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VOL. XXXI. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., OCT. 24, 1896. NO. 43 EXPERIENCE DEPARTMENT How and When Do You Save and Oare Por Seed (Join? Is Snch Seed Really Better Than drib Seed. lst Prem.—I save my seed corn as I husk it, throwing it into a basket by itself and then emptying it into the seed box on the wagon. My seed box is nothing more than the front end of my wagon box, partitioned oft by a moveable partition. I have swinging shelves in my work shop, where I store the seed. On stormy days when I cannot work outside, I usually find plenty of "tinkering" to be done in my shop and having a stove there I fire it up, and while I am at my "tinker- ■*V ing" the seed corn is drying, so that before the winter is over I have a nice lot of kiln-dried seed. As to its being better than crib seed, I answer most emphatically, yes. I have seen corn, planted from the crib which grew well, but oftener It is a failure. If the cob gets thorougblgjclried before freezing weather, crib corn may do, but what is the use of running any chanceB when we can, by taking a little extra pains in the fall, secure seed which we know is all right. Of the. seed Jt planted last spring, I - - -don't believe ft "kernel"" failed to germinate, and it was up and I was cultivating it In less than ten days. I got the start -*" ; of the weeds, and I kept it all the season, and this fall I can carry in my arms all * _- thewe-jds on my ten-acre cornfield. I r attribute it to the kiln-dried seed which germinated so quickly, and made a strong growth. B. A. Wood. Kalamazoo, Co., Mich. going to save my seed corn from the pile as I shuck it. I haul my corn and throw Hon the barn floor and shuck it out on bad days when I can't work out doors. We do not shuck our corn on the stalk here as they do out west, or in the northern part of this State. As I shuck my corn I save the nicest ears, with straight rows and well filled. When perfectly dry I shell off both ends and save the middle to plant. When I am ready to plant I do not have to stop to shell seed corn. Nor do I have to run all over the neighborhood to hunt up seed corn. Corydon. A Fahmer I generally try to go through the best part of the corn field, and pick out my seed corn and husk it and lay it up to dry. When dry I examine It carefully and shell it and keep it in the dry until time to plant I don't want my seed corn gathered until thoroughly ripe. Some people want it gathered before it is ripe, but I want all of my seed of any kind to be well ripened before gathering. I can't say that such seed corn Is any better than crib seed, if the corn hftB been stored in the right kind of condition; but if it is put away ln the first named way you can shell It some rainy day, and then when planting time comes you are sure to have your seed ready. I have said heretofore that nothing Is of more importance than to have good pnre,seed of. what evei* yoir"sis go&g tSiitmtr '•*****■*" Harrison, Co. H. C. F. 2nd Premium. This topic is one that should interest more people than it does. Many farmers in our vicinity are not as sareful as they should be. This one neglect often causes persons to have to plant the second time and thereby loose more time than it would take to select their seed in the proper manner. The thrifty farmer has no time to lose on poor seed corn, when he should be at something else. The best corn in the field should be selected for seed and should be kept clear of smut on the tassels, so the young plant will be free from disease. As soon as the corn is ripe enough, go through and select the largest and best ears, with long grains and not too large a cob, and well filled out at the ends. This should be done before we have frost or freezing weather. I put mine up stairs in my house and dry it out quickly and thoroughly, and leave it there all winter. So it never gets freezing cold. By this means I get a better stand in the spring, as nearly every grain comes up, and I have very little if any replanting to do. It also makes a stronger, healthier and more vigorous plant to start with, which is a great advantage to its summer's growth. I believe our corn can be improved by proper selection and care of seed the same as our domestic an* imals. I nearly always save more than I -need myself, and very often sell some to my neighbors at a good price. I have enough left over from last spring, so If I make a failure I still have good corn for next year, and if I do not need it to plant it Is not lost, for It Is as good for feed as it ever was. The sooner we learn to protect our seed corn and all kinds of stock from wet and cold, the better off we will be. Hamilton Co. S. M. Cox. I have saved and cared for seed corn In a good many different ways. I have also depended on the crib for seed a few