Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-27
METHOD OF SEEDING.

II
Pct. Rust
Drilled .............. ............ II
Broadcast :. 81
Pet. Lodged
Drilled ........ ... Ia
broaacast ........ ............ 10.
Yield
Irilled 100000. 6l.3
ofoaucaSt 4S.2
W.T.. per Blu
Drilied 100000. ................ rs
Broadcast Is
Iowa, he said, could be made one of
the greatest oat states in the union,
not because of yield per acre, but be-
cause of the vast amount of acreage
suitable to cat cultivation. II drilled
north and south, more of the ground
will be exposed to the sun and will dry
out more quickly after a rain, thus
reducing the chances of rust. When
oats rust they lodge badly.
The test as to varieties, Mr.. Nelson
said, showed that the early varieties
We're best adapted for this locality, all
tho the Edgeworth oats, grown by
Merritt Greene, Jr., had made re-
markable showing, the EdgeWorth be-
ing a very late oat.
Mr.. Nelson pointed out the neces-
slty OF using fan in order to rid the
seed oats of undeveloped and untitled
seed. The maximum yield is impossible
unless this is done.
Improper shocking that allows oats
to rot and bleach he declared to be
little short of a crime, as it was a
needless waste of one of the meatiest
of grains.
Mr. Nelson then left the subject of
oats and spoke briefly of the necessity
of keeping the boys on the farm and
of teaching them that hard work is
enobling and dignified. Cities are full
of temptations and the farmer can
keep his boy away from them by talk
ing his boy fully into his confidence,
10y making him partner-not by driv-
ing him or making him a machine.
The twenty saloons in Marshalltown.
he said, were a burning disgrace to
the city and he spoke of the livery
stables and other places in the small
towns where vice was permitted as be-
ing hell holes into which the farmer
boy too often stumbles.
Tho Afternoon Program.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Nelson's
address, an adjournment for dinner
was taken. and at 2 O'clock the after
noon program was opened with the in
vocation by Rev. Charles A. Gilbert,
assistant pastor Of the First Methodist
church of Marshalltown.
The address of welcome was then
made by Chairman Elias Beughly, of
the board of supervisors, who spoke
a
numerous humorous stories
Hon. B. F. Cummings responded in
his usual characteristic manner, in
which he dwelt particularly upon the
need of more extensive accommoda-
tons at the county farm. Last year,
he said, a 2-mill tax was voted for
improvements at the farm, but in his
opinion this was about half the amount
necessary. A county hospital, where
not only the poor and insane could be
treated, but likewise those residents of
the county who were suffering with
contagious diseases or Affections de-
handing severe surgical aid, could be
given better care than they could get
at home, might be taken.
The principal address of the after
noon was that of Professor M. L. Bow
man, of the department of farm crops
at Iowa State College, who, like Mr.
Nelson, discussed the experiments in
oats. Mr. Bowman covered much Of
the same ground that Mr.. Nelson did,
but in addition he touched upon the
matter of the number of bushels of
oats necessary to plant an acre Of
ground. Not less than three bushels,
he said should be used, and better re-
suits could be obtained from four.
Nothing, he said pays better than to
fan and grade oats before seeding. He
emphasized the need of early seeding,
and said farmers need not fear late
frosts We have only about one good
oats year out of FIVE. and it is in the
off years that the farmer who seeds
early gets the best yield. Summarizing
the tests he said the needful things in
oat cultivation were the following:
Early seeding, early varieties, thorough
preparation of seed bed before seed
ing, tanning and grading of seed,
treatment for smut, disking and drill
ing.
Mr.. Bowman referred briefly to tho
need of testing seed corn, and demon
strated with charts the results of poor
seed. If only ninety per cent of seed
corn is good, he said, one acre out of
every ten bears nothing. 1t takes
twelve or fourteen ears of corn to plant
an acre, and every poor ear seriously
affects the crop If any man needs
brains in his business, it is the farm
er. The day Of low priced lands and
haphazard methods is past. No longer
do farmers gather only the ears and
throw away the stalks. Silos are built
and every particle of the crop is used.
Too many farmers, he asserted, are
still using eighty or 100 acres of high
priced land for termination boxes 1t
| is the cheaper to expend half a dollar
for box than to use $4,000 worth of
land for experimenting. Corn should
be planted as heavy as possible, in COM
parison to the strength of the land. 1t
is a waste to plant three grains to a
hill If the land will stand four. Make
1.-THE land produce as large a crop as i,
can be made to produce.
During the afternoon program male
quartet, composed Of Messrs. Archie
and George Millhfser. sang two selec-
tions, "There Little Girl Don't Cry
and I'D Like to Go Down South" ant
Mrs. w. B. Mantle, of Albion, gave
reading from Bob" Burdette's 9TH.
Rise and Fall of the Mustacfe"
/ Baseball Games Played.
Two interesting games Of ball wer.
| played during the day. In the morning
the Marietta team and the Cyclones D