Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station (1909) (14802340533)

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Title: Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station

Year: 1909 (1900s)

Authors: North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station

Subjects: North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Agriculture

Publisher: (Raleigh, N.C.?) : Board of Agriculture

Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library

Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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cclima-tized, which usually requires from two to three or more years. We havehad many striking instances of this fact in our tests of varieties of cornbrought from the Northwestern States. None of these varieties havedone very well with us, although they are the most prolific ones in theNorthwest. This is the reason that it is urged, in another part of thisBulletin, that the history of all seed corn purchased be ascertained fromthe dealer. Neither is it prudent to buy seed corn that was grown inthe extreme South, for it, being accustomed to a longer growing periodthan we have in North Carolina, will be liable to be caught by frostand thereby give a diminished yield of immature grain, especially if coolweather comes early in the fall. The small yield of the Northwesterncorns, on the other hand, being accustomed to a shorter growing periodthan we have, is led to mature at an earlier period than is conducive tothe largest yields in our climate. SOME FACTORS IN SUCCESSFUL CORN GROWING. 27

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(1) (2) (3) —Poor and Well-shaped Ears: (I) Too much space between grain-rows and poorlyfilled at tip; (2) Ear undersized; and (3) Well-shaped ear. 28 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. FIELD SELECTION OF SEED. The proper place to select seed corn is in the field, at or just beforegathering time, and select from stalks that have the most shelled cornper stalk, as such seed will tend to produce an increased yield in thenext years crop. Any method of seed selection that does not take theplant as a whole into consideration is not going to lead to the best re-sults ; for the stalk and leaves, which are the manufactory of the plant,determine to a considerable extent the size and quality of the ears. Inall our results it has been observed that those varieties which have gen-erally been the best yielders are those which produce more than one earper stalk. Ears of medium length and size are preferable to the longand large ones, because the latter were generally either produced onstalks

Годовой отчет сельскохозяйственной экспериментальной станции Северной Каролины, 1909 г. книжные иллюстрации ботаника садоводство сельское хозяйство высокое разрешение изображения из интернет-архива Северная Каролина

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