The Arlington Journal. (Arlington, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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[[ it has been in successful operation for a number of years
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11 o rt 1 vw nil a in nnzl/wi'nmnn ♦ Irno Cw’c
G.l. ’weight of the seed
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;; total indebtedness to us, has no personal application to
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eliminate the former and work
to the latter trait.
The following Is a concise descrip-
tion of how to manage a breeding
plat:
First, go Into the field and select
the 100 beet ears procurable, having
in mind not only the ear but the
Your Wants
. W M. DUGAN
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Moat reliable Old Line Companies. At Citizens Nat’l Bank.
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J J in profits. Corn is our greatest crop.
’[ with an estimated yield this year of
o over two and a half biUion bushels,
J J yet the'average tor the Vnited States
,, > never runs above 30 bushels per acre.
< > while in some states it is as low
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Ditto-Yates-Mcknight building, where we .hojje to be
able to serve our clients in a more comfortable way. If
as
* 13 bushe.hs. Not only the average
r good corn field but all except the
> very best few fields contain not the
* -..per cent of the dairyman, but 7 or
i, S per cent of barren parents, ami yet
it is one of the simplest matters im-
aginable to reduce this item of dead
loss by at least- one-half,
other not
yield of C
3d and <
The barr< r >
the reasons
this yean is •
of St at i.-t i.-.s
Agriculture at only LG 1-1 busin
i acre for the whole Cnited Stan
there are sei oral other < au
'small average, most of
; largely within the control i
grower who will give a little intelli-
gent study to the subject of breeding
his seed corn. Breeding seed corn
and largely increasing the yield is a
i simple problem in farm management
and lies within the province of even
'individual farmer. It is not a compli-
cated question like breeding up wheat
seed, requiring a long period of
vearff; the results will prove most
gratifying and profitable after a sin-
gle year and will continue with each
[year of breeding. The necessary ex-
pense is practically nothing
The variation in different stalks
and ears of corn of the same variety
[is the most distinctive trait of this
I crop. At the same time corn conies
remarkably true to the seed-ear and
in this fact lies the ease with whn h
r-mains sav s', good
with a more or less complete
The next step is to distassel
alternate row. This should be
done just as the tassel show plainly
in the lop of the stalk tint before the
pollen is distributed.
» barren stalks '
J [ [ of the field, contained X.11 per cent
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barren stalks and stalks which [
t- = or throe rare. Thai
object* of the breeding plat are to I
up
By this and
more difficult process (he
rn can be increased 10. -_'o
more bushels per acre,
stalks (’otisiituie one of
w 1) y t he < orn yield tor
' Uniate] by fl;e Bunai;
of tile Dcpiil t tile'.' of
.S per
<: but
ses for this
which are
of tlie corn
How-
an ear
row
Therefore
ri letted
should be
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pollen is distributed. The distassei-
ed stalks are the ones which are to
prodtu •• the set'd Corn: the alternate
!<>'■ < uro to bo used simply to supply
pollen for the distasseled <Orn. The
ears fYum them are not to be used
■or -> ..I if;, ; X.tii b,‘ St ’ t poll'HI-1
Citi' TI10 working number of the
s •'i ’. ’at is now reduced to about
rows, but it is only from rhe halt
daze’, b.'-t <>| t hose oi l' t., ■ m
1 * ■*: > - : o be , ’ ■ < t ■ - I \\ lie a t Io ■
' / H- . . . Il di I iS.elt d
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the ears from the best
weighed and spread out to dry, [[
......1 ' being Ji 1 ot: em l: lot. < »
lection, keeping In mind * “
. risiics, is obviously ’m- [,
agaist harvesting the < >
Irotri the entire row and pick- ,k
iif tK«» Li/vlrlmtr /»<>«•»_■ iliiti-
A lliillas, K. II. BEWLEY. Supt. Texas Bivision. •
. Ft. Wortli Galveston. San Antonio, Wa<o. Austin, Penlson, El £
J Pa*o, Tyler, Nashville, Tenn. .Jno, F. Praughon. President a
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the total yield per row would h»ve[L
been had the stand been a 1 -
one. Having now dvtermint*d thelc
average production per stalk for esich [ [
of the 40 rows, the best ears from [ 1 >
.the ten or dozen highest ranking ' ’
rows are cUiefUiiy aoieetnd ir—rr—BrU [
measured, etc., and a dozen to fif- ‘ < >
teen of the very best ears from the ' ’
highest ranking rows preserved for J [
the next year s breeding plat. Thus < >
by a series of simple step., of selec- ' ’
tion, or elimination the fifteen best [ [
ears of all those produced from the < >
t have been saved top’
start the strain of new. heavy pro-1J [
ducing corn. At the same time a’’O
«■■■■■■», ..u.a.w^. v. vml ears ; [ [
should be preserved as a safeguard ,»
in case the first choice should be I < ►
destroyed, either by vermin or In [
hall, flood or other disaster to the' >
breeding plat. After the improve- ►
ment strain is secured it is very Im- [
portant to save this reserve supply [ ,
The breeding plat work for [ ’
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the yield can be fncreased.
