The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-15
WAYNE coUNTY's CORN AND THE
CORN SCHOOL.

WAYNE couNTy's CORN AND THE
CORN SCHOOL.
The corn crop OF this country is to-
day the most important agricultural
product. Time was when Cotton was
King" and then the South was the
seat OF wealth and much that Is best
in this life. But today Corn Is King.
Corn means to the farmer in his an
nual footing of profit and loss the de-
termining factor Of prosperity.
The twelfth annual report of the de-
partment of statistics of Indiana Tor
1907 and 1908 shows something Of the
status of Wayne county in the matter
of the corn crop. This county had an
acreage of sc, 129 planted in corn, with
IN average yield per acre of 41.99 bush
els, with a total yield of 1887 ,3O1 in
the year 1907. Last year the crop was
represented by the figures OF 52.2l2
acres planted in corn, yielding 1898
bushels per acre and a total of $685.
$40 bushels. --
in the matter Of rains which played
fast and loose with the corn crop, but
in that abnormal year OF little rain,
Wayne county was sixth in the matter
of yield Only the counties of Ran.
dolph. Tippecanoe, White, Rush and
Shelby beat it and these by no appre-
cable difference. 1t will be seen then
that this county is one Of the great
corn producing counties of the state.
Anything which will produce an in
crease in the number of bushels per
acre means more money for the farmer
and the whole community.
Within the last ten years the agri.
cultural schools and the department
Of agriculture have made great strides
in the application of scientific methods
to practical farming. One of the won
derful things which is now possible
Is the regulation of the size of the ear
the number of rows of corn on the eal
and the number Of kernels in the rows
BY this means it is possible to increase
the yield without increasing the acre
age. In business terms it would NEAR
that manufacturing plant had dis
covered means of increasing its out
put without adding to its equipment
either OF men or machinery. Man,
more things these specialists have dis
covered which means increased banl
accounts for up-to.date farmers. Blu
It is not necessary to go more into de
tails than to say 1t only remains To-
the farmers to make use of their op
portunities.
Tho Corn School at Centerville
which opens the first Of February il
an opportunity which no farmer II
Wayne county can afford to let Sill
by unattended II the corn crop O
Wayne county can be increased on
bushel per acre it will mean (witl
last years acreage) an increase of any
where from $4,000 to $4,000 witt
corn at price of fifty or sixty cent
per bushel. That's all. It is no
straining the limits of truth to sa,
that the increase per acre can be mad
greater than this If scientific method
are pursued. 1t is fairly certain tina
corn will not greatly decrease in price
It is not from q selfish motive tina
tho Palladium has advocated the Cor
School and has placed one hundre,
tickets at the disposal Of its subscrit
ers. The Palladium realizes and want
every one In this community to realiz
that increased corn crops create great
er incomes for farmers. merchants an,
professional men in this community ]
means better homes, better education
better clothes and better people i
this county.
That Is what the Corn School mean: