A HOME COURSE
IN AGRICULTURE
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A Few Choice Farms
out of thrta hundrtd and fifty we have llatad In fha Wlllamatta vallty
100 acres. 1A wiles northeast of
Monmouth. Land level, well drain
ed.block aull and all In cultivation.
All fenced. Price, 60 an acre with
terms, one half cash.
28V4, acres, S miles nortb-west af
Monmouth. 7tt acres of Italian
orunra. 4tt acres clover, balance
cleared and In pasture. Fenced and
crossed fenced with woven wlra.
Small house and barn. 3 miles to
arhool. Phone connections. Price,
$1400. 900 cash and terms.
343 Vt acres, 2 miles north of Mon
mouth. All under cultivation, new
8-room bouse, cost $1000. Ilarn 60
feet square. Numerous other build
ings. Two good wells, family or
chard, 20 years old and In good
condition. Land slightly rolling,
aotl black. 1 mile from school. All
under fence, wire and board. Price
$65 an acre. Terms.
225 acres, t miles south of Inde
pendence. All under cultivation
but 6 acres of ash timber. Modern
8-room house In best of condition,
large barn, new granary, windmill
and tank house. Four acres family
orchard. Woven wire fouces, near-j
ly new. Water pipes luto house
barn and bog house. Laud rolling.
soil black. Insurance on buildings,
$1600. Price, $17,687.
285 acres. 1V4 miles west of Mon
mouth. 200 acres In cultivation,
balance In timber and pasture. 1
spring and 2 wells. Five acres of
orchard. Land slightly rolling, soil
black. Good Improvements. Two
mlli-s to college. All under fence
In good condition. County road on
2 sldea. Can divide place. Price $60
an acre.
237 acres, 8 miles south of Sheridan.
100 acrea under cultivation, 20 acres
In bops, trclHsed, 37 acrea In tame
grasa pasture, 100 acres open tlm
ber, suitable for tlea and pilings
Land easily farmed. Four good
springs, three acrea In orchard. In
good condition .modern 8 room
house, barn 40x60, 24 foot hop
bouse complete, milk house, smoke
house and wash bouse. All build
ings sided with rustic and painted.
Within 1 mile of graded school,
church, store and postofflce. Dally
mall service. Price, $32.50 an acre.
Vi cash, balance to suit purchaser.
Olmstead Land Company
SALEM, OREGON
Represented by W. A. TUCKER, Monmouth .Oregon.
Oliver Chilled Plow
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INDEPENDENCE, OREGON
Vllb'Corn Growing
By G V.GREGORY
Agricultural Division Iowa Stato College
I NCR corn Is the principal crop
grown over so large a aeitlou
of the United States It la Im
portant that we learn as uiucb
ss poaalble regarding the beet meth
ods of producing It. Tbe average
yield of corn In Hie United Ststea In
1(K7 ii only 23.7 buabels er acre.
Many of tbe best farmers are able to
obtain au average yield of sixty In
seventy bushels per acre year after
year. There Is no secret In their
methods. They are simple enough t
be applied to every farm In tbe corn
belt There la no reason why tbe
average yield per acre abould not be
fifty bushels or mere Instead of lens
tbkn half ruafTaa atl TFU'llt
In preparing to rslae a maximum
rrop of corn there are two main fac
tors to be considered the soil and the
seed. Of these two tbe first Is prob-
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Via. XT ONI OP THB I1BBT WATS TO HA NO
or uu comm.
ably tbe more Important. We bare
already learned bow tbe plant obtains
food and water from tbe soil. Tbe
Orst step lu preparing tbe soli fur a
Torn crop, ttfFu. Is to see that there Is
plentiful supply of plant food on
hand. This we ran do by using barn
yard manure morally and by follow
ing a consistent system of rotation
(but will equalise tbe demands made
on tbe soil and keep up tbe supply of
nitrogen and bumus.
The next point la to see tbat tbe soil
Is In surb condition tbat tbe roots
will bsve Utile difficulty In branching
out to secure tbe needed plant food
and water. Thorough plowing, disk
ing and bmrowlng will make the soil
One and mellow, so tbat tbe roots
will have little trouble In obtaining
all tbe plant food they can use. pro
vided It Is there at all.
The water supply can be regulated
to a considerable extent by tile drain
age nnd by keeping the surface loose
to check evaporation. The tempera -
ure of the soil Is also an Important
factor In hastening germination and
early growth. Drainage, cultivation
and tbe , maintenance of a plentiful
supply of bumus will aid greatly In
securing a warm seed bed by planting
time.
With a warm, well prepared soil
containing sufficient quantities of
plant food and water tbe next ques
Hon that comes, up Is regarding tbe
kind of seed to put Into tbat soil. Al
most any kind of seed will grow and
produce a fair crop under favorable
conditions. What we are after, how
even, Is not a fair crop, but an extra
good one
The seed of different strains of corn
varies greatly In its ability to produce
yields. In the spring of 1905 the Iown
experiment station gathered seed from
nearly a hundred different sources and
planted it on tbe station grounds. Un
der conditions tbat were as nearly
alike as It was possible to make them
the yields from the different strains
varied from thirty-one to eighty bush
els per acre. This variation shows
that a large share Of the Improvement
In corn production must come through
the breeding of high yielding strains.
It Is not safe to ship In seed corn
from a distance. Corn is very sensi
tive to changes in climate and soil. To
obtain the best results the work of
breeding must be done for each local
ity and to some extent for each farm.