Many farmers carefully seh^-t fi-’.-
.:trs from the bin and rub off the
poor kernels front either end or bet-
ter yet to t ’i pick good se<’<! ears ii
the field, but this is nfit going far
enough I: will be money in ill"
corn grow its' pocket to grow his own
. <1 patch and if he gives it only
o 1 he Reliable Druggists ♦ average management lie will increase
< ► ’ — his general corn yield, after tb«- first
year by a very large per’centage. The
corn plant' produces both male and
female organs. The pollen from the
tassef vftaTlzt's the silk on the ear
and this produces the kernels. To
prove it. tie a bag over a corn ear
before it has silked and the result
will be that no ...
[[ Now where corn is self-pollinated it
<* is inbred, and like all inbreeding the
° result is bad All corn ears to be
GET READY TO ATTEND [j
WEALTH IN SEED (NIli.N GROW- plant. Experiment* conducted by
ING. j the Department of Agriculture have
------ demonstrated that important stalk
A suit wa« brought iu an Illinois character*, such as height, height of
court by a man who had recently pur- *«r. character of root growth, quan-
chased a dairy herd of fifty milch **‘y and width of blades, number of
cows and who alleged that he had sucker*, number of ear* per stalk,
later discovered one of the cows to 1 and similar trait* are transmitted to
be barren. She would not produce-|“ strong degree. A desirable stalk is <[
calve* and therefore was worthless 1 one 77.7,7.
on a dairy farm.
the dairyman found that he was sup-jcac
[ [ . We have moved our real estate office from the opera —al an ai>-OjUte ]Oaa an(j |,e coMjd-
< • house building down stairs just across the street into the [[jered the matter of enough import-
— • •----x- Nance to bring suit. <
< 1 finding out the conditions he immed-
ikythini in the way of real estate you want to ; ;i'“?»■ »'
--------1 1 <> or plant growers are sure that they [ produced on an exceptionally
[[[do not need to apply the weeding
<1jout process, perhaps to a far greater
*' | extent than did^the dairyman? The
F rtf t 11 i aj nrtlol.l i aj n- I a. »
should be determined,
when all’ the ears are well
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[[ saved for seed should be pollinated gathered and weighed and the fig- »♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦»»»♦»»»>»»<>•»•<
< > from other stalks. This is one thing urpR ■ for each row added /o the [ [ [ [
*> to provide for; another is proper sei- weight of the seed ears previously <>
[['■ection. Two ears of perfect-loklng selected from jhe same row At the[<>
< > corn may produce widely different aarue time the stalks in each row | [ [
' '[yields; but when a good strain is should’be counted and a simple prob- < >
[ ['once established having the various '‘‘tn in arithmetic will should what [ ’
< '[characteristics which make it most Die total yield per row would have ([
1 ‘, desirable, succeeding generations, if had the stand been a perfect, o
[ [ the strain is kept pure, will come re- one Having now dvterminVd
< > markably true to the parent. If a
"[ start is made with an ear of highly
[ [ productive corn the foliovjng- gener-
<' ations will all be highly productive
reproduce
j u«e the field method
of selecting all their seed and think
they have gone far enough. On the'
~ .a 'large number of such
<!ler» would produce a greater increase ‘ fln« looking eats may have been fer-
ears should be
preserved, pumbered. and
next spring planted in Ion rows, an
row. well apart from
that no foreign pollen
blown out of ifie breeding
The groumr used for the pur-
erage. not’’ bet I er.
and Die culture should lie only thor-
ough and usual. When the stalks
.:!<■ nearH ready to tassel, a careful
of the rows should be.
This will likely disclose that
a do,0 n ■>! a dozen ears were
;.por seed, the rows being not-
i ■ ; < < it 1 than tlie a \ erngr I he
eliinjtiatiott or weeding out
-hon'd < ent nt' n • • I."' • • and the sa test
wav is • > <it; the stalks.at once and
get them out of file way. \lso the
entire patch should be caret 1111y ;'<<ne
through and all stent.-d. diseased or
otherwise undesirable stalks cut out.
\ little later, as the tacts develop
to the eye all barren stalks should
be cut out All this cutting out of
stalks, poor for one tau.-e or another,
should be done betore su<lt sta'kji
have distributed any of their pollen
for the poor pollen is the money
loser.
Now' there
rows,
stand
o 11
Finest Stock, Machinery and other Exhibits
ever Seen. Good Races. Lots of Amuse- [[
ments ' [[
[[ "The open secret »of a good yield of
[ [ corn." said C. P. Hartley, the most
< 1 prominent corn breeding expert of
[[ the Department of Agriculture, "con-
< > sists in causing each stalk in the field
< 1 to produce at least a good ear.” At
[ [ first glance, it would not seem very
< > difficult to get an average ot one and ,e . '.'If’ ,’]at
< > a half ears per stalk. But just figure
[ ’ out. If you please, what would be the '
result of this on an acre. Corn is | similar number of second best
" ’ planted in different ways in various
[[ parts of* the country. Take, for ex-
it -ample, -where the stalks stand 18 I
< ’ inches apart in rows 3 1-2 feet wide-,
[ [ this will give 8.297 stalks to the acre
< > and if each stalk bears an ear Weigh-
"’ ing a pound the yield will be 122
I uhw aI u AA a» r* Imr lie rt* ^68 [ Gl
This is worth second and succeeding vears will [„
be much lessened as all of the fifteen j >
*ar* can^.be. depended upon
But you may be farming in[due,> supfcrtdr corn!1 [
"II- •!' b< il'g
ru'd
stalk characteristics, is
■ si,'tittit as ____ _
ears I ''
<ng out th” best looking ears,
ever, as each row represents
kernel^ will develop. of seed, the total product of the
buy, see us.before making your purchase. If you have
anything you want to sell list it with us and we will get
you a buyer.