times, but I find that it pays well to select and store at husking time. I have two objects in view, first to preserve the vitality of-the germ, and second to keep up or improve the quali-ty or yield. Ninety-nine per cent of setd should germinate under favorable circumstances. If only 90 per cent germinates the balance will be weak and the result will be a slow growth and poor yield. To get best results corn should be dried and stored in a dry place of even temperature, before freezing, as it is the freezing while damp or immature, that kills or weakens the germ. I sometimes place corn under the stove or on the roof of the house to dry, and this Is often necessary, but not always. After being dried I place it en lath nailed to joists above feed room in the barn. I I have stored seed in the cellar which was always satisfactory. The Indians used to bnry the corn intended for seed in the ground as we do potatoes, and I suppose always had good seed. I have noticed that seed from the top or outside of the crib was better than from the center, as that on the outside got dry before' freezing. I think corn can be greatly improved by selecting well formed ears. I select seed from the wagon, at gathering time, sometimes only getting a few ears from a load, thus having a better chance to improve than to select from the crib. I have selected the first ears that ripen, thus getting an earlier variety, but not so good to yield. I have had in the past a poor stand of corn caused by poor seed, and resulting in big loss, therefore I think it pays to always be on the safe side and have good seed to start with. C. E. H. Warrenton, 111. 3d Premium.—Saving .seed corn seems to be a very important thing with some people. Yet I never have had a failure in saving seed corn. I sometimes save my seed as soon as the shack is dead in the field. I hang it up In some, dry plaoe by the shucks. I do not think lt is any better than crib seed. This year I am BKVI-SW. We should remember that the fruit of plants Is grown by nature purely for seed. It is purely a question of reproduction. Most farmers handle seed corn and potatoes carelessly. ' One may notice a trick- rider of a bicycle, and he looks as though he paid no regard to how he handled the machine. But we know that the secret of his success is wholly in his great skill In strictly following every principal of wheeling. So we may take corn and the potato away from their natural home in the sub- tropics and grow them in severe climates or in localities with hot summers or in seasons of dry or wet, or on a tenacious clay or mellow black land. But there are certain principles which we must not neglect or our crop will be injured in proportion. Let us see how nature protects her seeds Those of the nut family are covered with a hull. Wheat, oats, clover, timothy, etc., with a chaff. Corn with husks made from modified blades. Tho husks are about 15 in number and "batten cracks," so as to shed rain. They keep the ear moist while in the state of growth, and after it Is ripe the water dries out of the shnck and air takes its place, so that the covering to the ear be' comes one fluffy coat of small air spaces. These dry shucks shed off rain and during a damp spell absorb moisture, which would otherwise be taken up by the grain. Tbey also prevent sudden changes of temperature. I once visited James Riley's seed corn cribs, and as it was cold weather asked him why he didn't have ft fire in the stove. He said that "seed corn is damaged by sadden changes of temperature and by cold when moist. If it turns warm and water stands on exposed rocks, on account of the cold rook condensing it from the air, I know that cold corn will be absorjbin^oig^e^^lch M^hgl, flfcftfc. rffiMi^aartri^a*fi^rS5ro.'it may turn sharply and suddenly cold while that corn is damp, and its vitality be injured." My answer was, "I see, Mr. Riley that you reverse the practice of many persons who use fire in cold weather to keep corn warm, by using fire in warm spells of weather to keep corn dry." Let's ask nature what she does—she dries out the ear and shuck before cold weather and then with a dry cob and the "seed end" of the grain bedded in velvet, and the whole covered with a 'fluffy coat of many shuckB, full of air chambers. She keeps the grain dry and avoids sudden changes of temperature. What does the farmer do? lie strips oft the natural covering, and cords the corn up in a brace in the barn, or throws it in an open crib. He says he wants it where the air can get to it. Nature has guarded against that very thing. She don't want her seed see-sawed through all the possible changes of climate, swelled with moisture and then dashed down below zero. She has had lots of experience and these seeds that were best protected have survived those exposed. I like to shuck my seed corn In the field to