and not wild.
oni: of Tin: hi-x;istfkfi
ounoM) miles south
Free Lunch
and Pumpkin Creek
water at noon; milk
if requested of the
auctioneers.
Automobile ser-
from Gering and
Scottsbluff to the
Airedale Ranch at
reasonable rates.
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TERMS Six months' time will be given on notes with approved security, bearing interest at the rate
of 8 per cent per annum. Buyers who do not wish to remove their stock at once can make ar
rangements for pasture or alfalfa at ranch, and delivery at the railroad.
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II . H. OSTENBERG, Clerk
Franklin and th. Balloo.
When the balloon was first discos
red some ou said to Krauklin. "What
will ever coum of ItV
Krauklin pointed to a baby la its
cradle and bald. "And what wUl ver
com of that?"
hulls wfkjiit si-io phms
of Gering, 16 miles
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A FEW OF THK
Sarcasm.
Too cant stnnd on the step," warn
ed the conductor, mindful of the safe
ty first campaign.
"It's all right. IU ain't on the step."
proclaimed another itatron; "be'a rid
ing en my foot." Buffalo Express.
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Reaching a Cnclusioa.
"1 Imagine from your aiwecb that
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am as wis as an owl and then try to
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O. SHAY, Owner,-
SCOTTSBLUFF,
Starting Something.
"Say. d yer m-- uie fits and me
Htrong rlghi arm".' Well. I'd Just aa
leave start suiuelhin as not!"
"Ail right. VYbui will you charge
an hour for cranking automobiles?"
Exchange.
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Harrisburg, Nebr.
Inspection
of
the herd
before
day of sale
is
Invited
NEBRASKA
The Tripping Tongue.
"Henry Peck, you're a fouir
"You didn't seem to think so whes
I was single."
"No. yoo never showed wtoat a(tr
fool you were until you married ujr
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