. Agriculture for beginners. thescore. Straight rows from thebutt to the tip are more likelyto have kernels well placed than are crooked or irregular rows. A good rule for scoring is to cutone fourth of a point for furrows that are from one thirty-second to onesixteenth of an inch deep, and one half a point for one-sixteenth-inchfurrows and above. Cut a point for each ear showing open space betweenkernels at the cob. Percentage of Corn to Cob, or Shelling Record. Well-matured cornshould shell from 84 to 87 per cent of grain : that is, a bushel of 70 poundsof ear corn should shell from 58 to 61
. Agriculture for beginners. thescore. Straight rows from thebutt to the tip are more likelyto have kernels well placed than are crooked or irregular rows. A good rule for scoring is to cutone fourth of a point for furrows that are from one thirty-second to onesixteenth of an inch deep, and one half a point for one-sixteenth-inchfurrows and above. Cut a point for each ear showing open space betweenkernels at the cob. Percentage of Corn to Cob, or Shelling Record. Well-matured cornshould shell from 84 to 87 per cent of grain : that is, a bushel of 70 poundsof ear corn should shell from 58 to 61 pounds of grain. This is for goodcorn. The general run of commercial corn when well matured will shellfrom 56 to 57 pounds of grain per bushel. A rule for scoring is to cut theexhibit one point for each pound that it falls short of the accepted stand-ard of shelling for the variety. w ]m ] r- \ ;«H gj n \i i^ ^^H S u LAi ^^L ^^1 Fig. 32. Edge View of Kernels, show-ing Proper and Improper Shapes 42 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS. Fig. 2i3- Schoolkoys Corn-Judging Cuntest CORN PROBLEMS Note. Com rows are ordinarily 3 feet 6 inches apart, and the hills are the samedistance apart in the row. This gives 3556 hills to an acre. A well-matured ear willweigh from 12 to 20 ounces. 1. With two stalks to the hill and with 90 per cent of a perfect stand,how many plants would there be in an 2. How many plants would there be with three stalks to the hill andwith 90 per cent of a perfect stand ? 3. How many plants would there be with three stalks to the hill andwith 7 5 per cent of a perfect stand. 4. How many plants would there be with three stalks to the hill andwith 75 per cent of a perfect stand? 5. Suppose the ears weigh 12 ounces each, that there are threestalks to the hill, and a 90 per cent stand, how many bushels of cornwould there be on an acre? (A bushel of corn on the cob weighs 70pounds, that is, 56 pounds of grain and 14 pounds of cob.) 6. The average acre yield of corn for t
Size: 1950px × 1281px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherbosto, bookyear1904
