CONCERNING SELECTION
OF SEEDS FOR PLANTING
County Agent R. W. Beck Says
This Item One of If Not
the Greatest Factor for
A Good Yield
There is no one factor that
has more to do with the mak
ing of good yields of corn than
the seed you plant. It matters
not how rich your soil may nat
urally be or how rich you may
make it by the application of
barnyard manure or commer
cial fertilizer, or how thor
oughly you may prepare your
seed bed unless you have per
fectly sound, well matured
seed, adapted to your own cli
mate and soils, you cannot ex
pect large yields.
Poor seed means a poor
stand; a poor stand means a
small yield; a small yield
means no profit; hence labor
i lost, or bad business. Every
body who has had experience
in corn growing has also had
experience i n “replanting”
I corn. There’s a reason for
this having to re-plant and in
nearly every case the reason
is “poor seed.” But you did
not know the seed was poor
until you had planted and then
I it was too late. So every corn
I grower should use the utmost
care in selecting his seed corn
and in testing it for germina
tion before planting.
HOW TO TEST
A simple method of testing
seed corn is to take a box about
the size of an ordinary cracker
box, and cut it down to a depth
of four inches; pack this full
of sand or sawdust and divide
it up into squares of about two
and one half or three inches
each way by means of a twine
string running each way and
fastened to small nails in the
edge of the box. This forms a
sort of checkerboard arrange
1 ment.
Each square should be num
bered from 1 up; each ear of
corn should be numbered to
correspond with the square.
Six kernels should be taken
from each ear, two near the
butt, two from the middle, and
two from the tip, from two dif
ferent rows. Place these in the
squares, the germ side up, and
cover with a damp cloth and
place in a room with a temper
ature between 50 and 60 de
grees. Keep there for six or
seven days. The cloth should
be kept moist but not wet.
The germination test may then
be read.
Those ears that do not show
a strong germination should
be discarded. For instance, if
two of the six kernels of any
particular ear did not show a
strong germination, I Would
discard that ear. Get perfect
germination and that will
mean a perfect stand. A J
feet stand of corn, with other
conditions being right, means
large yields and large yield*
mean more profit.
THE VARIETIES
Now as to what variety you
should grow: The Experi
ment Station at Fayetteville in
forms us as follows:
For east central and south
Arkansas the following vari
eties are recommended: White
Wonder Boone County White,
St. Charles White for ordinary
to good conditions, particular
ly m northeast Arkansas*
Johnson County White and
Hildreth Yellow Dent for soils
good to high fertility; Chis
holm and Surecropper for soils
ordinary to light fertility
Huffman for soils of high fer
tility. Mosby’s Prolific and
Marlboro Prolific for soils or
dinary to high fertility.
If you desire any furthur in
formation, or wish to buy any
of the above named varieties,
write or call,
Yours Respectfully,
R. W. BECK, Co. Agt.,
McCrory, Arkansas.
NOTICE OF ESTRAY
State of Arkansas
County of Woodruff |
To Whom It May Concern:—
Notice is hereby given that
on the 30th day of January,
1918, in the Township of De
View, County of Woodruff, I,
the undersigned, took up as an
estray, a certain bay filly colt,
described as follows, to wit:
white spot in fore head and
white on the nose, about one
year old,past, no marks or
brands.
That said stock has been
duly advertised in accordance
with Section 7848 of Kirby’s
Digest; that it has been duly
appraised at $35.00 by apprai
sers appointed by A. J. Stapp,
a justice of the peace within
and for the state and county
aforesaid.
That bond has been made
and all things necessary under
the estray laws have been done
up to this time and this notice
is given in accordance with
Section 7848 of Kirby’s digest
of which all parties will take
notice.
In testimony whereof, wit
ness my hand on this, the 14th.
day of February, 1918.
Adv.lt. J. H. PROCTOR
Take Children Out of Danger
If you saw a child on a rail
road track you would endeav
or to remove the little one from
danger. When a child is
“snuffling” or coughing, isnt
it your duty to get him out o
danger of severe conse
quences? Foley’s Honey and
Tar gives relief from cougns,
colds, croup and whoopm&
cough. Contains no °P15tfs’
Red Cross Drug Co. Aa
Hon. H.M. Woods, a leading
attorney of this county,
over fromAugusta Tuesday
legal business.
OUR SERVICE
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i ;
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I
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You can’t afford to risk any
implement uncertainty. In
ferior implements will mean
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implements gives. Remember,
the extra bushels and extra
tons will mean a lot this year
—much more than enough to
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See before you buy.
Be sure that an implement is
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Our service prevents costly
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That way of buying will
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year that is coming.
Drop in the next time you
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“The House on the Corner with Prices on the Square”
McCrory, Arkansas