The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-01-12

evening sessions will be found on the
seventh page.
| Wednesdays sessions were yerv prac.
tical ones, starting with Corn" by c.
A. Tyler, of Nottawa. He said corn
was the most important crop raised by
farmers. 1t was of greater value than
all the other cereals combined; greater
tnan wheat and cotton crop combined
800 100000 bushels were raised iri 1865
ana the value in the raw condition was
tSl'29o 100000. When manufactured Il
was worth two billion dollars. If it was
all IN one pile it would be a half mile
In diameter and third of a mile biga
loaded In wagons they would extend II
tlmes around the globe, and in cars
once around the globe and 1900 cars
over~ Corn has the greatest number of
uses and is grown over the widest area.
Every one knows of the corn belt
ol1o' Indiana, Illinois, Iowa-but in
hahsas' the banner wheat state. the
corn crop is worth two and one.half
times as much as the wheat. Cotton is
known as king in Texas. Yet the corn
crop Is SO great that it is the ace: the
yield OF corn in New England. states
whlch we think Of as barren land. is 131
bushels per acre greater than in tba
corn belt;Nevada had four million bpsb:
els to sell The crop is less subiect 70
manipulation than any other, and but
J Twice have attempts been made TO corner
1t and both have been terrible failures
| 10 grow corn the land must he fertita
in good condition, and moisture must be
conserved. The most important factor
Is the seed; it should be selected abont
September first; cut the stalks with sba
seed ears on, so that all the good of
them can be drawn into the kernel
By careful breeding the successfnnl
grower had reduced the proportion of
barren stalks. On one farm the per-
centage had been lowered from II ner
cent In 1900 to 8 per cent in 19O1S = ner
cent in 1902, in 1903. 3 in 1904 and
per cent in 1905 Every farmer can do
the same by careful selection of seed
and attention to the now well known
methods of preparing the soil and cult.
vation. The discussion was led bv N
n. Potter after short talk by Prof J.
a. Jeffrey. of the M. A. G. Mr.. Potter
covered many points, giving about the
same thoughts that he did at the Ban
croft institute, a report Of which was
given In THE TIMES several weeks ago
Mrs. &c. NJ. Partch, of Armada ar.
rived late, and having to leave on q
Train, gave but a few minutes to the
subject of Poultry She said her
IDEAS were in refrence to poultry raised
on the farm for profit, not on fancy
breeding The most important thing
was to secure hardy and healthy hens
ana the best layers Formerly COW
That produced $50 lbs of butter was the
best on the farm. BY breeding and
care in handling the average had been
raised to 300 Formerly hen was ex.
pected to lay but SO eggs year; now
the limit was 200. This has been
brought about by selecting eggs for set
ting from the best layers, handling the
eggs carefully: feeding dry not sloppy.
sour food to the chicks; feed first when
chicks are 4S hours old, using cat meal
or cracked wheat; use a little sand, see
that they get something green, separate
the cockerels from the pulletsapd shut
up those for fattening at four months
old. Pullets should lay in the fall; and
in order to secure eggs in winter have
warm hen house-warm enough so
water will not freeze, with plenty Of
fresh air. Kill all diseased fowls; do
not feed too much corn. For farm pur-
poses the Plymouth Rocks are the best
because they are good layers and also
make best food; the Leghorns are good
layers but not so good for food the
Wyandottes are also good for food and
as egg producers.
The subject was not discussed. A
ANN Noo uoNObCu w COIu ulS-
cussion and it seemed to be the opinion
of majority that the check rover was
best for planting corn, and that three
kernels should be used to the hill; that
corn silage was very valuable and the
silo would rapidly become permanent
thing on all farms.
The question box was opened and
half hour given to answering those
presented. E. j. Cook stated that corn
should be raised for the corn and not
for the silage, but that the silo could
be filed from any variety of corn rased.
Mr.. Tyler, who had charge of the an
swering advised cultivating corn deep
at first and then more shallow later.
The class of sheep to raise was that kind
one liked best.
Claude Martin sang, when the
morning glories twine around the door,
being heartily applauded. Miss Flo
rence Greenwald recited in an interest
ing way the story of the deacons visit
to Samantha Simpkins' when looking
for a wife. Miss Clara Getman sang