The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-12-31
50. DAKOTA
CORN SHOW
Was a Success in Every Par
tiCuldr
DISPLAY WAS BETTER THAN EVER
viii ASK Next Legislature To
Aid Project

The South Dakota Corn Growers and
breeders association, after having
been in session in Sioux Falls for sew.
eral days in annual convention con
cluded its work Thursday and adjourn.
ed for another year. The convention
and the corn show was a great success
from every standpoint. and although
the association is one of the Youngest
in the state it is certain to become
one of the most important organiza
tions in South Dakota.
The convention adopted a resolution
which reads as follows:
Resolved, That the South Dakota
state legislature at it's coming session
shall be requested to make a continu
Gus appropriation of 81 900 to provide
for the necessary expense of the
South Dakota Corn Growers and
breeders association and for the an
nual corn show to- be held according
TO the laws of the association.
Gregory and Trip counties have
been added to the central district OF
the association. One of the features of
each of the days the convention was
Farm Garden was the subject of a
discussion by Secretary Twamley
President John Sundberg, of the Iowa
State Corn Growers association ad.
dressed the convention on the subject
or The Betterment of the Next Corn
Show This address was followed by
a discussion of how best to improve
the next annual corn show and to
breed types of corn
1t was the purpose of this discus.
sion to discover some method to in
crease the interest of those farmers
who have not as yet properly inter
ested themselves in the corn show
because of the belief that they were
barred from participation on account
of not having made a study of breed
ing methods.
1t was the general opinion that
the display made at the corn show was
superior to the showing which South
Dakota made at the national corn ex
position at Omaha last week. 1t ap
pears the very best samples were not
sent to Omaha, but were kept at home
for the corn show in Sioux Falls. One
exhibit which attracted great atten.
ton was the product of two ears OF
corn planted under identically the
same conditions. They were picked
from the same crib and from all outer
appearances wer identical.
They were planted alongside each
other on ground that had been cult
waited for a period of twenty-three
years. There was about a bushel OF
the product from each ear on exhibi
ton, and it was very easy to note
the difference. In bushels one row
yielded at the rate Of 5S 1-5 bushels to
the acre, while the other yielded but
|27@ bushels per acre, giving most
forceful illustration and demonstration
that it pays the grower to take
ing corn, and that the result makes
up for the time spent in selecting
corn for seed.
One of the interesting features OF
the annual convention and corn show
was the work of the woman's depart
ment Miss Fromme of the State col
lege and Mrs. Ashburn of the insti
tute corps, who were in charge, de
voted their time demonstrating before
audiences each morning and afternoon
and the valuable work was appreciated
by those present.
The grand championship single eal
of corn was submitted by Secretary c
E. Twamley, of the association. The
ear of corn scored 97.2, the best eve
known in the state. The champion eal
measured inches in length and ca
inches in circumference and weigheC
I12 ounces. Three ears of such corr
to the hill would mean a prOductoI
of 112 bushels per acre.