Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-22
Date Fixed for Iowa by State
Agricultural and Indus
trial League
HOLDEN MAKES SUGGESTION
Appeal by League lie Based on sus-
aestion Of lowa's "corn Man. Who
nTells How the Work Should BIO Car
rod Outlay Set Early Enough
to Escape Hard Froezes.

The iowa State Agricultural ana IN
dustrial League, which comprises ia
Its membership many important organ
zations Of the stats. has Fixed Tues
day, October 10. as the date for seed
corn day In Iowa Seed corn day Is
Of education and progress, and Is based
on a suggestion made recently by
Professor p. G. Holden. OF Iowa State
College, "The Corn Man of Iowa"
Professor Holden has outlined his sug-
gestons us to how the work should DO
carried on, which are set forth In CIR
cular issued to the farmers Of the state.
The date is fixed early enough so that
the corn saved for seed will escape the
hard freezes OF November.
The cate fixed, the second Tuesday
IN October vii. be known hereafter IN
Iowa as "seed corn day. and the pro-"
liabilities are that Iowa farmers VIII
look forward to 1t with as much inter-
est as they do their annual Thanks
giving dinner. The league has Issued
thousands Of circulars urging the
farmers to observe the day this year.
III its announcement the league says:
"rhis league does most urgently re-
quest that the farmers, business men
and the press use their utmost lnilu-
ence to establish the second Tuesday
of october to be known annually as
Seed Corn Harvest Day and that the
farmers of Iowa will celebrate that
dag by going into the best of their
fields and harvesting their seed corn.
This appeal is based on the undis-
puted utterance OF Professor Holden
of Arnes, as follows: If every ear OF
corn that is TO be used for seed In
Iowa next year could be harvested
this fall not later than October 10 and
hung up where 1t will dry out thor
oughly before the bitter cold freezes OF
November, 1t would add millions OF
dollars to the wealth of Iowa. +" 4Es
The circular issued by the league
also gives a picture showing the most
advantageous way to dry corn gather
ed on October 10. Eight or ten ears OF
corn could be suspended on strings,
about an ears length apart and these
strings may be hung to the rafters.
Professor Holden says that the way
| to do 1t Is this: Ry
"Let us go into the best and earli-
| est planted fields and select well ma
| tured ears from the most vigorous
stalks, strip off their husks and hang
| in the attic at once, where the circu-
lation of the air Is good and protec-
ton is had from the cold freezins
| weather Of November and December.
On the 228.000 Iowa farms, an aver
age Of about forty acres Is devoted to
the growing Of corn, and while SIX
bushels Of good seed Is sufficient to
plant this, let us abundantly provide
ourselves as some pests may call upon
us to replant, or your neighbor may be
needing some seed. Remember IT
takes only about dozen ears to plant
an acre. Each ear should have spe-
cial care. We most earnestly solicit
your cooperation"
The Iowa State Agricultural and In
dustrial League. which is back Of the
movement for the betterment of seed
corn In Iowa, Is composed of the Iowa
Grain Dealers Association, the Iowa
Corn Growers Association, the Iowa
State Agricultural society, the Iowa
Improved Stock Breeders Association
the Iowa State Dairy Association, Iowa
horticultural Society, Iowa Manufac-
turers' Association, Iowa Brick and
Tile Association and the agricultural
press. c. l.. Watrous, of Des Moines
| is president Of the league, and George
A. Wells, secretary.