Judge the stalk, etc. This year I gathered it about fair time and spread it out on a hay loft It will keep well in a house loft which a pipe goes through, or fairly well in grain sacks, not shelled in a shop. The sack is some production. But I am going to try this winter a plan given by a progressive farmer at the Winchester Institute. After corn is quite dry he puts it in cracker barrels mixed well with dry threshed oats, the corn still on the cob, and places them in a dry place. This protects the grain much as nature does from sudden changes of moisture and temperature. (I do not remember this gentleman's name), he says his corn always shows great vitality. It is not enough that corn may "grow" it should grow with vigor. The loft of a work-shop of one of our correspondents is a typical place. I once bought seed that had been corded under the ceiling of a dry cellar. It was swelled tight on the cob but was good seed. I never like to shell seed that shows a crumpled or blistered face. You all know what that is. It should be glossy and bright, clean and smooth. I used to keep a knife handy and examine the germ of most every ear, but have now become so accustomed to the "feel" of the grain that I seldom need a knife. It it shells off the cob a little tough and leaves little white points broken off of the grain and left sticking in the cob, I reject that ear at once. If any mold shows anywhere on the ear, it is cast aside. If it is a good ear and shells rattling dry and the grains are bright, glossy and flat and broad and deep, so as to drill one at a time and avoid thinning, it passes. Very much extra thinning is caused by planting slim grains, "rat-tooth," so that two are often dropped at once. Notes from the farm.—Our corn will do to shuck Monday, 18th. We shall not use a shredder and shucker, as we have more feed than stock and the Job will give my two year-round men a longer job; also at less cost The long rain made part of our wheat seeding late. We finished the very last a piece of new ground on Oct 12th. It was drilled In corn stubble with a two horse hoe drill, without any harrowing as the soil was mellow and nice. The "woods are full" of teams taking out gravel. One man who helped me uncover said; "I declare, I could hardly get here this morning for teams on the pike and lane and woods everywhere. If the people in my home neighborhood had half the enterprise these fellows have every road and lane would be piked in two years, as our gravel is. in every hill, while some of this is hauled four miles and they are allowed 75 cents a load on thqii subscription.", I-mentlon this tc show many subscribers who live where no gravel is found how these pikes are built and kept up in central Indiana and Ohio. At the fair last month I talked with scraper manufacturers who also make rock crushing machines, and they said the lime rock of southern Indiana can be * mined and crushed and elevated in wagons by one machine, at the rate of 100 yards a day, and at a total cost of 18 cents a yard. In many sections there is a large waste product about mines that they would be glad to give away. The county pays us one half cent per cubic foot uncovered. So these crushers would make it nearly as cheap for our southern friends as our gravel is to us. Our dairy topics are rather a new line of copy. WiU our dairy men and women be good enough to help us out with their specialty? Our saloon copy was so large that part was pushed over to another time. No. 31, Oct. 31.—How do you crib your corn? and how do you handle and save fodder for winter? No. 35, Nov. 7.—How do you manage dairy Stock in winter? State protection from cold, also arrangement of mangers, ties, gutters, handling manure, etc. No. 36, Nov. 11—Give the feeding ration of your dairy and state proportions of each kind of food. Time of feeding, watering, etc. No. 37, Nov. 21.—Do you use a silo? Why do you or why not? How did you make yours, size and shape, is it in the barn or not? No. 38, Nov. 28.—What did you grow to fill it? And how was it grown and filled? Did you ever fill with clover with success? Do you like silage. If our friends will write as soon as you can on any of these topics, your copy will be filed away and be ready when the topic is published. E. H. Collins. Frances Robinson, one year old, daughter of Frank Robinson, Terre Haute, fell from a second-story window, while her nurse was absent for a moment, and, striking with her head npon the cement walk, sustained a badly fractnred skull. She died within a few hours. The mother was out driving at the time of the accident John Schmidt, and aged inmate of the Putnam county farm, shot himself one night last week throngh the head, dying in a few hours. He was demented.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1896, v. 31, no. 43 (Oct. 24) |
