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Zfio Nobraolia. Indcpondont
APRIL 5 1908
PAGE 10
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ricultural Department
GRISWOLD EED CORN
TEST YOUR SEED.
The lime to test the seed you expect
to plant is now. Do not wait until
planting time to make the test and
find that some of your seed are worth-
degrees F. during the night, may be1
maintained. The length of time re
quired for germination will depend j
largely upon the nature of the seeds,
from six to ten days usually Deing re-
nuired. With alfalfa and certain!
less for planting, and be handicapped ! otherg' of the clover-family, a small
percentage of the seeds -will remain
apparently 'dound at the close of the
test. An allowance is usually made for
these, countine 1-3 as capable of
growth. Where only a small percent
age of the seed fails to germinate the
grower may provide against a poor
stand with a heavier seeding. Where
the percentage of germination is very
low, the indicated vitality of the germ
inated seed wHl also be found below j
! normal and it is advisable to procure
ROTATION OF CROPS
in securing seed of good vitality. Test
the seed of all the grains that you
expect to plant so that if any are
found below a profitable percentage
of germination you may secure other
seed and test that also. Many farmers
have learned the value of seed test
ing by costly failures, in some in
stances the entire crop being lost and
in others the amount "of yield being
below the profit line.
The process of testing seeds is such
" ! i : anew stock of seed
luiiuuti u test BuwcBaiuujr. J wu(J'c
of dinner plates and "some pieces of
cotton flannel, blotting paper or ab
sorbent cotton with clean water for
moisture, and the apparatus is pro
vided. The plates and material used
for moisture carriers should be steril
ized to destroy any mold spores or
fungi they may contain. Upon an up
turned plate place a layer of moist
ened cotton flannel. On this lay the
seeds to be tested, of the small grains
a hundred or more, and half the num
ber of corn. Over this place another
moistened strip and cover with a
similar plate. If more than one va
riety of seed is to be tested at one
time another strip may be laid on top
of the first set, the seed placed and
covered as before, using two pieces of
cloth for each variety. This gives the
seed an aerated and more or less
sterilized germinating bed." Set the
plate in a somewhat darkened place
where temperature of 70 to 80 degrees
F. during the day and less than 50
Crown in Nebraska and perfectly matured; has all the vieor which a rieorons climate
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All our seed corn comes to us in the ear; all is carefully hand-picked ;
only perfect ears are selected and these carefully butted and tipped.
livery shipment tnat goes out nas Deen tested dj our new, up-to-date
government plan Seed Tester. -
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Rotation of crops is the most prac
tical and powerful means of combat
ling the insect enemies of corn. The
losses each year are something enor
mous.
When the enemies have taken pos
session of our cornfields there is no
immediate remedy. The .Insects will Q
take the corn in spite of us and we
must take our "medicine." We are, in
most cases, simply reaping the perfect
ly natural consequences of our own or
our neighbors bad methods of the
past.
It is most fortunate, indeed, that
that system of rotation of farming
which will give the most profitable
return from each acre and for each
day's labor under normal conditions
in the Central West, even Is there
were no insect enemies, is also the
system which will most successfully
combat those enemies.
Continuous cropping with the same
crop is vicious. It means dependence
upon the success of one trop, and lack
of distribution of labor. It means
poor Soil and a poor physical condi
tion of that soil, and consequently
poor crops and favorable conditions for
the development of the insect and
fungeous enemies peculiar to that
crop.
In making a careful study of the
conditions throughout the corn belt
last summer, it was very apparent.
First, that little or no damage was
being done to the corn crop from in
sect enemies where the farmer prac
ticed a good system of rotation of
crops, and this was especially true if
his neighbor also had an equally good
! avslpm nf rrttntinn Mscnnrt that thA
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Third, that corn continuously on the
same ground was almost always ceri-
ously damaged by the corn root worm,
and generally by the corn root louse.
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DAIRY NOTES
Mistakes will not be made before and
after calving. When the cow is dry
her feed should consist largely of
roughage, bran or oats ; or a mixture
of bran and a good grain ration be-
bre calving. Keep the cow quiet
just before and after calving. Give
her a box stall if possible at the time
the calf is dropped.
To prevent leaking of milk immedi
ately after milking, wipe the teat dry,
and with a small brush apply to its
end a small quantity of colodion that
may be had at the drugist. This
at once forms a thin rough membrane
or skin which prevents leakage and
is easily removed before milking. :
When cows are stabled to stand face
to face they become restless and ner
vous
Winter food for calves should be clo
ver, hay oats. and bran.
When calves are developed as they
should be there will be no trouble in
breaking the heifer to milk.
It is a bad investment in buying
poor cows. They will never meet
your expectation nor give satisfaction.
Sell your poor cows and begin anew
with good stock. Too many farmers
do not appreciate the difference be
tween good and poor cowrs as they
should.
Now is a good time to buy improved
stock, so get started, ana let your
scrub calves, colts, swine, sheep and
poultry go at any price, and see that
they are the last scrubs on the farm.
THE GARDEN SOIL
There is no piece of ground that
truck would likewise be benefited by
such soil. Then there are such as late
cabbage, parsnips, beets and other
slow growing plants that would be
better on a heavy soil with a north
slope.
The garden soil should be rich.
Fine, well-rotted manure will give
richness and humus. If the sand pit
is handy, the farmer could haul a
few loads when not busy and scatter"
that over a portion of the garden if
it needs warming up. By all means
Keep tne soil m fine tilth, so wheel
hoe will work easilv. Pnnif rv on A
sheep manure are very good for the
garden. Coarse manure, or weed
stalks half plowed under an an abom
ination ana cause much loss of time
and crops.
A kicker is often the result of a has to grow sucn a variety oi crops
first milkins: by one who cannot hold as the garden patch. It is hard to
his temper. find a small plot that will be ideal
If calves are kept for dairy uses, for all plants.. There are tropical
see that they have all qualifications plants like to tomato, melon and bean
for a Dlace in the herd. that would do better on the south
Fat is not desirable in a dairy calf, slope of a sandy soil. , All very early
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