Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-15
The Milwaukee Special Temper
arily Tied Up by the Snow
Blockade at Manila
FARMERS MUCH INTERESTED
Attendance at the Various Stopping
Points Was Good in Spite of the
Cold Weather-charts Used by the
Lecturers = Trip May Last Six
Weeks.
Special to Times-Republlcan.


seed corn special train, which started
out of Des Moines Monday on it's trip
over the Milwaukee system in Iowa
to preach the gospel of corn, was
snow bound here Tuesday. The Mil
waukee also had two passenger trains
snow bound near Herndon and another
train at Arion.
The railroad officials say that there
is no coal on the Milwaukee line be-
cept the little that is left in the sheds,
at Perry and Coon Rapids. The coal
situation is now regarded as serious by
the officials and no immediate relief is
In sight.
An effort will be made to get the
corn special north today, but the fur
ther progress of the train is now quite
uncertain.
Charter Oak, Feb. 15.-The Milwau-
cluded it's first day of good seed gos-
pei lool aI NAdIillei ShOuuiy SNcHlISS
where after a night meeting the train
laid over until Tuesday, when it start
ed south in the direction of Yorkshire,
the first town out Of Council Bluffs.
The train then doubled back to Man.
lila, where it was stalled by the bliz-
Zard.
AT the meeting Monday night the
opera house in Manila, a very credit
able hall. was filled with an audience
of farmers who had faced stiff wind
and below zero weather that they
might CLEAN information as to the bet
tering of the corn conditions in the
state. These were addressed first by
George Wells, secretary of the Iowa
Grain Dealers Association, on the
method of grading corn at Chicago and
other markets, and the necessity for
raising good corn to secure the best
prices and create the demand from GER
cal and glucose manufacturers who de-
mand the better grades. He was fol-
lowed by Professor Holden and Pro-
lessor Jones.
Farmers Drive Dozen Miles.
The meetings Monday, despite the
prevailing low temperatures were
SIGelGu Will dlleIlltuICSo llletI elL Si1l
stations filled the two audience cars,
and required that Professor Jones adj
dress the overflow in the second car.
At many stations farmers were heard
to say that they had driven a. dozen
miles to attend the meeting. At all the
stops the most intense interest was
manifested and the closest attention
prevailed. Many questions were asked,
showing the determination of the
farmers to learn. The topic every
where was the careful selection Of
grains from ears selected for seed,
and the testing of them in terminating
boxes to make certain they will grow
when planted, and the grading of the
kernels by sizes after selections have
been made to assure the best results
in dropping of the kernels and the Sc
curing of uniform stand.
They Use Charts.
Professors Holden and Jones pro-
ninety-one fields, which showed that not
to exceed 50 per cent of the stand was
secured and that by proper tests and
selections of seeds as shown by exper-
mental work, carried on at the agri-
cultural college and elsewhere, that it
could be increased to 80 per cent, or
that an increase of nearly 100,000,000
acres in the crop secured from the
present acreage of 100000 acres, or
that the same yield now secured cam
by following the proper methods, be
secured from 100000 acres. leaving
the other 100000 now utilized for
corn to be devoted to other crops. They
urged the elimination of barren stalks
to aid in this, because of the fact that
the pollen from these stalks fertilize
the producing stalks and deract from
the strength of the corn, and the exer-
else of care by the cultivation apart
from the fields of corn intended for
seed purposes
At Bagley 1874 farmers attended the
meeting. At the point there is corn
club, and intense interest is manifested
there in the securing of the grades and