The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-11-21


Some Corn Talk by Club Membership
the last meeting of the Junior Agricultural
Club several members showed samples of corn
grown by them. The committee on Corn Ex-
hibits-Messrs. Upton II. Tarbert, William u.
Curry and Asa B. Gardiner, Jr.-took charge
of same and requested others to make selec-
ton from their corn so as to have large ex-
hibit to show what the county can do in corn
product at the coming exhibition. Mr.. Tar.
bert said, considering the general excellence of
corn this year, he would like the county to
make such ashowing next month of which the
growers would not be ashamed. What is done
will be an education and cause us to be more
interested in the future. Weshould look more
into the details of corn breeding and improve
ment. He urged all the farmers present to
interest themselves in the proposed exhibit and
send to Mr.. Gardiner the samples so that he
can forward them. Every farmer is requested
to select dozen ears of his corn.
MIR. Tarbert suggested that one acre or more
be planted for the purpose of improving seed
corn and have committee to look after the
treatment. He said he would be one to plant
an acre, and Mr.. T. P. w. France said he would
utilize an acre for the same purpose: The COM
mittee to supervise Mr.. Tarbert's acre are
Messrs H. Amos Matthews, Laban Sparks and
w. D. Curry, and that at Mr.. France-Messrs.
D. S. Pearce and Edward E. Scott. Mr.. Tarbert
urged that several members undertake the
planting on advanced seed lines along the
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who plant should use different variety of seed.
He said knowledge is gotten only by effort and
he wants the cooperation of the members in
the work.
Mr.Mortimer Staber, of Montgomery county,
said his people are interested in well bred corn
and they congratulate Baltimore county on its
corn crop, which can hardly be exceled.
Mr.. Milton E. Smith, of the Norrisville
Farmers Club, who for years has experimental
with corn breeding, showed several compacted
and well formed ears-specimens of his crop.
He was requested to give his ideas on growing
corn. He said the tendency of corn is to grow
barren stalks which must be corrected by care
full supervision and cutting back of inferior
stalks with thin pollen. The vitality of a corn
plant is essential and the color is all right, but
we want the best yieldeis. 1t is better to have
mixed varieties, as it is like the dairyman who
prefers grade stock to the perfect strains On
planting corn see that the small end of the ear
is off so that the grains may be uniform for the
drill He advised buying seed corn from a re.
liable dealer so as to start well the corn breed
ings, and does not favor flint corn because of
not being compacted and has less protein. He
recommended the Early Mastedon and said
more corn can be raised by drilling one grain
every fifteen inches, with rows three and a-half
feet apart. As to the acclimation of seed corn
coming from a Northern State there is not
much in it, as corn has done we'll under the
circumstances, as much as Is barrels of white
and 16 barrels of yellow corn per acre having
been grown from seed purchased elsewhere.