In one of our recent deals we have come into posses-
ion of the Ditto & Rose grocery’ stock, more commonly !!
known as the Ditto-Yates-McKnight stock, so if there is
anything you need in this line get our prices, for we mean
to sell them cheap so long as they last.
( , j bushels of ear corn per
<> 1 pounds to the bushel.) n.
'[jworkipg for. if your average is not
, vjetter than that for the entire United |
’[States. Ft? yzz 'z~ 4-
[ [ ] the richest part of the corn belt and
[[[already produce 150 bushels of ear
<>'oorn per acre, possibly -200 bushels
[ [ j There is still room for great improve-:
Lament. If you can make every stalk
jL ■ , * * * • v « a v ' ’[average two. 1-pound ears ypur acre | •
>U>ear c5jn pe77cre thefC-WIIT
4 ' ' , ■ ~ - ' ■, ' ' ' ‘ I be fouriti many stalks producing two
and* a less number producing tlyfcg
good ears each. in such fields Wife
[aim mu/t be to breed to secure all
I two and three ear stalks. Unless
special attetion has been given to seed
[corn there will be found in the most
[productive fields entirely barren [
[stalks to pull down the average. The
corn men of the Department of Ag-
riculture made an expert count''of a
[field containing 25,507 corn stalks,
planted from a seed patch from which
pile year before' most of the barren
•stalks had been removed, and of
[these only 3.43 -»er cent were barren.
-... ..... 1 while two adjoining fields planted
1 with
No. 3155; the State of fexai, i , ’ ' '
To t^ie Sherlf or aiiy C<’''k'table of
Tarrant County, <p »cung.
p-ad.. ‘ ? *
[ his final ■Account of the EstatA of J [ ——T‘“*-
[ said Bessie Gibbon, deceased, togeth-[' > -
per With an application to berllscharg- [ [
led from said administratorship. <>
j You are hereby commanded, that ' ’
I by publication of this Writ for twenty [ [
[days prior to the return day hereof 4 >
I in a newspaper regularly published '►
I In the County of Tararnt, you give ! [ [
due notice to ail persons interested < ►
in the Account for Final Setlement '►
of said Estate, to file their objections [ [
thereto, if any they have, on or be- < ►
fore the November Term. A .I). 1908 '»
[of said County Court, commencing [ [ We want to fill your W^nts. Nothin'1
and to be holden at the Court House < * H
pf said County, in the City of Fort <> escapes CUI" attention.
, Wortli, on the First Monday in Nov- '
the same corn taken from the G...L.. ,7 “ ^7... - --
Application will be considered ;j
Jno. A. Kee, Clerk of the <[
County Court of Tarrant County.
Given under my hand and seal of t] [
said Court, at my office in the City <,
of Fort Worth this 29th day of Sep- 1 < >
tembei", A. D. 1908. |[’
JNO. A. KEE, [ ,
Clerk County Court, Tarant County. < >
By J. P. AIspaugh, Deputy Clerk. [ [
A True Copy, I certify: [ [
T. J. WOODS. < 1
Sheriff of Tarrant County. [ ’
By W. M. Rm. Deputy Sheriff. 10-3 •’
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itself should be cylindrical in |'1
led the. pollen from the
1 of the field, contained
4» of barren stalk.
< 1 are 1
[’ produce two or three good ears. The
___ without suckers, thick at the | J ,
The point is that base, with well developed roots. The | < >
>uui>d iiiai iie whs sup- itself should be cylindrical in < ] [
—2 j>er cent of bi* herd ' Form with deep kernels, with mod- ,,
lute io** and he eonsid- erate sized, strong cob The selec- <>
tlon should be made from average [[ [
..........-i_u one troub- ,[
le with selecting ears from the corn < ►
crib i* that whilcthey may be large [[
How many farmers, stock-growers, »«<< W«H formed they may have been •, [
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weeding’[ sl*ol »»d are not representative. On [
.average ground they can not be ex- >
The peeled to reproduce themselves.).
[ [ | subject of this article is corn-growing > Many farmers
< * [ and there is probably no American I °F selecting al
[ 1 j crop w here the weeding out of poor l-'<■ —
[[[methods and poor seed by the grow- coiftrary.
. . ' .......1 _ _ * f i it >> I in 1L
tilized by barren stalks and the pro-
geny will be either barren or up
proaching that condition.
These 100 good ears should
carefully
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