Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-02

ends of the cob.
1t is marvellous to what extent this
has proceeded. In order to test IT. anu
to make proper awards. the managers
of the carnival have insisted on exhibits
Of thirty ears in each OF the leading
classes. To find II single excellent ear
is no unusual matter: mt i select
from single field thirty perfec, ears is
very difficult; Yet as the hall shows
ike thousand Farmers have been able
to gn into their fields and pick Il fine
exhibit.
These are not, of course. al Reid
corn There are hundreds Of varieties.
Many Of them are white. The dis
tin, zion between yellow and white corn
is hard to make. 1t is lnore u climatic
difference than otherwise. Though
Boone County White il one OF the
popular varieties Of mlGdl" l!hn"lS,
most of tho white cornS will not hnd-
tire so far north. and they are more
popular farther south where yellow
corn is not believed To keep as well. In
flavor and IN chemical contents there
is little or no difference between the
two. other than can be found i'll vary
ing kinds of tie same color
For the awarding of prizes at the
festival most of the judging has been
done according to score caro- DEVISED
by Mr. A. D. Shamel, q government eX-
pert. though in the state classes local
cards are used. Mr.. ShaueFS score
card calls for the following excellen-
cies, and awards the associated points:
ProductiVeneSs 10. maturity 20. vital
ity 20 and breeding characteristics 20.
These again are subdivided as follows.
Under productivencss. number and ar
rangemnt of kernels :. of rows >. size.
shape and weight of kernels 10 filling
out tips and butts |. uniformity of kcr-
nels ~. adaptabiiity for use .. weight
OF ear and proportion of corn }. space
between kernels ), under maturity,
soundncss 4. appearance >. market
ability >. ddaptabiity to soil ana
climate 10, freedom from inquiry >; I'M
der vitality. color Of germ. ,, size Of
germ 4. shape of germ 1. reliability
(proDablo gcrminative condition and
yigor OF eroWthD 10; breeding charac-
teristics. color Of grain and cob. ).
trueness OF type characteristics 10. and
size. shape and appearance Of ear 3.
This applies only to the classes open
TO the world, and not to sweet. flint or
ropco,ls. Under this card there have
been judged ears Of corn weighing more
than twenty-five ounces. and there
have been awarded hundred of dollars
in cash prizes besides several farms
many pianos and endless other DrizeS
contributed by Chicago merchants.
seed houses. railways and special inter-
eStS.
The choicest ear of all shown at the
fair is enc Of Red yellow dent grown by
p. l.. Pascal at Dewitt Iowa. The ear
* in itself an education to one uIif;t-
mi:iar with corn. 50 thoroughly doc Il
bear the marks of good breeding 1t is
10 the eye tlawless. d thick. round ear
Of good length. Weighing about II
ounces. having small cob on whic:l
stands 1900 kc:nals. each perfect ~ far
as the eye can see. in wedge-SlIape and
i'll regularity of position. y sheet If
paper will hardly go between tn ROW :.
and d straight edge viii find hardly
flaw in their line. To tip and butt it is
Well filled ut. and the whole ear is OF a..
perfectly uniform light yellow hue. 50
valuable is this single car considered for
breeding purposes that it has been sold
1"r $50. ard every kernel OF ii will be
planted with the utmost care aud its
prosen,.- developed. recorded and used to
Increase the crops over the western
states
one - the most interesting exhibits at
the Corn Exhibition is from New Eng
land. Il showing made by Mr.. " H.
Brewer. of Hockanum. Connecticut Mr..
Brewer. who is Il young man full of en-
tEuSiaSni about corn. has been for
number of years trying. on a few acres
in the tobacco belt. to develop a variety
of dent corn which will mature in the
short New England season. 70 this
end he has tried many early maturing
western cOrns, but SO far has found
that AL Of them soon run out" and
That his seed needs rsncWaI from the
west every third or fourth year. Never
theless, Mr.. Brewer has produced som"
Magnificent corn in Connecticut. AMI
last year took the Orange Judd prize
FOR the best single acre of corn in the
world. his HOckanum farm producing
122 bushels of shelled yellow dent.
This is about twenty bushels better
than the same ground will do under the.
same conditions with flint corn. 1t must
not, however. be cited as a profitable
financial venture, for Mr.. Brewer adj
mits that it costs him $50 an acre to
raise He does it for glory and d
future prospect, and feeds the corn to
his own cattle. To get results he uses
from twelve to twenty cords of manure
per acre. which is freighted up from
New York by barge by constituent
company of the New Haven road. If
any attempts were made by this COM
pany to aid the grower. in the way of
cheap freight for such necessities. and
good accommodations in getting "a
market. the story Of corn in COnnccti-
cut might have different ending.
Not all the efforts of the Festival
COmmittee--a branch of the Chicago
Commercial AsSociation-are devoted To
distributing Texas farms and city
pianos among the farmers. There is a
great effort being made both by them
| and tho Railway Commissioners to get
CITY men out on the farm. They are
trying to show the city clerks. who
thrOng to the exhibits. how much is II
| be made and how interesting life NAV
become on the farm. They have the ex-
perts who have been breeding corn for
Oil for a lcotoJ for starch aud fo,. oth.r