The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-28


and literature which will ,he.distr rs.
IUted to yEthe growers. Il A, regular
Itohedu LEI tor the train has haen pre-
pared by the railroad aud scitUuta ted
tthEoughout the territory which It
fwilf visit Beaides this, IN each sta
fttont aionKyltha line. mot tces s. have
ppsted OF The date and 5tl@s sof arriv-
f.al Of the train. 10 that arm efS from
the neighbofho0d can ?beS0n hand to
meet 1t. I'm M MI IN \ { &&5 ~
on, I arriving at the station. the
audience coaches will be thrown open
and the farmers take seats, wv hile
an Instructor in each oar Will give
= talk on seed selection ! and \. corn
growing. Arrangements have also
been made to hang chartsS along the
sides OF the cars, aud overflow
meetings will be held when tine seat
Ing capacity Is mot sufiicients !.
Professor Christie Is emit huStasuc
over the possibilities or the trip.
He asserts that at NO time In the
history Of the state has the seed
corn been In more serious condi-
ton. He believes that II a little care
Is exercised at this, time, the average
yield will not only be maintained
but materially Increased, There. are
something more than four million
acres OF land in Indiana devoted to
the growing Of corn. During the last
ten years the average crop has not
exceeded thirty-fivesl bushels an acre,
Professor Christie declares that this
is very low, and that land properly,
planted, with the right variety, uIi
from sixty to- eighty bushels per
acre. He hopes by his c8mpaign TO
increase the yield mot less than nye
bushels an acre, raising the crop
more than twenty million bushels,
and at the same time putting mill
lions of dollars In the pockets Of
the farmers. Besides all this he Is
confident that the effect OF the tour
will be to- improve the entire crop
to the benefit OF both grower and
buyer. .... ID. -. ~ y
With the members of the agricul-
tural faculty of the university on, the
train will be: Mr.. d. F. Majsh, pres
ident Of the Indiana Corn Growers"
Association: Mr.. t. A! Coleman,
vice president Of the Indiana Corn
Growers Associations: Mr. G. b., BEN
jamin, member Of the state board of.
Agriculture. Mr.. J. P. Davis, corn; ex-
pert and practical farmer, and Mr.,
J. P. Prigg, one of the largest corn
growers in the state. Grain men and
newspaper men will join the train
along the route, to study the work
that Is being done and to give the
matter of the selection, preservation
and preparation of seed corn the
widest publicity. =. /. ...'
The schedule of the. Seed Corn,
Special is as Follows: -.. - y
February 25th, Sheldon to Crown
point via Logansport-14 stops.
February s26th, Valparaiso -. to
Pierceton-S13 stops. j. '.,-...>.
February 27th, Warsaw, to Column
bia City--11 stops. " .ts,.1 h., =,
February 28th, Columbia to Koko-
mo via Logansport-12' stops. a.. =.
March list, Kokomo to Richmond
|-12 stops. I...... ~ - ...>s.... X
March End, Richmond to Logans~
port via Ridgeville--12 stops. -. :,
March Attn, Indianapolis to Hen
gryEiIie--12 stops. Il 5,,;.- =, T.. Gil. -. i
March 5th, Rushville tp Columbia
March sth, Rushyille to, cumber-
land via Cambridge CityT-13 stops.
March 7th, Richmond to Fort
Wayne---11 stops. -, n :. :, 4, -
March 9Th, Fort Wayne to, Lima
South Bend to Plymouth~-:11
stops. =. ~. ", -: : .
March 9th, Plymouth to Frank
fort-11 stops. -, ..t,-. ~ !
March 18th, Frankfort to Terra
Haute-10 stops. ...,y
March 18th, Terre Haute to In
dianapolis--11 stops. ~. - -.
March 18th, Indianapolis to Bick-
nell-11 stops. {" ~. - ..#''