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Date of Original | 1896 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | VOL. XXXI. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., OCT. 24, 1896. NO. 43 EXPERIENCE DEPARTMENT How and When Do You Save and Oare Por Seed (Join? Is Snch Seed Really Better Than drib Seed. lst Prem.—I save my seed corn as I husk it, throwing it into a basket by itself and then emptying it into the seed box on the wagon. My seed box is nothing more than the front end of my wagon box, partitioned oft by a moveable partition. I have swinging shelves in my work shop, where I store the seed. On stormy days when I cannot work outside, I usually find plenty of "tinkering" to be done in my shop and having a stove there I fire it up, and while I am at my "tinker- ■*V ing" the seed corn is drying, so that before the winter is over I have a nice lot of kiln-dried seed. As to its being better than crib seed, I answer most emphatically, yes. I have seen corn, planted from the crib which grew well, but oftener It is a failure. If the cob gets thorougblgjclried before freezing weather, crib corn may do, but what is the use of running any chanceB when we can, by taking a little extra pains in the fall, secure seed which we know is all right. Of the. seed Jt planted last spring, I - - -don't believe ft "kernel"" failed to germinate, and it was up and I was cultivating it In less than ten days. I got the start -*" ; of the weeds, and I kept it all the season, and this fall I can carry in my arms all * _- thewe-jds on my ten-acre cornfield. I r attribute it to the kiln-dried seed which germinated so quickly, and made a strong growth. B. A. Wood. Kalamazoo, Co., Mich. going to save my seed corn from the pile as I shuck it. I haul my corn and throw Hon the barn floor and shuck it out on bad days when I can't work out doors. We do not shuck our corn on the stalk here as they do out west, or in the northern part of this State. As I shuck my corn I save the nicest ears, with straight rows and well filled. When perfectly dry I shell off both ends and save the middle to plant. When I am ready to plant I do not have to stop to shell seed corn. Nor do I have to run all over the neighborhood to hunt up seed corn. Corydon. A Fahmer I generally try to go through the best part of the corn field, and pick out my seed corn and husk it and lay it up to dry. When dry I examine It carefully and shell it and keep it in the dry until time to plant I don't want my seed corn gathered until thoroughly ripe. Some people want it gathered before it is ripe, but I want all of my seed of any kind to be well ripened before gathering. I can't say that such seed corn Is any better than crib seed, if the corn hftB been stored in the right kind of condition; but if it is put away ln the first named way you can shell It some rainy day, and then when planting time comes you are sure to have your seed ready. I have said heretofore that nothing Is of more importance than to have good pnre,seed of. what evei* yoir"sis go&g tSiitmtr '•*****■*" Harrison, Co. H. C. F. 2nd Premium. This topic is one that should interest more people than it does. Many farmers in our vicinity are not as sareful as they should be. This one neglect often causes persons to have to plant the second time and thereby loose more time than it would take to select their seed in the proper manner. The thrifty farmer has no time to lose on poor seed corn, when he should be at something else. The best corn in the field should be selected for seed and should be kept clear of smut on the tassels, so the young plant will be free from disease. As soon as the corn is ripe enough, go through and select the largest and best ears, with long grains and not too large a cob, and well filled out at the ends. This should be done before we have frost or freezing weather. I put mine up stairs in my house and dry it out quickly and thoroughly, and leave it there all winter. So it never gets freezing cold. By this means I get a better stand in the spring, as nearly every grain comes up, and I have very little if any replanting to do. It also makes a stronger, healthier and more vigorous plant to start with, which is a great advantage to its summer's growth. I believe our corn can be improved by proper selection and care of seed the same as our domestic an* imals. I nearly always save more than I -need myself, and very often sell some to my neighbors at a good price. I have enough left over from last spring, so If I make a failure I still have good corn for next year, and if I do not need it to plant it Is not lost, for It Is as good for feed as it ever was. The sooner we learn to protect our seed corn and all kinds of stock from wet and cold, the better off we will be. Hamilton Co. S. M. Cox. I have saved and cared for seed corn In a good many different