The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-30

! ihlS year. 1t TOOK three thlnSs, III
said, to make good corn and larg
yield, and they were good seed
good soil, and good cultivation. Fl
said that he desired to devote his re
marks to good seed.
A man in selecting seed to plant
he said, should go into the field where
; the corn was grown, and where h
could see it. He should look for {
good stalk-not great, tall stalk
but one that was short, low anC
Iof good circumfenence-stoeky, and
in a place in the field where the
stand was normal. Then the stalk
should be chosen which, under these
conditions has produced the highest
yield. Then. after the best producing
stalk was secured, one should not 60
too high to get the ear. An ear too
high on the stalk was liable to pro-
duce weak stalk and intensity the
tendency to high stalks. He advised
not to select the ear above a man s
head:
There were certain characteristics
in the ear that should be noticed, he
said. First, the shape should be cy-
indrical as possible-bhe same cir
cumferenee at the top as at the bot
tom. The relation Of the length to
circumference should be as 10 to T.
as near that as possible. Then the
depth Of the kernel-the deeper the
kernel the more corn on the cob.
Then the rows should be as close to-
gether as possible. Then the butt
should be noticed-how it was filed
out, and the tip should be filed out
as we'll over the end as possible. But,
he said, that should not be prime
consideration. Then see that the
color was. not mixed. AS to the color
of the cob, white corn, as a rule,
ought to have a white cob, and yell
low corn ought always to have a red
cob. That, perhaps, might be a
fancy consideration, but it was al
ways taken into consideration. At
any rate, he said, avoid variety Of
both coIors. Then the size of the
cob should be noticed. Don't get too
large a cob. The cob should be as
small as possible in, order to grow
nothing surplus.
The corn in South Carolina, he
said, reminded him Of the corn OF
fifteen years ago in the corn-growlng
States.
Mr.. Smith then gave some sugges-
tions as to selecting and preparing
corn for exhibition purposes, saying
it should be of uniform size, with the
grams all the same color, and the
cobs. all the same color, and it should
be brushed up, and there should be
no missing grains.
Mr.. Smith s talk as to seed selec-
ton for planting corn was both val
liable and interesting.
The last speaker was
Mr.. Ira W. Williams,
who also spoke of corn growing In
South Carolina, saying that We must
realize that we must breed up and
develop corn in South Carolina fitted
for South Carolina soil. The way
was to begin with the corn We had
aid to select the best. South Carolina
mad already produced the world s
largest yield for one acre. Now, what
was needed was to get to work to
produce the largest average yield.
Mr.. Williams took up the question
of education, and strongly and for
chilly stressed the need for education
and education Of the right kind. He
regretted that so few teachers were
among those present on this occasion.
Teachers were needed in the rural
districts, he said, who could teach the
children of the rural districts. some
thing about agriculture. The trouble
was that we had too many teachers
who SIMPLY taught Latin for the sake
Of Latin, and other branches for the
sake Of these other branches, forget
ting that they were only valuable in
so far as the training they gave and
the studies themselves could be ap-
piled to and be used to help in meet
ing the problems Of life. He wanted
an education that should train heart
and hand, and he said it was de-
plorable fact that we we're neglect
ing in our educational system those
things that pertained to ones life.
Mr.. Williams spoke Of the history
of the boys demonstration work, and
the good which it was doing. He con-
o-.o+,1otaS tho hove of NaUherrV