The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-04-08

Southern Pines n. G. He describes that place
as typical health resort, we'll patronlzed and
well equipped.
Thanks for your answer to our query last
week. 1t settled the disputation. l..
The ''Corn Special" a Great Success
Hundreds Listen to the Speakers That
Accompanied 1.-THE "Corn Special that
left Baltimore at o'clock on Friday morn
ing March 3lst, over the Maryland and
Pennsylvania Railroad. was in charge OF Mr..
James 8. Norris. general manager Besides
several other railroad and newspaper men
those in the party were Capt. K w: Sylvester,
president of the Maryland Agricultural Col
iege;, DR.. W. T. Tallaferro, professor of agri-
culture in the college; A. d. Shamel, corn ex-
pert Oflthe Department of Agriculture; WV.
Cobbey, Department of Agriculture, tobacco
expert! Dr. H. j. Patterson, director of the
Maryland Experimental Station; William L.
Anioss, director offarmers' institutes; Herman
H. Badenhoop, secretary of the State Bureau of
Immigration; G. Bosley Littig, I. Murray
Maynadier and Leroy Snyder, of the Baltimore
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. Shamel made his first talk at Towson,
those desiring to hear going into the car that
had been arranged for the speaking. The meet
ings were altogether informal and no time was
consumed with preliminaries. Mr.. Shamel is
well equipped for this work, as he possesses the
abilities of speaking in direct manner and
with no hesitation, so that great deal is cover
ed in few minutes. He confined himself to
three main points. which, he said, were of
themselves sufficient to enable any farmer to
increase his corn crop per acre without any
extra capital and little trouble.
II am here this morning." said Mr.. Shamel,
ITO tell you that it costs you more to nave
say is not theory, but is fact, proved oy the ex-
perience of the great cOrn-raising states of the
West The average ye6 OF corn per acre ne Is szn
good ear your yield should be 100 bushels per
acre. and this can be done If you will follow my
advice. The whole thing depends upon three
sFirst t must Select your corn ears by APP
plying q termination test to obtain the ears
whose kernels have the greatest vitality OF
..Second-You must have the grains of uni
form size in each hill.
ted seed, but raise your own seed of selected
grains.
seed corn planted in Maryland lacks the vitality
to sprout. The test is made this way. Twelve
ears of corn will plant one acre: Select double
this number for each acre which you intend to
plant and lay them in a row upon the floor,
where they will not be disturbed. Take knife
and pick out six grains from each ear, and place
these in little pile by the side of the ear from
which they were taken. The best ears to select
from are the cylindrical-shaped ones, with deep
kernels, and which have no space between the
en- box, about four by three. fill this with moist
sawdust or sand, and cover this dust or soil with
q white cloth upon which are marked in pencil
numbered squares, about one and one-halfinches
square.
these squares, numbering the squares to cores
pond to the ears of corn upon the floor. Cover
the whole with another cloth to keep the grains
in place and fill the whole in with another layer
of sawdust. In about week or ten days the
corn will have sprOuted; you then remove the
cloth carefully and note how strongly the grains
high Vitality compare with the ear from which
they came and remove that ear from the lot.
NOW, it may be noticed that when grains OF
corns of unequal size are. planted in the same
hill good results are not obtained; consequent
ly, when you are Smelling your ears divide the
small. Plant these then, three grains in each
hill, and the result will be better.
lastly, to raise your own SEED, take 6U OF
your best ears and plant them in four-acre lot
on the south or west side of your farm. Before
the corn comes to tassel cut out the barren
good ears, and you will find that you will obtain
selected seed" =.
Other meetings followed at the points indi-
Gated in the schedule and number gathered at
all the stations to hear what the speakers had
to say. The last meeting of the day was held
in therailroad station at Belair and the party
spent the Eight in that town. On Saturday
morning the train proceeded on its way and
after making number of stops ended its run
at Red Lion. in York county. 1t is said that
by actual count over 900 persons heard the adj
dresses in the two days and the first Corn
Special in Maryland was declared decided
success.