The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-02
TOLD BEST METHOD
OF GROWING CORN
Farmers Gathered at Court
House to Hear Purdue Corn
Special Lectures.
THE BUYING OF SEED
WAYNE COUNTY AGRICULTURE
lists ADVISED TO PLANT THE
CORN GROWN HERE. BUT TO
MAKE TIMELY SELECTION.

| Despite the Indictment weather
quite large number of substantial
looking tillers of the soil gathered il
| the room of the Wayne County Horti
| su1tural society in the county building
| last evening, to listen to the addresses
of the lecturers sent out by the exper
| iment station of the Purdue agricu.tar
al department.
The seed corn special which il
| making tour of the state over the
lines of the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany, steamed into the Panhandle de
pot shortly after O'Clock. having
made its last stop at Germantown
The train is in charge of Prof. G..
EChristie. of Purdue, and he is accom-.
panied by J. p. Davis, of Sheridan, j
p. Prigg, of Muncie, d. F. MaiSh, oil
Frankfort, and c. B. Raymond. OF
Crown Point. A couple of Purdue
students are also in the party, serving
as aides
Indiana Great Corn State.
The first speaker of the evening was
]. P. Prigg, of Muncie. who briefly
called attention to the fact that much
d1pOhuNd upOA tiiC ouINNSS vi tlIC III
er. In fact, all lines of business were
affected thereby He said that there
were only seven states in the union
that were producing more corn than
Indiana More than 100000 acres
of land in this state were devoted to
the cultivation of this cereal. but the
yield could be greatly increased by a
system of successful grading and
testing. Last year the average yield
per acre had been but 40 bushels, and
in the last ten years but 80 bushels,
which was by no means good show
ing.
c. B. Benjamin, of Crown Point,
gave brief review of the weeks trip,
and mentioned the various towns that
had been visited since Monday morn
ing. He thought that the tour of the
corn special had borne fruit, and
that much better corn would be grown
in Indiana than ever before.
Seed Corn in County.
J. p. Davis, of Sheridan, said that
he had ascertained that the yield of
corn in Wayne county was about 80
bushels to the acre, and that it would
require about 5000 bushels of seed
corn to supply this county. A
Wayne county farmer had informed
him that he intended to send to West
ern Indiana for a quantity of seed
corn. The speaker said there was no
necessity for going to this expense.
This farmer, if he had selected it at
the proper time, would get just as good
results from the corn grown in this
county. The man who had not al
ready selected his seed corn was going
to have hard time. The score card
issued by the Purdue university show
ed the standard of perfection in seed
corn and the proper time to select it,
The proper time to make this selection
was in the fall when the corn was in
the shock, and then it should be kept
in dry place where there would be
no chance for it to absorb moisture
and freeze.
How Railroad Company Profits.
Prof Christie opened his address
with the statement that there had new
er been a movement in the state that
had brought out such great crowds.
The running or the special train, which
was. costing the Pennsylvania com
pany about $500 a day, was in itself, a
movement between the
railroad company and the agricultur-
list. 1t was not philanthropic move
on the part of the latter. The railroad
people realized that their prosperity
depended much on the success of the
farmer and in the increased yield
which must grow out of this trip they
would in the years to come get back
many times the amount of their pres
ent expenditure. The speaker then
exhibited a number of charts show
ng the difference in the corn yield in
various counties of the state, and ex-
planned to his hearers the best meth |
DDS of selecting corn seed, and keeping |
t in a proper condition for spring |
planting.
The corn special" will leave for
Iogansport this morning over the G.
g. and l., making a stop at Ridgeville.
from the first named point the mem
,ers of the party will leave for their
everal homes, resuming their tour.
which is to last until March Is, on
Ionday morning.