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HOW TO DODBLE YOOR CORN YIELDS | XI.—REMOVING SUCKERS AND THINNING. ByJTait Butler. IN a VASi majority ox cases, un der ordinary conditions, one seed of corn produces one stalk; but with tbe prolific varieties, especially when moisture conditions are favor able, tbe corn plant may produce one or more branches from its lower nodes or joints. These branches are called suckers. As a general rule suckers do not produce ears, or if they do, these ears are small nub bins. With some of the varieties having a strong tendency to produce more than one ear to the stalk, the suckers frequently produce ears of fair size, and add considerably to the yield. On rich land, during favorable moisture conditions, if the corn is planted too thin, there is a decided tendency in some varieties to pro duce these suckers or branches from the lower joints of the main stalk. There is some difference of opinion as to whether it pays to remove these suckers or allow them to grow. If weather conditions could be foretold and it could be known that later in the season the stalks already on the ground would not have more than barely sufficient moisture and plant food, it would possibly pay to remove these suckers. On the other hand, if the corn is not thick enough to utilize all the moisture and plant food available and these conditions remain throughout the growing sea son of the crop, then it will not pay to remove the suckers, for while the yield of ears from them will be small their presence will probably not les sen the yield of the main staiks and the stover will be worth something if saved for forage. In view of these uncertainties, the consensus of opinion among experi menters and close observers is that it does not pay to spend time and labor removing these suckers, taking one year with another. It must be admitted, however, that probably the majority of farmers believe it best to remove them. Thinning the Crop. In discussing the planting of the crop we devoted considerable atten tion to the distance or thickness of planting, and laid down about the only rule which is of any real value, namely, that the estimated fertility of the land or the number of bush els it is expected to produce per acre be the guide. It takes stalks of corn to produce ears, and ears to make bushels of corn, therefore, if a large yield is to be made, the stalks must be on the land. It is an easy matter to figure the number of stalks on an acre for any distance of planting and with a known variety the average number of ears reauired to make a bushel, aud in this way a man can leave on the land about the full uumber of stalks which he thinks the land will mature under average conditions. At this season of the year a man has a little better oppor tunity to judge of the probable yield than at planting time; but, of course, the question is still one largely un known, and thinning must depend on the judgment of the grower. With the custom of planting in drills in stead of checking, which is common in the South, one stalk at a place is desirable, but if a skip or break oc curs in the row and there is an open place, two stalks may be left close together on either side of this skip. In fact, two stalks Bhould always be left in the hill at either side of such an open space wnere, ior various reasons the seed has failed to grow. To those who are using a prolific variety for the first time, we wish to advise that with these varieties that produce more than one ear to the stalk, the corn may usually he plant ed thicker than with the one-eared varieties. The single-ear-to-the-stalk varieties usually grow larger stalks and require to be planted a greater distance. There may be exceptions to this rule, but in general it is cer tainly a fact, and we advise those who are planting prolific varieties that they may leave the stalks thick er than is usually best for the large one-ear varieties. This, of course, does not mean that they are to leave the stalks unreasonably close. In the section of the South known as the Gulf States, the general com plaint is that the corn is planted too thick, but in the eastern States this, we believe, is not generally the case. It is generally hard for the average man to take out good stalks of corn, but it is absurd to leave more stalks on the ground than the land will support. GOOD QUALITIES OF THE SOY BEAN. Value of the Crop for Hog Feed and for Hay—Plant Now. Messrs Editors: The soy bean fills a long-felt need of tbe Southern farmer. It is the most easily grown of the several crops that stand at the top of the list as food for hogs. It is not a rival of the peanut, the other plant which shares with the soy bean the honor of being the fu ture mainstay of pork production in the South. Both need to be grown on the same farm. A patch of Spanish peanuts planted early and a patch of soy beans grazed while the pods are young, afford support for hogs as early as August. After that time there should be ready for use a succession of Spanish peanuts and soy beans, and for use as late »o ucteuiuer uuu January, mere is the running peanut. Compared with the cowpea, the soy bean is usually a more satisfac tory hog feed, it is richer In food value than the cowpea, but both are rich enough. A greater advantage of the soy bean is the fact that It can be used through a long period in the fall, the shattered seed re maining sound on the ground for a month or more, while cowpeas un der the same