. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 406 MAIZE MAIZE than other grains, corn does not figure so promi- nently in our export trade. Nearly all of it is fed to stock on the farms where it is produced. Only 4 per cent of the amount grown in the United States is shipped to other countries as corn and corn meal. It is used for the most part on the. Fig. 615. Examining the germination box to see how the com is sprouting. It is not enough that the Isemels simply sprout: they should show strong germin
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 406 MAIZE MAIZE than other grains, corn does not figure so promi- nently in our export trade. Nearly all of it is fed to stock on the farms where it is produced. Only 4 per cent of the amount grown in the United States is shipped to other countries as corn and corn meal. It is used for the most part on the. Fig. 615. Examining the germination box to see how the com is sprouting. It is not enough that the Isemels simply sprout: they should show strong germinatiou. (Holden.) farms for fattening cattle and hogs for exportation and home use. It is well for the future of American farming that this custom prevails so generally. A removal of the corn from the farms would much more quickly deplete their fertility. The feeding .of it on the farms is the chief means of retaining their fertility. Consideration of the seed. In order to produce a successful corn crop it is necessary that attention be given to the selection of seed the fall previous to the year in which the good crop is expected. The opinion is rather prev- alent that if a good stand is obtained, it matters little by what method the required number of stalks is secured. The stand is sometimes obtained by planting a larger number of kernels per hill than the number of stalks desired. This method is not advisable for two principal reasons: First, such a method is sure to result in an uneven distribution of the plants in the field; and second, if the seed germinates poorly, so that it is necessary to plant more than the number expected to grow, it is cer- tain that the seed that does grow will have been reduced in vitality by the same conditions that caused the other grains to fail. One endeavoring to produce successful crops of corn must bear in mind that within each kernel is a partially developed corn plant differentiated into the part that grows into the stalk and that which
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