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they all get ready at the same time, things are quite likely to result 

 the wrong way. 



This last spring I planted 50 rows from individual ears and made 

 a record of the ears ; I got quite a lot of figures and became very much 

 mterested. I picked out the best fifty ears that I had — those I thought 

 were the best. I find we must not rank our seed too high ; they will 

 not all be perfect. Next year I will breed ears from the rows that 

 produced the most corn this year. And if those ears again next year 

 produce the champion rows, then I will begin to think I am getting 

 started in a good line of breeding and that I am going in the right 

 direction. I have kept a record. Ears No. 7 or 8 had 22 rows. I 

 thought that every ear in that row would have 22 rows ; but they had 

 the same number of rows that the general crop had — from 18 to 24; 

 and I began to study that a little more ; saw it was not possible unless 

 the whole patch had been planted for several years with ears of 22 rows ; 

 because it is impossible not to get a cross fertilization in there from ears 

 that had more than 2.2. rows; and even if that was the case, it would 

 probably breed back and get some ears with a different number of 

 rows. 



I made a mistake last year, cutting my corn too soon. Had been 

 used to cutting my corn by hand. I always began just as soon as I 

 could and put up half shocks ; had to do this or it would get too dry ; 

 but this year I used a corn harvester with four mules. If you are not 

 careful you will get up too large shocks in a bundle. We had very 

 wet weather and the corn damaged considerable. I think it is a great 

 mistake to start to cut too soon ; I am satisfied I would have been many 

 dollars ahead if I had waited until later to cut my corn. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Henderson : Has any one present tried a four years' rotation 

 of corn, wheat, clover and timothy. We do not find it a very profitable 

 one in this section of the State; the objection being that we have to 

 plant our wheat after corn, and cannot always get the ground in 

 proper condition after cutting our corn. I would also like to ask what 

 kind of fertilizer has been found best suited for this section when putting 

 in wheat? 



Mr. Smith : I will tell you some of my experience. In 1900, the dry 

 year, was my first experience in raising wheat on corn land. I went in 

 with my disk harrow in the spring and disked the ground, giving it a 

 double disking; and on the 14th of September I sowed 40 acres of wheat. 

 When I harvested that 40 acres I got 28 bushels to the acre on land 

 which it was said would not grow wheat ; then I planted that 40 acres 



