For more and better corn in the Northwest .. . owing report from the State University farm, which adjoinsour f arm^: April, inches July, inches May, To August 15th, .27 inches June, The corn land was all plowed, packed and harrowed immedi-ately. As weeds had started, some of the earliest plowing wasdouble-disked and harrowed again immediately before began planting on the 12th of May and completed plantingon the 22nd of May. We had planted one hundred acres andharrowed a part of this before it came up. Cultivation wasbegun as soon as the corn was up as the cold w
For more and better corn in the Northwest .. . owing report from the State University farm, which adjoinsour f arm^: April, inches July, inches May, To August 15th, .27 inches June, The corn land was all plowed, packed and harrowed immedi-ately. As weeds had started, some of the earliest plowing wasdouble-disked and harrowed again immediately before began planting on the 12th of May and completed plantingon the 22nd of May. We had planted one hundred acres andharrowed a part of this before it came up. Cultivation wasbegun as soon as the corn was up as the cold weather had delayedits starting promptly and it was necessary to begin cultivationto keep ahead of the weeds. The corn having been plantedwith a check rower, four cultivations with riding cultivatorswere suflBcient to control the weeds and keep the soil in goodshape. Up to July first, when it had the first rain of any con-sequence, the corn made a very slow growth. Previous to thistime we had only small showers which no more than laid Stonue Seed Corn for Winter, Taken on I H O Farm 26 IN NORTH DAKOTA Minnesota Varieties Best The three leading varieties of which we had large fields thatgive the most promise are: Minnesota 23, Minnesota 13, andNorthwestern Dent. The Northwestern Dent matured earlierthan the Minnesota 23 and would be preferable for a silage corn,although the 23 would be more satisfactory from the standpointof grain production. The Minnesota 13 practically all maturedbefore the first killing frost which was on September the unfavorable season and the fact that we did nothave the land fall plowed, the results are entirely satisfactory. 2,000 Bushels of Seed Corn We tested all of the seed carefully which gave us almost aperfect stand. Cultivation kept down the weeds and placed thesoil in proper condition. Practically all of the corn of the threevarieties above mentioned was matured when frost came and byselecting the ripest ears from the st
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