A method of improving seed corn
that will surely result in some im
provement and one that has simplicity
to recommend it Is tbat of selecting a
number of the best ears each year and
planting them In a field by themselves
or in one corner of the main field. By
electing the best ears from this breed
ing plot each year to plant next year's
breeding plot and using the rest of
the good ears to plant in tbe main
Held some Improvement can be effect
ed. The wenlc point In this plan, how
ever, is that the yielding power of an
ear cannot be told from Its appear
ance. Neither is it possible to prevent
Inbreeding by such a method.
To avoid these difficulties the "indi
vidual ear" plot has been devised. This
should preferably be at .least forty
rods from t!ie nearest cornfield. Where
this is impossible a strip along the
south side of n field of the same vari
ety may be used. As the prevailing
July and August winds are from the
louth, very little pollen from the main
field will blow over on the breeding
plot.
be
It
as that wMeti I be main Arid receives.
The Hint for (' la I treatment
run tea wlteil (be tassels begin to S
lsr. We bsve already learned that
Inbreeding Is weakening and Hint
rni f rt Mia t ton develops trrwjth
and vitality. In order to prevent lu
breedlug In the Individual ear plot
Ibe taam-ls on every alternate row
should be pullt-d out as aoou as the;
appear. In order that these may be
removed before they ehed any pollr
It will nereasary to go over tbe
field every other day for a week sfter
the first taaaela start. At tbe same
time any taaaela from weak, barren or
snlndllng stalks In tbe other rows
should be removed. In this way onlj
pollen from healthy, vigorous stalks
Is allowed to mature. Thus tbe ears
on the detasseled rows, being cross
fertilized and having only strong.
healthy male parents, have a rnuc
better chance of producing lar
yields wbeu planted than would ears
picked from the general field.
The most Important point, however,
Is the selection of blb yielding
strains tbat Is made possible by bar
Ing tbe ears planted in Individual
rows. When harvesting time comes
tbe produce of each row sbonld
husked separately and weighed.
will be found tbat there Is a great
difference In yield. The highest yield
Ing rows, provided the corn la
good quality, should furnish seed for
next rear's breeding plot Tbe rest
of the good seed ears from tbe detas
seled rows should be planted in
small field, known as the "multiplying
plot." The best of the seed from this
multiplying plot can be used to plant
the general fields and for sale.
By continuing this breeding process
from year to year a strain of corn
may be built up tbat will far outyleld
the ordinary corn of the neighborhood
In addition to the Increase in yield
which will result on your own farm.
trade In seed corn may be built up
tbat will add materially to the year'i
profits. There are many variations in
tho plan of breeding here outlined, but
the essential point in all of them is to
select tbe best yielding individual
ears and to prevent cross pollination
as much as possible.
After tbe seed corn baa been picked
It should be stored In such a manner
that It will pass through the winter
uninjured. The hints in regard to seed
storage as given In article No. 6 should
be followed.
Some time toward the close of win
tcr the corn should be tested. For
preliminary test a hundred kernels
may be taken from as many ears In
different parts of the room. If the
corn has exceptionally strong vitality
the kernels may all germinate. In
case some of the kernels fall to grow
or any considerable number show
weak sprouts each ear should be test
ed separately in order that the weak
ones may be discarded. The method
of making this test has been described
so many times In agricultural papers
and bulletins that it will be unneces
sary to give it in detail here. It sim
ply consists in placing several kernels
from each ear in a corresponding
square In the germinating box. In this
way the vitality of each ear may be
readily determined.
Shortly before planting time the
ears should be shelled and run through
a seed corn grader to take out the butt
and tin kernels and divide tbe rest
into even grades. The next step is to
block up the planter and run through
a sample of each grade, changing
plates until a set is found that will
drop the required number of kernels
practically every time. If this is done
and well tested seed used a good
stand will almost certainly result
Avoid too deep planting. All that is
necessary is to have the seed well cov-
ered with moist soil. If this can be
done without nutting it down more
PIO. XVI A GHBMINATION BOX SHOWING.
the iiHsurra or an individual ear
TEST. ,
than an inch or two, so much the bet
ter. Since the plant cannot begin to.
digest and use the plant food of the
soil and air until it has unfolded its
leaves it is plain that the less soil it
Tiaa trt nnoh thrnnF.h hpfnrp ir. rnn
Each row In the indlvldiial ear plot j fl Jtg ,eRveg and t to work
Xn 1-h n nlrtifn,-l tt r If K rli a lAsvtAin trA v1
the sooner it will commence to grow.
Is to be planted with the kernels from
a single ear. As any fair sized ear
will plant a row forty rods long, this
Is a convenient length for the plot.
Deep planted seeds often so nearly
exhaust the plant food in the' endo-
enarm lu.fiit'a thpr rpnrh thp Klirfarp
Select from 50 to 100 of the best ears j they Rre neTpr aWe to deveop
von can nnc among yonr seea corn
nnd plant them In as many rows
across the f.v-it The work can be
done with a planter if .care is taken
to clean the ed boxes out thorough
ly each tlm: across. The cultivation
given to the plot should be the same
into strong, healthy plants.
After planting the aim should be to
keep the soil In the same fine tilth It
was in at planting time in order to
provide large feeding ground for the
roots and prevent the escape of capil
lary moisture.
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