The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 20, 1930, Page 8

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1930 CORN SMUT BECOMES STATE CROP MENACE AUTHORITY ASSERTS Starkle Says North Dakota Least Affected, but Even Her Damage Is Heavy With the expansion of corn grow- ing in North Dakota, plant experts and farmers of the state have had i} te consider also the accompanying 4} appearance of corn disease in the q past two years, according to P. W. Starkle, Bismarck, a seed and grain = authority. In an article written by = Mr. Starkle as a part of the recogni- tion accorded the State Corn Show here, this exert devotes his atten- 1 tion mainly + :orn smut, one of the | of the plant, He/ or dises: ma Associated Press Phote Onsrud, 19, Stoughton, ignated as the typical 4-H m girl at the National Dairy show at St. Louis. Corn smut has shown up to a} rather marked degree the past two! q seasons in some North Dakota di tricts. A great deal has been writ- ten about this corn disease by many agricultural agencies as well as by private investigators. According to a map published by the U. S. de- partment of agriculture North Da- kota has been considered relatively little afflicted with corn smut. The destruction of crop, according to this JEWISH LEADER QUITS London, Oct. 20.—()—The Press association this afternoon said it was understood that Dr. Chaim Weiz- mann, president of the Zionist World map was figured at from 1.1 to 2.5|orgahization and the Jewish egency per cent. For the past two seasons! for Palestine, had resigned the presi- at least, smut appears ot have great-|dency of both organizations. ly increased. iguring ihe loss to our state on the basis of 1.1 per cent on an esti- d even in a year of drouth, ‘0 million bushels, we have a rather formidable destruction to it to smut. Twent wo thou-/ els of corn destroyed by! se under drouth conditions | ‘rious enough factor to deserve | the attention of all agencies inter- | ested in making North Dakota an/ € greater corn state. As stated | re, the figure is the minimum | entage of loss ascribed to smut. The idea prevails among a good, many growers, that corn smut is the same or at least similar to smut of other cereals, and that the treatment yde or other disinfect- ants will prevent smut. It has been found, however, that no treatment is effective, Investigation of corn smut and its control has led our experi- station scientists to the con- j clusion that corn smut can only be; the breeding of smut! Careful and pains long those lines has | | pe aging results. Some of our station‘ work have made selections which | promise to be largely immune to corn | nd’ we may hope to have re- pe available ; tribution in the ; not far distant future, i Worse on Repeated Growing { In the book “Corn and Corn Grow- | " W ce and Bressman it) No one has discovered any | request. COTTIIMMEL kad L effective to prevent con smut. Rotation heips some. After corn has f= been grown on the same field for | more than two years, the infection | The question is often asked if corn smut mous, or if ji upon animals, E ied on by stations ii wing states east of us, e that this fungus is not | Where stock was fed bad ly infested corn in large quantitie: no ill eff were noted. Again quoting from Wallace and Bressma' we read: “In fact, an eastern experi- m ates that it makes an | Hent substitute for mushrooms. | for human consumption, if gathered before reaching the bursting state.” | Farmers, who gather their own; seed corn in early fall should be care- | ful in their selection of the seed ears to pick them from stalks that are not infested with the disease, This if done consistently will undoubtedly have the effect that is being accom- plished by the station experimenters, gradually having smut resistant strains. Care should be taken not. to plant corn that has been picked in such manner as to allow the free intermingling of the smut pores with the corn thus picked. Observation seems to support the theory that mut is more prevalent during years of drouth, Relative Germination of Corn A most interesting table has been published by the Nebraska experi- ||} ment station showing the effect of freezing temperatures on the germ- ination of corn at various moisture contents, In picking corn for seed purposes after freezing temperatures uve started in, it is well to keep the facts presented in this table in mind. loisture contents in corn are very {ficult to guess by the average an, and great care should be exer- d not to plant seed that was ex- to freezing temperatures, be- ® very thorough and conclusive s have been made. This may either be done by the rag doll meth- or by mailing a truly average sample of the seed to be planted to the state pure seed laboratory for * sermination test, Even after the germination has been found to be satisfactory, care must be taken in storing such seed in a dry, well ventilated place, where temperatures do not go to extremes on the low side. Of course it stands to reason that seed corn should be . Well cured before it is stored away for spring planting. | hould Have Corn Bulletin | ry farmer planting corn should | ‘e a copy of Bulletin 207, Corn for orth Dakota, published by the > orth Dakota agricultural college. | #- A copy of this bulletin may be ob-/ ained from your county agent, or ect from the college at Fargo. In this bulletin a mass ‘of important | formation will be shelp the corn grower in hi anake corn growing a success. | = Use only varieties of corn adapted | * 40 North Dakota conditio i has been stated so often that it should | not have to be repeated. However, | one finds every year considerable uantities of corn used in the state | *which have no place for our condi- | tions of soil, and climate. The North Dakota corn show, = which is held annually at Bismarck’ | slegerves the interest of every farmer il and business man of the state. This how is held with a view of mal ing | it in every sense an educational in- | stitution where we find an oppor- | =tunity to study