ways. I have also depended on the crib for seed a few times, but I find that it pays well to select and store at husking time. I have two objects in view, first to preserve the vitality of-the germ, and second to keep up or improve the quali-ty or yield. Ninety-nine per cent of setd should germinate under favorable circumstances. If only 90 per cent germinates the balance will be weak and the result will be a slow growth and poor yield. To get best results corn should be dried and stored in a dry place of even temperature, before freezing, as it is the freezing while damp or immature, that kills or weakens the germ. I sometimes place corn under the stove or on the roof of the house to dry, and this Is often necessary, but not always. After being dried I place it en lath nailed to joists above feed room in the barn. I I have stored seed in the cellar which was always satisfactory. The Indians used to bnry the corn intended for seed in the ground as we do potatoes, and I suppose always had good seed. I have noticed that seed from the top or outside of the crib was better than from the center, as that on the outside got dry before' freezing. I think corn can be greatly improved by selecting well formed ears. I select seed from the wagon, at gathering time, sometimes only getting a few ears from a load, thus having a better chance to improve than to select from the crib. I have selected the first ears that ripen, thus getting an earlier variety, but not so good to yield. I have had in the past a poor stand of corn caused by poor seed, and resulting in big loss, therefore I think it pays to always be on the safe side and have good seed to start with. C. E. H. Warrenton, 111. 3d Premium.—Saving .seed corn seems to be a very important thing with some people. Yet I never have had a failure in saving seed corn. I sometimes save my seed as soon as the shack is dead in the field. I hang it up In some, dry plaoe by the shucks. I do not think lt is any better than crib seed. This year I am BKVI-SW. We should remember that the fruit of plants Is grown by nature purely for seed. It is purely a question of reproduction. Most farmers handle seed corn and potatoes carelessly. ' One may notice a trick- rider of a bicycle, and he looks as though he paid no regard to how he handled the machine. But we know that the secret of his success is wholly in his great skill In strictly following every principal of wheeling. So we may take corn and the potato away from their natural home in the sub- tropics and grow them in severe climates or in localities with hot summers or in seasons of dry or wet, or on a tenacious clay or mellow black land. But there are certain principles which we must not neglect or our crop will be injured in proportion. Let us see how nature protects her seeds Those of the nut family are covered with a hull. Wheat, oats, clover, timothy, etc., with a chaff. Corn with husks made from modified blades. Tho husks are about 15 in number and "batten cracks," so as to shed rain. They keep the ear moist while in the state of growth, and after it Is ripe the water dries out of the shnck and air takes its place, so that the covering to the ear be' comes one fluffy coat of small air spaces. These dry shucks shed off rain and during a damp spell absorb moisture, which would otherwise be taken up by the grain. Tbey also prevent sudden changes of temperature. I once visited James Riley's seed corn cribs, and as it was cold weather asked him why he didn't have ft fire in the stove. He said that "seed corn is damaged by sadden changes of temperature and by cold when moist. If it turns warm and water stands on exposed rocks, on account of the cold rook condensing it from the air, I know that cold corn will be absorjbin^oig^e^^lch M^hgl, flfcftfc. rffiMi^aartri^a*fi^rS5ro.'it may turn sharply and suddenly cold while that corn is damp, and its vitality be injured." My answer was, "I see, Mr. Riley that you reverse the practice of many persons who use fire in cold weather to keep corn warm, by using fire in warm spells of weather to keep corn dry." Let's ask nature what she does—she dries out the ear and shuck before cold weather and then with a dry cob and the "seed end" of the grain bedded in velvet, and the whole covered with a 'fluffy coat of many shuckB, full of air chambers. She keeps the grain dry and avoids sudden changes of temperature. What does the farmer do? lie strips oft the natural covering, and cords the corn up in a brace in the barn, or throws it in an open crib. He says he wants it where the air can get to it. Nature has guarded against that very thing. She don't want her seed see-sawed through all the possible changes of climate, swelled with moisture and then dashed down below zero. She has had lots of experience and these seeds that were best protected have survived those