Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-25
CoNrEorIoUr INpIAN CORN.

The Agricultural Experiment. Sta.
 tton to Make Collection For an
 Exhibit at the Worlds Fair at Chi-
 cago.
 The following important circular, of es- pecial interest to our farmers and others, has just been issued:
 THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL
 EXPERIMENT STATION,
 NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, November, 1891.
 Dear Sir-It is said that larger number of old, well established varieties of Indian corn are grown in Connecticut than in any other state in the Union.
 Some of these have been raised in one place for more than 8 century and during that time have been strikingly improved by selection.
 It is very desirable that specimens of these varieties should be collected, with all available information regarding their names, origin, history, improvement under selection, and actual yield per acre. This is especially so in view of the Columbian exposition at Chicago in 1893, where there should be a fair exhibit of the leading ag- ricultural products of this state. It is also important that full set of samples be kept in the state for the instruction of our citizens.
 The collection should be begun at once, as it cannot well be made complete in one l season. This station, therefore, asks the cooperation of farmers in an attempt to prepare an exhibit of Indian corn which shall do credit to the state. To this end the director invites granges, farmers clubs | and farmers b furnish this station samples l of corn selected from this years crop, of | the varieties which have been raised in Connecticut for term of years, and of new kinds which are considered valuable. l Ten ears of field cured corn (with the 1 husk attached, if possible) should be selected | which fairly represent the average quality | of the variety Besides, four ears of extra size of each variety are desirable. l Each car should be separately wrapped | in plenty of dry paper, and the whole, tied firmly together, should be packed with straw in box; or, if that cannot be done, should be so carefully done up in cotton and stout paper that the ears cannot be in 1 any way injured in transportation. The
 samples may then be sent by express to
 the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment station, New Haven. In all cases the ship l per's name should be enclosed in or marked
 on the package. If several varieties are
 sent together, each variety should be sepa-
 rately labeled with it's name. The station
 will pay the express charges.
 At the time of Forwarding the samples
 fill out and return the following blanks fol
 each variety:
 l 1. Name most commonly used and all othel | names which are sometimes applied.
 9. How long raised by you in your town. | 8. Where Ihe s-ed was first got by you.
 4 Whether it has changed it's habit of growtf
 and how.
 5 Number of rows to ears: of ears to stalk.
 :. Average and maximum height of stalks,
 S. Average yield of shelled corn and of stalk | 9. Yield under very favorable conditions
 10. Planted in hill or drill. Nunber of stalk l in hill. Distance bet~ cen hills and rows, or be | tween plants and rows in drill.
 Il. How manured and cultivated
 12. Any other data regarding the sampl l which the sender thinks important.
 The station will receive and store tn |, 1 samples, will keep with each the sender
 name and address, and all data ragardinl
 the sample, will make such chemical ex , aminations may seem desirable, and vii
 endeavor to have all the samples properl exhibited at the Columbian expo-ition a well as permanently preserved in the sta tion museum.
 In order that the sending of many du , plicate samples may be avoided, it is aske , l that those having corn suitable for the eS 7 hibit will notify the station at once, nam . ing the varieties which they are prepare to furnish. The station will then writ } | in reply, advising whether to send or stat ing that the kind is already suficentl t represented among the samples received c , promised. s. w. JOHNSON, Director. Badly Hurt in West Haven. Frank Thomas, thirty years of age, ws
 badly injured at Welch's coal yard l West Haven yesterday. He was caught i B small coal car while at work and had h ) arm broken, his head cut and his bod bruised. His injuries were attended to b