conditions would mil dew in the pod, or if shattered, they would more readily sprout. More over, some soils, for example lime prairie lands, do not as a rule pro duce large yields of cowpea seed, the plant tending to run to vine. On prairie soils the soy bean succeeds finely and bears an abundant seed crop, even though the land be so rich or so moist as to cause cow peas to run to vines. Best of all, soy beans are cut and threshed in stead of being picked. The soy bean as a hay plant has not so many points of superiority over the cowpea as when the two are compared as to seed production. Here the strong point of the soy bean is the fact that there Is no tangling in the curing of the hay. But the soy bean Is at a disadvan tage here in making a slightiV more stemmy hay. Moreover, eveh when grown for hay, the soy bean ■Is best planted in rows and cultivated. It may be grown broadcast, but in this case it is necessary to use two bush els of seed per acre, while two to three pecks suffice where soy beans are grown in drills for hay, and even less answers when one aims at seed production. Our experience in sowing soy beans is that on the sandy soil of the Experiment Station farm at Auburn, Ala., and on lime prairie soils the late varieties of soy beaus require no artificial inoculation. In some soils in the east and north it has been found advantageous to inoeulate soy beaus with a very small quantity of soil from an old soy bean field. Among the varieties obtainable from seedsmen, the only one well suited to the Gulf States is the Mam moth, or Late Yellow, also called Southern Yellow. The seed should be grown in the South, as most of them of this variety are. The 1 el low soy beau that is chiefly grown in Kansas is not nearly so well suited as the Mammoth Yellow to this lati tude, the former making here a very small yield of hay and grain. Soy beans are best planted be tween May 1st and June 15tb, but still later sowing can be made for either grain or hay. In trying this plant, one should sow enough to let the rabbits get a good share, for they are fond of the young plauts J. F. DUGGAK, Alabama Experiment Station. Saving Crimson Clover Seed. I have some two or three acres in crimson clover. It Is in full bloom now. 1 want to save the seed if I knew how. We have a mower and hay rake. 1 am fearful we can not rake it. If you can, tell us something about when to cut and how to save the seed, etc. L. J. H. N. (Answer by Prof. W. F. Massey.) You can cut the clover as soon as the heads are mature, and cure it in windrows. You can then flail out the seed in the rough, and can sow them without cleaning, for the clover hull er is a very expensive machine, and one would hardly pay on a single farm, as they cost about $400. Here, where every one grows seed of crim son clover, the huller is owned by men who travel around with an en gine and clean for every one. But you can sow the seed in the rough by using about 40 pounds per acre, which will be about 15 pounds of clean seed. Notes on Colton Culture. Messrs. Editors: The cultivation of cotton should be shallow and in tensive. More cotton has been stunt ed and ruined by deep cultivation than in any other way. The feed roots should never he molested with the plow; they are the means by which the plant receives Its support, and should not be molested or torn off. Shallow cultivation conserves or holds the moisture; deep cultivation turns the moisture loose, tears of the rootB and dwarfu »h<, ton should be at leaHt 3 feet between the rows and 15 inches In the drill on upland; 4-foot rows and 2 to 3 feet in the drill on bottom lands. JNO. O. ALLEN. Gilmer, Texas. Th« old saying. “No on7 Is so far from market us he who has nothing to sell,” is all right In theory but wrong in practice. He who has noth ing to sell Is not vitally interested in markets. A much ibetter thought would be, "No one lls so far from market as he who cali not get there In bad weather.”—tow ell Kouude bush, New Ricbmomi Ohio. I Low-Down Handy Wagons Did yon aver notice how much time tavo men could losegnltie t * * the field toload n high wagon —one wnltlnir on Ihe otlierf One man with u h>w Itown llnndy Wagon would have the load lin 1 f o n Iwfore the two men get started, (jet our free catalogue. Hl»m METIL WHEEL CD., BOI 68. milll, |U. Com/toao For Salt New Era. C..K. Whippoor will. Unknown. I- 60. f. o. h. Canton. Mam moth Soy Beans, imj>orted from Manchuria, M.fiO a bushel. All perfectly sound and pure and abso lutely free of weevil. Apply to MISSISSIPPI STATE BANK. Canton. Mow. N. L. WILLET SEED CO., Augusta, Ga. 6.000 Bushels Planting Cotton Seeds All Leading Kindt—High Grade. FORAGE SEEDS—Large amounts— Cowpeas, Velvet Beaus, Soy Beans, Peanuts, etc, Mexican June Heed Corn About SObu* Oarefulljr aelrrted rsra, and nubbed. 11.00 for perk. 11.50 for half bu.. f.1.7!. for bu. V. P.8TU.I, A SON. • - Srmitobia. Mi»*. FOR SALE Genuine Tennessee Red Cob Corn $1.50 per bushel, f. o. b. Memphis, Tenn. Tucker-Moaby Seed Co. 44 So. Front St.. Memuhis. Tenn. II GEORGIA CASE EEKD tOR RALE Produoaa a wrap which many prater to that made ol Ixmlalana cane; m a lira Oltr per cent, more than aorghum- Heat eubetltute lor boll weavll cotton The laed It produoea para the coat ol ralelng; a aura crop anr rear. Price—1 bo.. K.OO; Vk bu.. *L#0: I peek. fa-IO; 1 cal, tl.OO.f. o. b. Raymond. Miaa. Addreaa, Jeaaamine Syrup Perm, . _ Cara ol W. Cat.vm Wai.ua. 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