The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-30

bama Polytechnic Institute in Auburn.
 Prof. F. M. Wilcox, of Auburn. ad- dressed the meeting on Corn Judg- ing" He gave some methods of i'm creAsing the production of corn.
 Corn Growing n Alabama. x Professor Wilcox quoted some fg- ures of the yield in Alabama and oth- CT States in the past, saying that un- less there could be no moro production to the acre 1t would seem unprofitabie to grow the grain.
 Sample ears of earn have been coi- lected by the speaker from various parts of the State and the germina- tion of all of them was tested. They all showed that the germination could be increased by breeding the corn. In some of the samples were found ears of no germinatisn.
 Advice was given to select seed carefully. Low vitality of corn last and storing. The corn should not be gathered until well matured on the stalk There. will be a percentage of water which in the storage injures itself. Of course. even when matured. on the stalk. the corn contains mois- ture but 1t Is reduced to minimum.
 Reference was made to large farms in Illinois, where the owners have built large storage houses for seed corn. and scientific processes are em- ployed for breeding the corn. Meth ods of regulating the temperature and ventilation were told of. The water is evaporated from the seed-corn.
 The members were cautioned against fake" seedsmen, who sell shell-corn. The speaker said ne puts no confi- dence in any label of shelied corn. Seed corn should be bought on the ear The best seed corn has been bred under the care of Professor Wilcox in two years. Samples of high-bred corn were exhibited to the delegates.
 The tendency of the Southern cli- mate Is to grow big stalks, but minimum or grain. The belief was ex- pressed that corn could be brought from any one State to the other and abundantly grown in another State on kindred types of soil.
 Prolific corn should not be planted on worn-out, upland soils. The rule stands conversely for the bottom lands
 In breeding corn 1t should be re- membered there Is no such individu- ality as in cattle breeding. For this reason not so much discrimination is necessary in corn-breeding.
 There is a good deal of false pride fin high corn. Unless you are grow ing corn for ensiiage, a middle height corn type should be selected for the breeding.
 ] Breeders should not be misled by large -sized cobs. The percentage of corn production in weight. in propor- tion to the cob's weight, Is larger on a long and medium-sized cob of some nine inches than on cob of big cir- conference.
 The breeding should be done on corn which does not compacf1y fit the cob. Definite decision should be made as to whether yellow corn on a red cob or white corn on a white cob, etc. The kernels should be of uniform shape.
 Here President B. B. Conner. of the Alabama Railroad Cdnmissonn, ap- peared in the meeting. He listened at- tentively to the discussions. He Is a member of the Association of long standing.
 The pedigrees of corn are as closely defined as in animals. according to of breeds with performance records of four years behind them and none of them insure a yield of less than ninety bushels per acre.
 The declaration was made by Pro- lessor Wilcox that on a given soil in Alabama he could with ample oppor- tunities increase in five years the pro- duction of corn three-fold over the years previous. He would employ the modern methods of breeding.
 Election of Onicers.
 Chairman W. c. Little, of Living ston, at this juncture was allowed the floor for a report of the committee on resolution that was named Tues day night by the president. He re- ported the nominations of Dr.e O. A. Cary, of Auburn, for president: w. l.. Thornton, of Talladega, as secretary; and J. s. Kernachan, of Florence. as treasurer, for the ensuing year. These gentelmen were unanimously elected.
 pr. Cary called the attention of the body to the fact that the proceedings of the Association this year will be printed complete for the first time in its history. Advertisements will be received to make up part of the pamphlet containing the report.
 The meeting then adjourned until 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon for the final session.