Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-26
Superintendent of State Insti-
tutions Instructed as to Selec-
ton and Amount Required
SELECT SEED IN SEPTEMBER
Should Never be Permitted to Freeze
After Being Matured-AlI State Of
ficiaIs to be in keokuk Next Tues
day to See Observation-Disclosures
Shortage Solved by Wages.
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Special TO Times-Republican-
Des Moines, Sept. 26.-Hon. John
Cownie, who has watched more than
thirty corn crops mature in iowa, took
occasion at the quarterly conference of
me members of the tate board of con.
troll with the superu,r"ndents of state
institutions to give s2n,c advice as 10
selecting seed corn for next years
planting.
newspapers that fifteen ears of corn
is enough to plant an acre. said Mr..
Cownie. THAT is probably true but
I want each one of you to see that at
each of the state institutions there is
more than thirty ears selected. Next
spring some Of the ears which o Sc
lect this fall may be found to have
moulded or otherwise to be unfit for
seed corn purposes and it will not hurt
then to Gull out a second time. Fur
thermore here is a good ear (holding
up a model but / should want to take
off an inch of one. end of that and an
inch and a half from the other. II you
are going to secure N even planting
of your field the kernels that go thru
the planter must be all the same size
and those at either end are not the
size of those in the middle.
''This ear of corn is a model. You
can't find better. 1t is about the same
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to the tip and the kernels run clear
to the tip. Here is another that is
not so good because it tapers off all
the way from the butt to the tip. Sc
lect ears with red cobs. uniform size
| kernels, even straight rows and the
cob small. 1t is the amounts OF shelled
corn that counts, not the amount OF
earn corn.
s.Fllrthermore, your seed corn should
be selected before the close of this
month. After selecting it give it the
| best room there is in the institution.
A room where there is heat and dry
atmosphere. Never let the temperature
get below freezing. They say it won't
hurt corn to let it freeze after 1T IS
matured. Maybe it won't but it won't
hurt it to not let it freeze mi it will
be better il it doesn't freeze"
The executive council has finally
made temporary arrangements about
the shifting of the rooms at n state
house. The geological department is
Ito be moved to TWO of the senate COM
mittee rooms near the post office tenn
porarily. This gives the geological
rooms In the basement to the secretary
Of the executive council and h rooms
occupied by the secretary of the ex-
ecutive council to the attorney general.
The change is to be made at once It
is hoped that some time arrangements
can be made for the geological de-
partment permanently but the legisla-
ture nay have to erect a building for
It.
Practically every state official and
every head of a department at the state
house will be in Keokuk next Tues
day to see the, president. It is UNDER
/ stood that from this and other states
there are a number who would like to
get his ear for a moment on. i'm
portant business matters" The presi-
dent will not be in Keokuk but a short
time and the only peopleswho will have
an opportunity to get at him will b
| those who ride In his carriage. He
comes in at g o'clock, is driven to the
park to make his speech and is then
driven to the boat and departs. How
ever, editors and politicians from far
and wide will be in Keokuk. All the
members Of the executive council will
be there and number of others as
well as the full military staff Of Gov
ernor Cumm1ns.
Letters that continue to reach the
office Of. the state superintendent of
public instruction disclose further the
fact that the shortage of school teach
ers is gradually being solved by in
i creasing the wages of the teachers. Ed
ucators all over the state see in the
present arrangement a gradual increase
in salaries. Under the new arrange
ment certificates are good anywhere in
the state and the grade OH the certif-
icate is an evidence Of the ability OF
the teachers for the reason that the
grading is uniform. Information reaches
the state superintendent office that
a large number Of persons competent
to teach are attending normals and
other institutions to further perfect
themselves. II a teacher can get a
higher grade than the one she has II
means so much more on her salary. In
Indiana there Is a system whereby the
minimum Of salaries is fixed in proper
ton to the grade on the certificate. In
Iowa without this law 1t Is rapidly be-
coming recognized that q high grade
certificate demands a higher salary and
If the school directors Will not pay II
in one district they will in another
and the certificates are good in every
county. The teachers largely have the
salary question in their own hands. ac-
cording to the belief of prominent edu-
Gators, now.
1--WE are keeping track now Of ABOUT
300 boys who have been discharged
from h Industrial school at Eldora
and have been placed in homes by the
state agent" said Superintendent Ku-
ser of the Industrial school at that
place at the state house yesterday
A a result the population is nov
lower than within my knowledge. hith.
erto, and l have been at the institution
for eight years. It IL about $50 now
THE result Of this system is ex.
tremeIy gratifying. The boys parolel
out are made to feel responsible fol
their conduct, and when they have Il
report. as they do, they are much more
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