1908. 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
973 
“COBLESS CORN.” 
I am sending you a clipping entitled 
“Cobless Corn.” If it is the real thing 
perhaps a little investigation might de¬ 
velop something that would be of inter¬ 
est to your many readers. Should it 
prove to be only another “Alaska 
Wheat” fake it surely deserves a little 
newspaper notoriety. w. c. b. 
Elgin, Ill. 
R. N.-Y.—The clipping mentioned fol¬ 
lows : 
And now it is the eobless corn. A year 
ago II. J. Sconce and Taylor Garlougli, of 
HYBRID BETWEEN ORDINARY CORN 
AND TEOSINTE. Fig. 405. 
Vermillion County, purchased a quantity 
of seed corn in Indiana. In the shipment 
was a freak ear, which, instead of the 
ordinary cob, had a core of husk, the grains 
being neatly wrapped on the soft founda¬ 
tion like peas in a pod. Mr. Sconce was 
impressed with the novelty of the find ana 
decided to plant all the kernels found on 
the freak ear. To his surprise, the ears 
produced this Fall wore found to be exact 
reproductions of the single ear. He has 
decided to plant more of the corn next 
year, and will endeavor to improve it. The 
ears produced this year yielded as much 
corn as those provided with cobs, while 
the kernels were large and solid. The 
ears were well filled, kernels even growing 
among the silk. The freak ears were placed 
on exhibition at a counlry fair at Sidell 
last week, and attracted much attention. 
Several articles like the above have 
been going the rounds. Wc shall not be 
got a few grains of this hybrid seed 
which was accidentally crossed. At any 
rate it is not of practical value and no 
reader of The R. N.-Y. should pay high 
prices for the seed. 
Crimson Clover in Southern Ohio. 
IF. S-, Waverly , O .—Can I sow Crimson 
clover after the last cultivation of the 
corn, cut it for hay and put in corn again 
next. May following? It is mostly flood 
land, and I would like to have something 
on it in Winter. I have plenty of other 
grass land. 
Ans. —Crimson clover ought to 
thrive in your latitude, but we would 
not guarantee it on such land. If 
you can get it through the Winter 
you can cut a fair crop of hay and 
turn the stubble under for another corn 
crop. If this land is flooded in late 
Winter or Spring the chances are the 
clover will be killed. 
Force Pump at Long Range. 
IF. A'., Sandbarn, ln<l. —J. E. II., Kinzers, 
I’a., will find no trouble in his proposed 
pumping outfit. A neighbor of mine is 
drawing water with a force hand pump. 
Ills well is 194 feet away and at the foot 
of a hill. The pump is at barn lot. The 
pump cylinder is about 27 or 28 feet above 
the level of water in well. If you want 
pipe below frost line use a pump with 
three-way cut-off. My farmhouse of three 
rooms is going to be heated by the follow¬ 
ing system: I have a heating stove. I 
am going to make a water coil of %-inch 
galvanized pipe and pass it either through 
the bowl of the stove or out at the bot¬ 
tom ; then through the wall to spare room, 
and to a radiator; then to the kitchen to 
a supply tank or a barrel. This barrel 
is to have an escape by way of 14 -inch pipe 
the flow pipe going out at bottom of tank 
and return coming in about center. Barrel 
is to be tapped with faucet high enough to 
insure plenty of water in pipes, and to be 
just higher than radiator. If there should 
be any danger in this please mention it. 
Ans. —This plan seems entirely prac¬ 
tical and safe if properly put in. Such 
coils are much in use hereabouts as 
auxiliary heaters in hot-air furnaces, 
and give a lot of satisfaction, as they 
take heat where it cannot be carried in 
hot-air pipes. They also utilize much 
waste heat. I take it for granted that 
W. K. understands that the cold water 
goes into the coil at the bottom and 
the hot water rises through the top, 
flowing upward all the time to the radia¬ 
tor and then to the tank he plans, 
which must at all times have a water 
level above the radiator top. The great 
secret of a successful hot water system, 
surprised to see this “cobless” boomed 
like Alaska wheat or Seedless apple. 
We can find nothing definite about this 
freak. Dr. B. Galloway thinks it may be 
the same as “pod corn.” A picture of 
this is given at Fig. 460. It is a dis¬ 
tinct type, and is sometimes cultivated 
as a novelty. It cannot compete with 
ordinary corn in practical value. Dr. 
Galloway also says that a hybrid be¬ 
tween ordinary corn and Tcosinte is 
often reported. A picture of such 
hybrid is shown at Fig. 465. These men 
who talk about “cobless” corn may have 
large or small, is to have the flow and 
return pipes so graded that there is no 
interruption to the circulation of the 
water, and no air pockets. A little air 
pocket will stop the working of the sys¬ 
tem in a surprising manner. With the 
water above the coil and radiator a re¬ 
lief pipe in the tank to let off any steam 
that might accumulate ‘would insure 
safety. Get a good free circulation of 
water and fix it so there can be no 
accumulation of steam at any point, and 
it will work and be safe. 
W. H. MILLER. 
The Use of Commercial Ferti¬ 
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Commercial fertilizers are coming 
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agricultural colleges, more than ever 
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users. The reason for this is that they 
vary as to consistency. Some of the 
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and sticky. Then, too, 'commercial 
fertilizers arc affected by atmospher¬ 
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