The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-29

CORN Is Discussed AT THE rNsTr-
TUTE.
Deys' Club Day IL Interestfng To The
Visitors To Polytechnic-Several
Notable Lectures Are
delivered.

Auburn. July 2s--tspeciai 1.-THE
fifth day of the Farmers Summer
School marks the climax of the entire
movement. being the largest attendance
Of any day In the history of the organ
ization now entering upon Its eighth
year.
There are over 500 In attendance to-
day. representing thirty-seven counties
and three States. It should be said
that this attendance Is composed OF
the most successful and progressive
farmers Of the State. 1t Is an inspiring
sight to see these practical men In
their shirt sleeves. perfectly at ease In
the lecture room, furnished with pencil
and tablet. jotting down the pointed
remarks of some fellow farmer or ex-
pert college man on some problem OF
interest. Then. again. great good 10
. derived from interchange Of ideas be-
tween the farmers themselves; and
everywhere can be seen eroups Of In
terested men discussing In the minutest
details the practical questions Of
their farms.
This coming together has created q
professional spirit among the farmers
and everywhere is to be detected a
fine spirit OF enthusiasm. There IL a
hearty spirit OF endorsement and COM
mendation for the effort that the Poly
technic Institute Is putting forth for
the benefit Of the man behind the hoe
and the man behind the plow.
Among those present today wcrc
Hon. J. A. Wilkinson and C. II. Bill
Kingsley, of the Department Of Agri-
culture: Hon. w. c. Thomas. Represent
alive from Chambers County; Eugene
Thomas. Prattville and W. e. Sistrunk.
Tallassee.
The Boys Club for Corn Breeding
was organized and papers on growing
corn in Alabama were collected. The
winners of the prizes will be announced
later. There were forty boys enrolled:
Representatives of every section Of Lee
County and several adjoining counties
were present.
A prize Is awarded to certain num-
Der of boys securing the largest yield
of corn with the best qualities. e. f.
Binford is President Of the Lee County
Boys Club.
This corn breeding movement is as
Stunning large proportions and Is under
the control of Professor L N. Duncan,
who has, been appointed by the Federal
Government, acting In cooperation
with the college authorities to conduct
a campaign for more" corn and bet.
ter corn throughout the State of Ala
bama.
The subject OF the Introductory lect.
ure today was How TO Judge Hogs
and Sheep" being an effort to prepare
the boys and the farmers for judging
these animals at the college barnyard.
The contest In judging was conduct
ed later under the direction Of Profess
sor Ridgway.
Professor F. e Lloyd lectured on the
"Principles of Plant Breeding" giving
very Intelligent directions TO the farm
ers as to how to breed plants, using
records and methods as applied by the
best plant breeders.
DIR. w r. Kinds discussed the various
methods\of killing the corn weevil and
how to prevent its causing so great
loss to Southern farmers.
Professor II. o. Sargent. Of the Sew.
enth District Agricultural School. Ham,
ilton. gave an interesting and practical
discussion of the rotation of crops and
the place OF corn In this system Of ro-
tation. He advises the iron cow-peas
following winter or spring crop of
oats, wheat or rye: the next year cot.
ton; and the following year. corn
Hon. y. A. Wilkinson was given
6attering reception and delivered
short talk on the cultivation of corn.
He advocated deep plowfng In prepar-
ing the plant and shallow cultivation
and frequent cultivation in making the
crop. ~ ri fiu-t a.
Professor e F. Cauthen gave a de.
tailed exposition of the methods of the
college station In breeding oats. THIS
Is one of the most Interesting and in
structive experiments now I'm process at
the station. In case better variety
Of seed can be developed which is
thoroughly adapted to the coil and eli.
mate of Alapama, thereby increasing
the quality and the quantity Of the
oat crop, the benefit of this experiment
will be immense.
Professor j. r. Duggar delivered an
address on fertilizers for corn In differ
emit soils in Alabama. advising more MI
trogen and less phosphate and potash
On corn. He did not advise never to
use phosphate or potash. but not to use
as much as Is commonly employed.
Grow eow-peas and other legumes and
get your nitrogen from the previous
year.
Professor L. N. Duncan explained
how the experiment station practiced
:orn breeding.
w. E. Sistrunk, Tallassee, gave
very interesting account as to how he
raises corn according to the William
son method. He does not claim that
the Williamson method Is the best for
all soils
DR.. D. M. Shoemaker. of the United
States Department Of Agriculture. con-
GUIDED the lectures OF the day by an
excellent lecture on the methods of cot
ton breeding. telling how to select
seed, keep seed, and sell seed.
The question of the selection of seed
for corn and cotton Is of paramount
Interest In Alabama.
The experiments of the Alabama Ex-
neriment Station in both departments
has been extensive and the work In
varieties of cotton especially has at
tracted national attention. A little
hit longer staple and little bit heav-
Ter bolI on every farm In the state.
means the addition OF hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars to the actual In
come of Alabama.
The corn crop of the United States
"a about $500, 000,000 bushels and 1t Is
Estimated that IL variety of corn can
he produced that will give an extra
kernel to every ear that this increment
viii add ~s5,000.000 annually to the
wealth of the American farmer.
The corn Judging for PRICES was con-
Quoted by Professor Cauthen and Pro-
Ses;or Duncan. The results of this con-
test will, be announced next Saturday
morning.
AT the night session. Loring Brown.
Of Georgia, gave full directions Tor
breeding. feeding and handling chick
ems on the farm He sells all his mar
ket or eating eggs at S5 cents dozen.
and says eggs will sell for SO cents a
dozen next winter.
At the night session. DR.. Cary talked
on Farm Homes"
Thursday is Cotton and Fertilizer
Day with the following program:
Professor J. F. Duggar-"Cotton
Culture"
DR.. shoemaker--"Black Root or Cot
ton Wilt