Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 2, 1910, Page 7

4 I o ofe oo oo oo oo oo ol ol ol ol ohe ol b B E Select Your Seed # Corn for Next Year. : E Pick Only Well Formed Ears, ; With Straight Rows of Ker- The Minnesota Department of Agri culture recommends the week of Sept 12 to 17 as seed corn week. Spend one day during that week selecting seed corn. Go through the corn fielu FlG. 1. ©00D EAR OF SEED CORN. .xvvhh a sack over your shoulder (see! Fig. 4) and select at least forty ears for each acre you expect to plant next year. Then next spring, after you FIG. 2, TYPES OF KERNELS. have tested each eai fot germination, select out from these best ears only the very best ones to plant. Select only medium sized eats thut FIG. 3. POOR EAR OF SEED CORN. have matured early enough to indi- cate that they will ripen in even un- favorable years. Large ears are not T S i ing value. necessary to get large yields. For Southern Minnesota select dent corn ears no longer than eight and one half inches, and for Northern Minne sota no longer than from seven tc eight inches. A good stand, and an ear on every stalk, is what makes large yields. Select well formed ears, similar to that shown in Fig. 1.~ Ears like that FIG. 4. SELECTING SEED CORN. shown in Fig. 3 yield a low propor- tion of corn to cob and the kernels are so irregular in size that a corn planter cannot plant them uniformly. Hence, with such seed corn, one can- not get a good stand. Select ears that have well shaped kernels, as (a) in Fig. 2. Kernels FIG. 5. SEED CORN TREE. with pointed tips, like (b) in Fig. 2, have small, weak germs, are likely to give weak plants, and are low in feed- Kernels with broad tips have strong germs, are high in feed- ing value, and yield a good proportion of corn to cob. Storing. Seed corn must be thor- FI1G. 6. STRING METHOD OF HANG- ING UP SEED CORN. ‘oughly dry before freezing weather. The same day seed corn is husked put it in a room where there is a good circulation of air. Have each ear free of contact with other ears so air can circulate about it freely. An attic over a room in which there is a fire is a good place for seed corn. Dur: ing dry, warm days, leave windows open. On wet days, and as soon as the weuth gets cool, close the win- dows 5 and 6 show very good methud t hanging up seed corn so it will dry out readily. S (e Bl R T R R K i * % Good Roads Increase % the Value of Farms. oy ) o = - Intelligent Co-Operation Neces- * * sary to Improve Highways. & LR R R R The United States department of ag- riculture says that the states showing a high percentage of improved roads have, on the average, relatively high acreage values; while those showing a low percentage have low acreage val ues. While there are many factors, such as quality of soil, the proximity of farms to markets, and relative pop- ulation and wealth, which affect val- ues of land, the improvement of the roads constitutes a most important factor in the enhancement of farm values. Such values have been known to advance on account of the improve- ment of the roads connecting the farm- ers with market towns. The improve: ment of roads in the Northwest is largely in the hands of farmers. If they can be brought to realize that their land values M&y be increased by intelligent co-operation in making better roads, while they will at the same time benefit by having good roads over which to do business— then, surely, the era of such co-opera- tion canuot be far oft. L A Washington Experiment Station bulletin says that it is preferable to have a wagon act as a road-oller rather than a road-destroyer. This would be accomplished by the use of wide-tired and narrow-tired vehicles, but on soft ground the wide tire rolls over and upon the surface, while the narrow tire cuts through and destroys the trackage. Many European coun- tries have adopted the wide tire for loaded vehicles. Austria requires a tire four and three-tenths inches wide; France, a tire from three to ten inches wide; Germany, a tire at least four inches wide. Every heavily-laden wagon in France is regarded as a road- maker, and many freight wagons have u rear axle fourteen inches longer than the fore, so that the hind wheels run in g line just outside of the level ralled by the fore wheel, [AREY ERC A Washington Experiment Station bulletin, in discussing the benefits accruiné frrm‘i réconstructing a cer- tain road on a shorter line, says there is a saving of expense in annual main- tenance; in the time of traveling; in the wear and tear of horses, shoes, harness and vehicles; and in the cost of hauling; besldes restoring to culti- vation 7.27 acres of land per mile. Besides this, authorities agree, and it ought to Té 4 matter of eommon knowledge, that from three to five times as great a load ©Ah be hauled on a hard, smooth 8urface as on a yielding, rough op%. This, if no other consideration, should be an incentive to farmers to exercise diligence and intelligence in improving the roads over which their business is conduct- ed. L ) . The report of the Kansas Experi- ment Station, on the use of oil on roads in that state, seems to warrant greater use of oil in road construction. The experiment was tried on a quar- ter of a mile of sandy soil, in October, 1905. Several applications of oil seem to have been made, and each applica- tion was followed by the harrow. After thus applying one gallon of oil to each square yard, the soil seemed saturated to a depth of from four to four and one-half inches. After the final harrowing, a heavy float was em- ployed to smooth the surface, when work was suspended for a week. Then a twelve-ton roller was used until the bed seemed thoroughly firm. The road was closed for a week and then opened for trafic. Whil€ it was firm, it was not hard; but no injury result- ed from either heavy traffic or sharp- calked horses driven at a rapid gait. Freezing in winter did not appear to affect it, and the oil coating seemed to have the effect of keeping the un- derlying soil dry enough to prevent serious heaving by frost. The follow- ing spring, a coat of oil was applied, and this was lightly harrowed. and floated. When the report was made, over two years later, the road was in excellent condition. The grade was slightly over an inch to the foot and so well rounded that the rain water quickly ran off. FRATERNAL SPIRIT SHOWN Nebraska Villagers Entertain Farmers During “Extension” Week. Nebraska is conducting agricultural extension work through the medium of so called “Extension Schools” tn dif- ferent localities. Extension workers devote a week to each school, and vil- lage people are co-operating generous- ly by opening their homes for the en- tertainment of those farmers and their families who reside too far from town to go back and forth each day. At Broken Bow village, people supplied lodgings, breakfast and supper dur- ing the week of the school. This was an incentive for farmers to attend. It was a magnificent exhibition of the co-operative spirit, and brought the country and village into closer sym- pathy in the development of better ag- ricultural conditions. Similar enter- tainment has heretofore been extend- ed to the Minnesota Farmers’ Insti- tutes in some places in the state; and it has been found exceedingly helpful in procuring a large attendance. just price. Half Price. . Training For a Crash. “That man is always anxious to get into rhe spot light,” said the observant citizen. "Yes." replied Senator Sorghum, “but be doesn’t discriminate. One of thes- days be's going to stand in front of a locomotive bheadlight and not realize his mistake till he is run over.”—Wash- ington Star. Labouchere’s Sarcasm. Of Gladstone Henry Labouchere once remarked, *I do not object to Mr. Gladstone occasionally having an ace up his sleeve, but 1 do wish he would not always say that Providence put it there.” e Father Knows. She—Did you say anything to papa ubout your being too young? He—Yes, But he said when I once began to pay your bills 1 should age rapidly enough —New York Journal. Knew What His Few Days Meant. Q\m('kl:v-By the bye. have you got $10 about vou that you den’t need for a few days? Smackly—1 have, burg | might peed it some time.—Exchange. Vant of care does us more damage than want of knowledge.—Franklin. The Elevator Man’s Joke. Hobbs—1 guess the elevator is outof order. What is that sign on the door? Dobbs—The elevator man must be a bit of a wag. It says. “Please pardon me for not rising.”—Boston Transcript. Hedging. Clergyman—Will you take this wo- man until death? Prospective Bride- groom—Isn't there any mirimum sen- tence?—New York Press. 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