Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
HoRT1cuLruRIsrs MEET.
Proceedings Of Maryland Society
Corn Breeders Association in Session.
Correspondence Of The Evening stat

Special Correspondence Of Tie Evening Star.
HYATTSvILLE, December %, 1904.
Prominent horticulturists from every Sec
ton of Maryland were present yesterday
at the Maryland Agricultural College, when
President A. l.. Towson called the seventh
annual meeting of the State Horticultural
Society to order. Prof. j. B. s. Norton of
the Maryland experiment station, served
at secretary. During the day the visitors
inspected the college building proper and
its various departments. as well as the
state agricultural experiment station, the
latter in charge of Mr.. II. J. Patterson.
The opportunity TO visit the Department of
Agriculture at Washington was accepted
by many.
The visitors began arriving early in the
morning, but the formal exercises did not
begin until O'Clock in the afternoon. Capt.
Richard w. Sylvester president of the col
lege, welcomed the visitors. declaring that
upon the tillers or the soil. more especi-
ally the horticulturists, depended the
growth and prosperity not only of Mary
land but of the whole country.
Gov. Warfield was scheduled for an ad-
dress but was not present. Mr.. James
Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture. also
unable to attend. and his place was taken
ment of the United States Department of
Agriculture. who gave talk on Small
fruits in cold storage" Mr.. Fulton de-
clared that great improvements had been
made in recent years in shipping and pre-
serving small fruits by use of the cold
storage. Capt. Sylvester, special COM
mittee to investigate the propriety of es-
tablishing fruit eXchans in Baltimol =,
made a report in which he strongly advo-
Gated the project.
At the evening session Prof. w. B.. AL
wood of the Virginia department of hor
ticulture, delivered an address illustrated
by stereopticon views. on THE growing
of an apple orchard" and the evening ses-
sion was closed with remarks by Mr.. Alex
ri jcly nf E>tI11a n no
greSS of truck farming.
The exhibit of fruit and vegetables is one
of the largest in the history OF, the society,
practically every member bringing some
thing from his farm or garden. Prizes are
offered for various products. Prof T. b.
Symons is chairman of committee on eX-
hibits.
The third annual meeting of the Mary
land Corn Breeders Association was also
held in the college building yesterday after
noon, when the following officers were
elected: d. Columbus Kemp, president;
Joseph I. Hopes. vice president; Charles
c. Waters, secretary and treasurer. This
association was formed three years since
and has a membership composed of farm
ers from Frederick, Howard, Hartford,
Montgomery, Baltimore, Prince Georges
and Queen Anne counties. The objects are
declared to be to establish distinct types
and breeds of corn; to encourage and pro-
mote the growing of pure bred corn for
seed purposes; to establish a bureau of in
spection of the product grown by the corn
and breed to the grower; to protect the
farmer who wants to buy pure-bred corn
by informing him of the distinguishing fea-
lures and the names of reliable growers
of the same; to get legislation or do other
necessary acts to protect pure-bred corn
growers, and TO establish scorecard for
each recognized variety of corn.
The officers Of the Maryland agricultural
experiment station are charged with the
duty of selecting all corn used by the sta
ton for corn breeding: to make a chemical
analysis of samples from each plot and to
keep a record of all yields. The members
report a marked Improvement in the yield
and general character of their corn crops
since they began systematic selection of
seed and the proper breeding thereof. Re
suits as high as twenty to twenty-five
barrels to the acre were recorded by some
of the members.