exposed. I like to shuck my seed corn In the field to Judge the stalk, etc. This year I gathered it about fair time and spread it out on a hay loft It will keep well in a house loft which a pipe goes through, or fairly well in grain sacks, not shelled in a shop. The sack is some production. But I am going to try this winter a plan given by a progressive farmer at the Winchester Institute. After corn is quite dry he puts it in cracker barrels mixed well with dry threshed oats, the corn still on the cob, and places them in a dry place. This protects the grain much as nature does from sudden changes of moisture and temperature. (I do not remember this gentleman's name), he says his corn always shows great vitality. It is not enough that corn may "grow" it should grow with vigor. The loft of a work-shop of one of our correspondents is a typical place. I once bought seed that had been corded under the ceiling of a dry cellar. It was swelled tight on the cob but was good seed. I never like to shell seed that shows a crumpled or blistered face. You all know what that is. It should be glossy and bright, clean and smooth. I used to keep a knife handy and examine the germ of most every ear, but have now become so accustomed to the "feel" of the grain that I seldom need a knife. It it shells off the cob a little tough and leaves little white points broken off of the grain and left sticking in the cob, I reject that ear at once. If any mold shows anywhere on the ear, it is cast aside. If it is a good ear and shells rattling dry and the grains are bright, glossy and flat and broad and deep, so as to drill one at a time and avoid thinning, it passes. Very much extra thinning is caused by planting slim grains, "rat-tooth," so that two are often dropped at once. Notes from the farm.—Our corn will do to shuck Monday, 18th. We shall not use a shredder and shucker, as we have more feed than stock and the Job will give my two year-round men a longer job; also at less cost The long rain made part of our wheat seeding late. We finished the very last a piece of new ground on Oct 12th. It was drilled In corn stubble with a two horse hoe drill, without any harrowing as the soil was mellow and nice. The "woods are full" of teams taking out gravel. One man who helped me uncover said; "I declare, I could hardly get here this morning for teams on the pike and lane and woods everywhere. If the people in my home neighborhood had half the enterprise these fellows have every road and lane would be piked in two years, as our gravel is. in every hill, while some of this is hauled four miles and they are allowed 75 cents a load on thqii subscription.", I-mentlon this tc show many subscribers who live where no gravel is found how these pikes are built and kept up in central Indiana and Ohio. At the fair last month I talked with scraper manufacturers who also make rock crushing machines, and they said the lime rock of southern Indiana can be * mined and crushed and elevated in wagons by one machine, at the rate of 100 yards a day, and at a total cost of 18 cents a yard. In many sections there is a large waste product about mines that they would be glad to give away. The county pays us one half cent per cubic foot uncovered. So these crushers would make it nearly as cheap for our southern friends as our gravel is to us. Our dairy topics are rather a new line of copy. WiU our dairy men and women be good enough to help us out with their specialty? Our saloon copy was so large that part was pushed over to another time. No. 31, Oct. 31.—How do you crib your corn? and how do you handle and save fodder for winter? No. 35, Nov. 7.—How do you manage dairy Stock in winter? State protection from cold, also arrangement of mangers, ties, gutters, handling manure, etc. No. 36, Nov. 11—Give the feeding ration of your dairy and state proportions of each kind of food. Time of feeding, watering, etc. No. 37, Nov. 21.—Do you use a silo? Why do you or why not? How did you make yours, size and shape, is it in the barn or not? No. 38, Nov. 28.—What did you grow to fill it? And how was it grown and filled? Did you ever fill with clover with success? Do you like silage. If our friends will write as soon as you can on any of these topics, your copy will be filed away and be ready when the topic is published. E. H. Collins. Frances Robinson, one year old, daughter of Frank Robinson, Terre Haute, fell from a second-story window, while her nurse was absent for a moment, and, striking with her head npon the cement walk, sustained a badly fractnred skull. She died within a few hours. The mother was out driving at the time of the accident John Schmidt, and aged inmate of the Putnam county farm, shot himself one night last week throngh the head, dying in a few hours. He was demented. |
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