what our neighl rs | are doing with corn in every section of the state. Interesting and highly | profitable information may be gath- ered at this+show, as to the best 5 ods of planting, varieties and R -Seaeping 4 There is no other grain 01 foids seems to become worse. | | 1 thas in- PAOUTHENTE CORD ASENCMERSUSMOELOME ES DUTERE ATID TUS MOM E SS GS PUPADSEESEMEDS AUSTEN EEY Seen 8 E id Fran * Phone 561 | Graised in North Dakota that Possibilities of corn in the frense of the state income. NORTH DAKOTA CORN CROP IS EXPANDING , George F. Will Reviews Increas- | ing Acreage and Produc- | tion of Grain | By GEORGE WILL Recently an editorial in one of the large farm papers of the Northwest conceded to North Dakota, with an estimated crop in a year of drought of some 20 million bushels, a definite Place in the corn belt. Surely this is a triumph of very considerable im- Portance for the heart of the “cold Northwest” where “it freezes every month of the year” and there are “nine months winter and three months late in the fall.” It is, how- ever, principally a recognition of a long established sfct and is perhaps another result of the publicity over the past eight years which has re- | sulted from the State Corn Show. | It is interesting to review briefly | the history of corn growing in our! state. The first area of corn grow- | ing seems to have been in Burleigh and Morton counties along the Mis- souri river. There a very considerable culture of corn grew up during the eighties. The first appearance of North Dakota's corn acreage in the department of agriculture statisticial tables wes in 1890 when the state was credited ‘with 11,000 acres. At the same time South Dakota had some 700,000 acres. By the end of the cen- tury in 1900 North Dakota was credit- Cornfed Fancy POULTRY Brings Premium Prices Now is the time to sell your poultry. Haul direct to Bis- marck for better returns. If you desire to ship, write i us for coops when needed. Quotations furnished upon ARMOUR CREAMERIES Bismarck, North Dakota “The House With Personalized Service” VISIT THE CORN SHOW October 22 to 25 Bring along a can of cream. Will be pleased to show you through our creamery. For Strictly First Class HEATING ---and... PLUMBING ——SEE=—— k G. Grambs 304 Main Avenue Bismarck, N. Dak. ed with 62,000 acres, rather a small increase. In the next decade, corn growing took a decided spurt, and by 1910 our state was officially cred- ited with 200,000 acres. In the same year Montana's -acreage was esti- mated at only 9,000. The decade from 1910 to 1920 was, however, the period pf the greatest spread in corn culture and by 1920 North Dakota had nearly 700,000 acres: In the next five years there was a further increase and 1925 showed probably the largest acreage ever planted to corn in our state, there being just about one million acres. Since 1925 favorable grain prices. reduction of total farm acreage and the spread of power farming have all. had an effect in holding down corn acreage and the area planted has varied between 700,000 and 900,000 acres. North Dakota is entitled to her place in the corn belt not because of her acreage but because her yields compare very favorably with those of other Corn Belt states. In the past ten years the average yield in our state has varied from 18 to 32 bush- els per acre. For the years 1923 2¢ and 25 North Dakota corn averaged 28.1 bushels per acre while South Da- kota’s average was 26.1 Towa 39.6 bushels, and Kansas only 22.3 bushels. Our total production of corn ip the past ten years has varied from 20 Million to 30 million bushels an- nually in which total we are sur- Passed by only some 16 to 18 states of all of those in the Union. of the older corn states of the south and east produce little more than North Dakota, and the state of New | York shows a total production very nearly the same. North Dakota corn culture has still ample reason for continued growth and as power farming becomes sta- bilized and coordinated with live- stock farming there is every likelihood | 4, of our corn acreage increasing to two million or more and our production to moré than 50 million bushels in the next decade or two. Christ Drager, Reeder Farmer, 50, Dies Here Christ Drager, 50, a native of Nor- way and a farmer near Reeder, died in this city, Saturday, of arterio- sclerosis, after four days illness. The body was taken over by neigh- bors, who came here from Reeder, this morning, and was started for home where funeral services and in- terment are set for Wednesday. Drager was born September 8, 1880. He leaves a widow and several chil- dren. Why trust to luck? Put certainy of success in every baking by using either OCCIDENT, LYON’S BEST OR CLIMAX Cost More Worth It! RUSSELL -MILLER MILLING CO. f Find Strange Tribe 1 | In Wilds of Mexico Tuxtla, Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, Oct. 20.—(7)—Wandering Turkish merchants, returning here from the Simojovel district, have reported dis- covery of a strange tribe speaking a language similar to Aramis, which in- habits an almost inaccessible moun- tain retreat there. The tribe, which calls itself “Abso- Time Look Us Up Any Bismarck At Booth at the Corn Show October 22 to 25 jutan,” preserves oriental customs, does not speak Spanish aor any In- dian dialect and shows no trace of the Mayan civilization which is com- mon in other parts of Chipas. The merchants said members of the tribe claimed to have inhabited the region for at least four centuries re- maining entirely apart from the out- side world, FAMED CHEMIST DIES ‘ails oe Prague, Switzerland, Oct. 20.—(?)— BASEBALL VETERAN DIES The death of Prof. Francis Wald, 70, Minneapolis, Oct. 20.—(4)—Frank | widely known chemist and philoso- L. Mullane, semi-professional base- | pher, was announced toda: An Invitation We Urge, > You to Attend the North Dakota State Corn Show at Bismarck We also invite you to sow seeds of money so that you may reap crops of cash. Open a Savings Account Today. 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