Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-21
Hi 3 ST CORN.

things during the past score of years.
Of nothing may she be mere proud
OF the fact that she has been the
f1rst to have q professor spread
abroad throughout the state the COS
pei OF good, healthy seed corn. Pro
lessor Holden of Ames last year made.
q tour through the state, travelling on
several different lines and featuring at
every station to crowds of. farmers. It
was interesting to learn that the till
ers OF the soil, instead Of scoflng at
the college professor, who esteemed
himself wise enough to tell them how
to conduct their own farms. they at
the lectures en- masse, listened
attentively, asked questions in good
faith and profited by the advice given
by Professor Holden from his store OF
scientific knowledge of farming. The
result was that Iowa had a record
breaking crop of corr and got a record
breaking price for 1t.
Now, throughout the big corn belt
OF the United States corn specials will
be run by the various railroads. Pro
fessor Holden has his time engaged
far ahead and many others who are
yersed along the lines he has studied
n mastered will take other trains
and go out among the people to spread
the gospel OF orn Mr.. Holden is the
highest authority on the subject in the
world and his advice is valued and val
liable. An article by H. M. C~ottrell,
reviewing the progress of the science
OF growing corn in several states and
the benefits derived from the expert
ments in different states is Of interest
In this connection. Mr.. Cottrell says:
In 1900 the Iowa experiment sta
ton grew nineteen leading varieties
OF corn. Reid's Yellow Dent yielded
1908 bushels per acre, while another
variety gave a yield of only h2.5 bush
els per acre. In another year. In a
test of fifty varieties Of corn at this
station, The best variety yielded sew
enty-fve bushels per acre, the poor
est variety thirty bushels.
"The Illinois experiment station
found In a ~five-year test of thirteen Sc
lected varieties Of corr that the best
variety yielded 25.6 bushels Of corn
per acre yearly more than another
good variety. In a test n year Of
seventy-two varieties of corn that
were offered for sale by seedsmen the
best variety yielded seventy-flve bush
els per acre more than the poorest
variety.
"At the Indiana experiment. station,
in a test Of twenty-five good varieties
of corn, the best variety yielded thirty
five bushels e acre more than the
lowest yielding good variety.
"In a five-year test of thirty-six
standard varieties of corn, the
Kansas experiment station found
that the best variety yielded
an average of twenty-four bush
els per acre per year more
than the poorest variety; soil and ex-
pense Of raising the same for both.
The Missouri experiment station
made a test Of forty-one varieties of
corn in q dry year and found that the
best variety yielded thirty bushels per
acre more than the poorest sort. In. a
good corn year this station tested fifty.
six varieties, the best yielding sixty.
eight bushels more corn per acre than
the poorest. /.
"In a test of twenty varieties Of corr
the Nebraska experiment station found
that the best variety yielded sixty.
three bushels per acre more than the
poorest variety.
THE Ohio experimental station, in q
test of se%venty-six varieties. found a
difference in yield of seventy-eight
bushels per acre"
These tests made by the experiment
stations of the seven leading corn
states Of the union show most force,
fully the great difference in the yields
of different varieties of corn and
should convince every corn grower
that it will pay him to make as care
full selection Of the variety of corr he
uses for seed as he would of a bull to
head a pure bred herd.