Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-11
MOST INTERESTING
FARAERS' FEATURE
County Experiment Station
Work Will Be Demonstrated
to Agriculturists
M. A. HAusER TO BE IN CHARGE
Assisted by Ray ReidelI, of Albion,
Farmer in Charge of County Expert
ment Station Will Show Grain Grow
ers How They May Be Benefited by
Proper Selection of Seed.

One OF the most interesting features
of the big Marshall county fair, to be
| held next week. will be the demonstra-
tons of, county experiment station
work, as shown in specially equipped
| tent by M. A. Hauser, of Iowa town
! ship who has charge of the experiment
/ interesting feature from a farmers
standpoint could be imagined than this,
and the farmers of Marshall and all
| other counties in attendance Will find
much of profit to them ii they heed the
| admonitions extended them by. the eX-
/ pertinent workers as to the proper Sc
| lection of seed
| Mr.. Hauser will be assisted in the
demonstrations by Ray Reidell, of AL
bion. an expert in corn. The principal
demonstrations Will be made with corn
as a text, because that is the leading
| crop produced in this county. The sub
| ject of oats and wheat will also be en-
tered into to a certain extent.
In the experiment station tent will
be shown the soil map of Iowa. an In
teresting display that attracted great
| deal of attention last year, showing the
divisions of the state and Its five types
of soil
Some Of the Demonstrations.
| Some of the demonstrations to be
made by Mr.. Hauser and his assistant
will be as follows:
| Showing the producing power of
seventy individual ears OF corn.
ears that at sight appear much the
same, bat which varied fifty-six bush
els per acre in producing power.
Showing the relative value of good
seed corn, as compared with poor seed,
as demonstrated at the county expert
ment station, last year. Mr.. Hauser
will prove by actual demonstration
how good seed corn produced over
poorer qualities 1924 worth more corn,
and the variation from 81 to 1924.
In explanation of this the lowest
yield will show thirty-one bushels per
acre, and the highest LOG, a difference
, of seventy-five bushels per acre. AT
Sc cents per bushel this means SAP per
acre, and as one bushel of good seed
will plant seven acres of corn. the yield
of the good corn is worth 1894
| Another Interesting Demonstration.
Another very interesting demonstra-
ton, based on actual fact, will show
how one field in Marshall county pro-
duced $1,000 worth more corn than
another field of the same, size, both In
! the same section of land. One plot of
| land is conceded to be just as good as
the other, and one farmer is consid-
cred by all who know him to be just
as good an agriculturist and corn
raiser as the other. Mr.. Hauser will
show that the difference between the
| two yields was due entirely to the
| quality of seed corn planted.
In connection with the demonstra
lions in corn, Mr.. Hauser will show
the proper methods to be employed in
selecting and terminating seed corn.
Tho Corn Root Worm.
A demonstration that will prove of
more than ordinary interest will be
the damage done by the corn root
worm, when corn is being grown on
field successfully for two and three
years. The corn root worm matches
from miller, digs into the ground,
feeds on the roots of the corn and cuts
them, thus destroying the life of the
stalk. The worm then turns to a
beetle, and then to a miller again.
Samples of both the corn root worm
and corn beetles will be shown, in Or
der that they may be recognized by
farmers who are not familiar with
them. 1t is estimated that the corn
root worm does thousands of dollars
damage to the corn Of Marshall coun-
ty every year.
In connection with talks on oats
samples of eight different varieties
grown at the county experiment sta
ton will be exhibited.