‘Ihe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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When he came back to the house the 
fiddle was still wailing. 
“The days go by like a shadow on the 
heart; 
Xo matter, ’twill never be light! 
The day must come when the darkies 
have to part 
Then mv old Kentucky Home—good 
night! ” 
The girl was dancing with Hilly and 
Hick was on the lawn looking in through 
the window. The young man braced him¬ 
self. walked up to Dick and held out his 
hand. Blit Dick got it out first: 
“[ congratulate you. old man! She 
told me, and I ought not to tell you. I 
can't say, ’She's gone with a handsomer 
man.' but. she says that above all things 
she admires a self-made man. I never 
can be one. I congratulate you!” 
You see. this young fellow was a poor 
mind-reader, and simply substituted his 
own imagination for the girl's thought. 
Then he lost faith in himself. 
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You may think it strange that a scarred 
old veteran should go back to such things 
for illustrations, but this is a great 
thought - and I want to get it into the 
minds of our younger people. Most of 
ns are whipped before we enter the ring 
through our inability to read the thoughts 
of others fAirly or to have faith in our 
friends. Why not go through the world 
looking for the good in others? It may 
in some eases seem a hopeless task, but 
we shall help find it, mul perhaps help 
make it. by hunting for it—and expecting 
to liud it. And here is the key of it all. 
We shall read good or evil in the minds 
of others just about as we print it in our 
own brain with the ink of motive and the 
pen of thought. if. w. c. 
Notes on “Mixed" Seed Corn 
If one plants corn that has a few ker¬ 
nels of another variety on the ear, and if 
those kernels- are picked out. and the 
kernels of the original type seem perfect, 
will the next crop of corn show mixed 
or will it be true to name? J, E. D. 
Whether or not mixing or crossing of 
different varieties of corn can be detected 
in the seed immediately resulting from the 
cross-pollination depends upon the char¬ 
acters of the corn grown in proximity. 
The three common differences hi corn 
which usually show up on crossing are 
yellow seeds as contrasted with white 
seeds, purple or black seeds as contrasted 
with white or yellow seeds, and the 
smooth, opaque starchy seeds of field va¬ 
rieties compared with the wrinkled trans¬ 
lucent seeds of sweet corn. Now. when 
any two varieties carrying any of these 
three contrasted characters are crossed, 
the first condition mentioned always shows 
up. whereas the .second is suppressed for 
the time being. That is, white varieties 
pollinated by yellow will have yellow 
seeds, while the cross made the other way 
will not show, as the hybrid yellow-white 
seeds are still yellow like the pure yellow. 
Sometimes the cross of white on yellow 
makes light-colored seeds with a white 
cap that are sufficiently distinct so that 
they can be detected. On the other hand, 
white seeds crossed by yellow are some¬ 
times so pale in color that they are not 
noticed. In.the same way purple shows 
up on any other variety, and starchy field 
corn always slioys up on sweet corn. 
On the other hand, pollen from white 
varieties lias no immediate visible effect 
cm purple or black corn, and no sweet 
variety will show on field varieties unless 
it carries some dominant color character, 
like yellow or purple, which the field va¬ 
riety does not have. Although cross- pol¬ 
lination does not show flit' first year, it 
probably will the year following on the 
plants grown from the hybrid seeds. 
fVlien the characters are such that the 
cross-pollination shows up clearly, then 
the off-type seeds can be discarded, and 
the remaining seeds are wholly unaffected 
h.v the foreign pollen. Sometimes it is 
useful to have varieties of distinct type, 
ns then several varieties can he grown 
side h.v side and the seed kept pure from 
.'ear to year. For example, it is possible 
to grow yellow sweet corn, like Golden 
I mil tain, a purple, sweet corn, like Black 
•Mexican, and a white popcorn near each 
ether. Cross-polliuation will take place 
and give a variety of seeds of each type, 
•ml when saving seed the starchy or 
purple crossed seeds can be discarded from 
1 yellow or sweet corn, the yellow or 
stimdiy crossed seeds removed from the 
imrph- sweet, corn, although it will be 
• 11 !i<-"]t to see the yellow color underneath 
. 1,1 purple, but this can be seen by mak- 
n| g a shallow out in the surface of the 
Sl 11 s, and finally the purple or yellow 
crossed seeds can he seen on the white 
popcorn. 1 he important point is that 
the char a Hern brought in by the cross- 
"llinat.on are sufficiently clear-cut. then 
i oii-iype seeds can he removed and the 
o 
fear. Rut 
are such that they do 
or only indistinctly, then 
possibility that tile effects of 
show up in late 
irinainiug seed used without 
n the characters 
""t show un 
there is the 
crossing will 
th 
m. ° ",T up iii inter years. 
tlms,.' J.IV- ’!? ni Is „ furt her complicated in 
,. a|N V'M'ieties of corn which have red 
Pericnr,! ' V mirs in t,u ‘ hulls or 
them's. “ f ,l ':’ 'T‘ <ls - i "" 1 1,ot >" the seeds 
ci... . . • • ^ hell such color is m-Psinnt 
f heinseives, 
•lie whole 
t'olor is 
immediately, WB IIlt . „ 
hints with uncolored 
later years 
such color is p 
ear shows it. usuallv. 
uot affected bv 
in 
esc nt 
This 
. cross-pollination 
is the other colors are, but 
ears will show up 
n. F. JONES. 
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