The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-04
Inc Mitchell Capital
1 d DEC. 4, 1908.

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FRIDAY, DEC. A, 1908.
SUCCESS OF CORN SHOWS.
Perhaps no one thing hat is doing
mor to attract the attention of the
farmers to the necessity of growing
corn more extensively than the
corn shows which are being held ev-
cry year, and which have commenced
to take a prominent place in the west.
Down in Illinois they are held in
many sections of the state and the
interest of the farmers is kept up to
- high point from one years end to
the other. Two or three successful
corn shows have been held In South
Dakota and each has had its effect in
many sections Of the state. The an
nual show will be held at Sioux Tails
the latter part of this month and the
farmers of South Dakota should make
. big effort to be represented there
with an exhibit from their fields.
The national corn show will be held
at Omaha next week. and a very
pressing invitation is extended to far
mers Of this state to make an exhibit.
and 1t is certainly the prope rthing
for them to do In sending an exhibit
down there.
Just what q corn show will do for
n state is pretty we'll expressed in an
article by the st. Louis Globe Dema-
crat. q portion OF which is given be-
low:
The corn expositions this year are
on q scale never before known and
public interest in them has greatly
Increased. In various ways corn is
taking q more important part in the
AFFAIRS Of the world. Its utilities
have been enlarged and its money
value in the hands OF those who raise
q has been advanced in a remarkable
manner. The corn crop Of this year
will bring about $1,000. 000.0 900 more
tAan that Of . dozen years ago. and
represents . distribution Of cash that
adds decidedly to the att%ractiveness
OF farming. States and counties are
holding corr shows this fall that
please the public as we'll as instruct
those who depend on the soil for an
income. In q certain sense corn has
been rediscovered. There is more
In It than has been realized and 1t
evidently has possibilities yet to be
gagged. Nearly 40 different com
mercial articles are now made from
corn. "A use has been found for every
part of the plant. Late experiments
promise that cornstalks will be con-
verified into paper. A %by-product is
no longer cast aside as worthless.
Manufacturers are unwilling to sac
cept the idea that there can be such
. thing as waste matter. A better
name for 1t is material misunder-
stood.
AT q corn show in Illinois 10 ears
have just been awarded $4,000 in
premiums and then we're sold for
several hundred dollars as seed.
These figures are not based on mere
sentiment. In this years corn crop
Of - 0O.00O.0O0 bushels the average
yield a 26..2 bushels per acre. Last
years average was 25.9 bushels and
the average for ten years has been
i96.6. The quality Of this years crop
shows improvement. These fractions
may seem small, but they have a
v money value amounting to tens OF
millions. One of the demonstrations
atsthe Illinois Corn exhibition touches
this point. The State university ex-
4 pertinent station had a corn display
showing comparative results in soil
and#culture. The various gradations
ranged from a production Of thirty
two bushels an acre to ninety-six
bushels. The farmer can control this
matter by proper attention to choice
of. seed soil. nourishment and rota-
ton. Qtality counts as we'll as quan-
tity. This great margin in the yield
and grade is deeply interesting to
the man who raises corn. and who
feels that he is missing something
when he employs three acres to do
what his neighbor does better with
~ acre.
Corn Is unquestionably one of the
greatest gifts Of nature to man. 1t
is 2 wonderful thing in wholesome
ness as we'll as in bountiful harvests.
This country is its chief center OF
production and Americans have best
Interpreted It's utilities as well as Its
culture. The middle west and the
central states are its great. feeding
ground. In Illinois 1000, 900 acres
are devoted to corn, or four times the
area given to n other plant. Mis-