Evening journal., 1906-08-24
iOLDEN GRIN
ON MANY FARMS
Sille'S co., L vp This Year
viii Exceed 80 FuSheIS
TO Acre
PRIZES FON ..-.f GROWERS


the silken fringes that set form
[or fashion and tor art. Aye. the
foyal corn. within whose yellow
heart there is Of health and
strength for all nations; greatest
among the manifestations OF the
wisdom of God. that may be seen
IN all the fields or upon the hill
sides or IN the valleys"
DOVER. Aus. 2i-Notwithstanding
Disappointing results this summer ON
ne wet, lowlands, and from too much
ain. the State Of Delaware Is forging
ihead as a corn state.
Instead OF twenty-five bushels Of
orn TO the acre on her 100000 acres
ilanted In corn IN 1904 she is going to
,row thlrty-hve bushels and plant a
larger acreage. She grew In 1905 ex
'ctly 30 and 4-i0 bushels 20 the acre.
ln New Castle and middle Kent she
Is going 20 excel IN corn and there
IRE some beautiful cornhelds.
In Sussex there Is some scalded corn
except on the loNlands where II Is
flooded,
The state Board Of Agriculture
through the medium of the Farmers
Institutes, supported and hnanced by
ihe state for the encouragement OF
scientific agriculture and Horticulture,
has stirred up q campaign Tor Better
and more corn and has offered prizes
for the best twenty cars OF corn ex-
hibited at the various seats Of the
Farmers Institutes IN all three coun-
ties. The results, both in interest and
development OF corn, have been aston
Snlng
,,orn prizes Of 500 in gold for the
orn breeding contests shown by
iho best twenty ears Of corn exhibited
and $50 for the best yield We're or
fercd, but the $50 prlzo for the ylell
was not awarded. There were COM
petitions iI FranlSford. January %
Georgetown, January 2si Milton Janu-
'ry 2fF Milford, January rs; Harrlng-
ton. January &c; Laurel. Janu-
ary 20; Bridgeviile, January 30, Dover.
January Si Smyrna, Februars. 1; Mid
detown, February 2 Newark. Febru-
airy 81 New Castle. February z.
The scale of points used IN judging
this corn was az follows; I, uniformity |
-Ca) tTueness OF type; 90 uniformity !
OF exhibit 2. shane of ear; 3. color !
g. market condition. 8, tips; g. butts
Z, kernel uniformity 8. kernel shape
q. length, 10. circumference: II, space
(a) between the rows; (b) between the |
kernels at cob; - proportion of corn
to cob.
Some OF the finest exhibits OF corn
were those presented by the following
winners OF first cash prizes
w. j. West and j. IT. West, who
divided prizes az Laurel. because OF
remarkable uniformity and ideal na-
ture of their exhibit These farmers
are not related 10 each -othor and live
several miles apart. yet bred and grew
ideal corn. other fine exhibits were
ny winners Horace G. Hickman Of
Frankford; II. r.. Draper of Milton, !
William p. Hopkins OF Milford; S. r. |
Davis OF Bridgeville; J. B Keith OF |
Dover and Daniel Thompson of
smyrna
Great Demand For Product.
The wonders OF the corn plant are
only exceeded. each year. by the in /
nreaslng demand for corn and increas-
.ng usefulness and hi-products that |
are being discovered. The amazing /
sight Of tho development Of Me NAM
moth field of waving corn Is eclipsed /
by the astonishing discoveries Of It's /
Use in modern times when fully /
grown and harvested. II requires over
one thousand words TO describe the 1
different uses, IN the trades and this |
fine arts, 20 which the product Of the |
corn field Is applied solely, beginning /
with the mixing glucose and table /
syrups manufactured from the grain |
ana ending with the celulose for |
purposes manufactured from |
che stalk.
But TO the farmer probably the
greatest value is reaped from the inn /
ncnse food-giving and life-giving /
gualiues of the plant ana ITS product /
Dcfs to man and beast OF the farm.
PLANT a field IN tomatoes and you |
nay have tomatoes al fifty cents the /
hushel" said prominent Delaware /
farmer in Dover recently, "but plant |
that field IN corn and YOU viii have /
not only corn al fifty cents a bushel |
but 10 bhin or ~ast-off corn for your 4
pigs. mort ears for your horses. fod- /
der rc, your cattle, short fodder for |
your rnslage. coos for fuel husks and |
six Tor your swine and your chickens, |
stalks for matching and tassels for /
fertilizer"
In an the estimates Of corn there is
no account taken " the product OF /
nubbins. or OF ensilagc corn, which Is /
cut IN the green and milky state. /
shredded and dressed fine and packed /
into silos. giving fresh. green feed all I
the winter.
There are Mr.. and Mrs. Corn. and
the knowledge and realization Of this
Is where corn breeding comes IN ana
where the marvellous results and in
creascs ia crops are brought about.
The breeder goes about it. briefly. In
this manner Each Of say nifty ears Is
planted IN one row (the rows are
parallel. and each one Is long enough
to require practically an the seed IN
a given ear 20 plant it); before the
poll natures on the resulting plants
alternate rows are detasseled. This
compels s-polllnation of the de-
tasseled plants. from which seed for
the next year is selected. II makes
the sires and dams in corn-breeding.
the detasseled stalks furnishing dams
and the tasseied stalks the sires. The
best types OF ears are selected from
the detasseled rows Then. n four
seed ears are selected from the detas-
seled rows. two OF them are used the
next year for dam seed and two for
sire seed. the dam rows being detas-
seled az the proper time. This process
precludes what Is so detrimental In all
breeding. in-breeding.