THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Thursday, April 29, 1937
Good Hybrid Corn
Needs Good Soil
Fun for the Whole Family
Better Varieties Equipped
to Produce on Highly
Fertile Land.
By A. L. Lang, Assistant Chief, Soil Exper-
iment Fields, University of Illinois.
WNU Service.
With fanners preparing to plant
a record acreage of hybrid seed
corn this year, they are advised
that good hybrids need good soil.
Because of the accumulation of
the many desirable characteristics
in the better strains of hybrid corn,
the good hybrids are more adapted
and better equipped to produce high
yields on highly fertile soils than
are the common open-pollinated va
rieties.
Good hybrids need good soil not
because they are unable to produce
on poor soil, but because they have
the ability to utilize more effectively
the materials found in fertile soil.
A corn grower can not expect
to grow 90-bushel or 100-bushel corn
on 30-bushel land, and he may be
wasting high quality seed if he
tries it. On the other hand if he
has high quality soil capable of pro
ducing big crops, he is wasteful if
he does not use seed good enough
to make full use of the land.
One good feature of corn improve
ment by hybrid breeding, is that
superior hybrids may make it pos
sible to obtain much larger returns
from good systems of soil improve
ment than has been possible in the
past. In other words a farmer need
no longer fear that he is getting
his land too good for his seed.
However, hybrid corn can not be
expected to take the backache out
of spreading limestone nor to serve
as a substitute for crop rotations
and applications of manure and fer-
tilizer.
THE FEATHERHEADS
Brace Up
I KNOW----
BUT I WANTED
, To------ —
FANNY, DO
ou KNOW
OKAM/ OKAY!/ BUT
SLOUCHING IN
HERE AND STANDING
WITH
OUR HANDS
— IN
IOUR POCKETS
WILL YOU PLEASE LISTEN
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S’MATTER POP—Just Went Into Reverse, for a Moment
WHATEVER
THAT MEANS,
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FINNEY OF THE FORCE
—OH-HERE’S
i BET HE
AS
FINNEY/
ISN’T
HUH?
CHEERFUL
AT HIS WORK
AS YOU ARE,
—
FANNY
It’s a Pipe
Y=z LOSE! ol wuZ —
PIRECKTN' TR a FFICK
AT FRONT N‘ CENTER /
. STREETS A ll DAY/
A ll DAY LONG YOUR
.
WIFE HAS BEEN SINGING
AS SHE DOES HER WORK-
you DONT RELISH____ __
OUR WORK_______ J
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COPS BE
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FROM YA LONG ‘FORE
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8.BOLNER WrHERS IS GOING
-o QeiRE — NOTHING LIKE
SLEEP To REFRESH THE B oot
. after a H aro DAYS WORK.
I WISH
HEY WOULD HURRY UP"
ANO Go "To BED •
I HAVE a LON6 RIDE A head OF ME
oNIGHT •— I don ' t WANT
ro BE SEEN)
LEAVING .
Water Hemlock Poisonous
Water hemlock is one of the most
poisonous plants known. It may
cause death in any species, includ
ing man. Cattle and sheep are most
often affected by it. The plant be
longs to the parsnip family. It grows
along creek banks, ditches, and in
swales and other low, moist areas.
It attains a height of 4 to 8 feet and
has a broad umbrella-like flower
with many small white blossoms on
top. Most farmers are familiar with
this plant.
The Curse of Progress
Now’s MY CHANCE no GET
Aw AY— they ' re ALL ASLEEP.
I HoPE He Dom AwAKE.
MARCH BACK To NOUR
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SNEALewS
Suggestion
Jim had spent his vacation with
his indulgent uncle and seemed very
disconsolate his first evening at
home.
“Feeling badly, son?” asked the
father.
“I fell so sorry for you, dad. Uncle
Jack is so rich. He goes to the pic
ture show every night," was the
lad’s reply.—Indianapolis News.
The Idea!
Pretty Stenog: “What’s the big
idea of your working steady 10 hours
a day? I wouldn’t think of it. You
know what the code said.”
Equally Pretty Cashier: "I didn’t
think of it myself. It was the boss
who thought of it.”—Pathfinder Mag
azine.
Triumphal Demonstration
"The right is always triumphant!”
exclaimed the idealist.
i "Eventually, perhaps,” answered
Senator Sorghum. “But it may re-
fuse to be hurried ar.d insist on
I postponing the big celebration till
some subsequent election.”
POSTPONING THE
BE
— HAVIN’ r
Feed for Cow in Milk
A common rule for feeding a cow
In milk is from two to three pounds
of good quality hay for each 100
pounds live weight, or one pound
of hay and three pounds of corn
silage for a similar weight unit. A
1,000-pound cow would then require
10 pounds of hay and 30 pounds of
silage daily, plus sufficient grain
mixture to meet her milk require
ments, which are one pound of
grain for each three to four pounds
of milk produced, according to an
authority in the Rural New-Yorker.
Any of the standard commercial
mixed feeds from 18 to 24 per cent
mixtures are generally satisfac
tory. Fodder may be substituted
for some of the hay if desired.
_
By C. M. PAYNE
Prevents Ham From Souring
The first precaution to prevent
hams from souring is to be sure
that the animal is not overheated
before killing and to bleed the ani
mal well after killing. All cur
ing vessels should be scalded and
the water for the brine or pickle
should be boiled before using, says
an authority at the North Carolina
State college. Rub each ham with
salt before packing for cure and,
if brine cured, examine brine every
few days to see that it covers the
entire contents of container. After
curing, hang the ham from six to
eight feet above fire and smoke to
taste. If curing directions are fol
lowed and these precautions taken
the meat will keep without souring.
PERSON
WHO —
INVENTED
SUSPENDERS
WAS THE
ORIGINAL
Carry Over Filled Silo
Is a Timely Suggestion
Many successful stock farmers
have for years made it a practice
to carry over a supply of corn or
grain for their live stock ; especially
is this true in sections of the coun
try where crop failures are not un
common. “Carry over a crib of
corn’’ has been a favorite slogan.
The last two widespread and de
structive drouths have proven the
wisdom of carrying over feed. For
so often in a drouth year, not only
the corn and grain crops are short
but pastures, hay and forage. With
out doubt, we will find it a safe
and sound policy to carry over
especially from a good year, a sup
ply of grain and forage, says a writ
er in the Missouri Farmer.
Experiments and experience have
proven that forage can best be pre
served by ensiling. About any
kind of plant that stock will eat can
be made into silage and in such a
state will keep for several years.
Now we need a new slogan for the
stock farmer and “Carry over a
filled silo,” is suggested.
Since the early introduction of
silos, some 45 years ago, much
progress has been made and today
we have something like 550,000 silos
in use in the United States. When
we compare states that have made
a large use of the silo with those
who have made small use of it, we
find that we are still very short of
this equipment. A proper econom
ical use of the silo would require
at least 1,000,000 more silos.
I WANTED TO ASK ou
—
IF Nou KNEW WHERE
MY SUSPENDERS WERE
WILLIAMS