Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-08
IOWA CORN GROWERS AssoclA.
TIoN ACCOMPLISHING MUCH
GOOD. "
HAS GROWN TO BE POWER
AMONG THE IOWA FARMERS
Professor Holden Has Done Much to
Promote the Objects Of tho Assoeia-
ton and Procure Larger Yields =
Others Have Contributed Much to
the Farmers Cause.
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man came out of the recesses of the
Illinois prairies to start a movement
III this state which later proved a
blessing to every Iowa farmer. This
man was none other than Professor
Holden of Ames. Mr.. Holden has been
employed by Funk Bros, at Bush
mel, III, in their large seed corn es-
adjustment at that place. In this same
year the managers of the Iowa short
course at Ames called on Mr. Holden
to conduct a course in corn judging
during the winter course of study. Mr..
Holden cheerfully accepted the invi-
tation and from this time on he worked
earnestly for the interests of the Iowa
corn grower.
When Mr. Holden arrived in Iowa
he found the old Iowa Corn Breeders
Association in full working order The
| Iowa Corn Breeders Association was a
band of men united for their own per-
scnal welfare. AS a whole they We're
not SO much concerned about helping
the people along the line of raising corn
as enhancing their own individual inter-
ests. They made a business of pedi-
greeting corn for 81 and they always put
the money in their treasury to be re-
distributed among the members of
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arrival, they requested him to write a
book upon the subject of corn growing
and designated that the money should
go into the common treasury. OF course
Mr. Holden was invited to Join the as
ISOLATION but he refused. His refusal
was based upon two fundamental rea-
sons. first because the motives Of the
association were of a selfish nature and
second because he saw the possibility
OF better association with a more
comprehensive scope of usefulness to
the ordinary farmer. Mr. Holden had
burning desire to spread the gospel
OF good corn growing over the entire
sttae. AS result of this desire, con-
nected with his untiring efforts, the
Iowa Corn Growers Association was
formed in the same year. The Corn
Breeders Association died out grad
ually and many of its members Joined
the later association. Much of the sue
cess of the Iowa Corn Growers Assoc
citation has been due to the capable Of
f1cers it has had in the past few years.
George S. Forest, the first president,
was afterwards secretary of agriculture
for Iowa at the ST Louis exposition
held In 1904. Dan Pascal, the second
secretary. is a famous bachelor from
western Iowa. Mr. Pascal is man
who has been doing things. He has
bred good typy corn for several years
and IN 1906 he produced the famous
Pascal ear of Reds Yellow Dent which
sold at public auction for $3.50 j. W.
Jones, the secretary for 1906 and 'O7.
holds the reputation of being the best
corn auctioneer in the world. He has
also been a great promoter of corn
shows. plotting the great corn EXPOSE
ton at Omaha last winter. Asa Turn
er's work is known to all Iowa farmers
and as result they good naturally
nick-named him Uncle Asa Bow
man is we'll known by the work which
he carried on by means of the special
oat and corn trains and he has always
proven great promoter of corn shows.
The present secretary, Bruce Crossley.
has made marked success in teaching
better corn growing methods and in
keeping the association strictly up-to-
date. He has done u great deal for the
association and what is better, they eN-
pect to have his help for few years
to come
Objects of Association.
The object of the Iowa Corn Growers
Association has been to create interest
in corn by teaching better methods of
corn growing and especially to send the
gospel OF good corn growing to every
farn,er in the state This l,as haap 40