The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-09-15
GRAIN AND
CORN SHOW
TO BE HELD AT MITCHELL JAN
UARY 1921.
CASH PRIZES ARE LIBERAL
SECRETARY WILLIS ISSUES THE
PROGRAM FOR MEETING.

The annual South Dakota cOrn and
grain show will be held at Mitchell
January 16 to 81. Secretary Willis of
this city, tells us that the member
ship Of the association has grown
wonderfully in the last few months,
increasing from less than a hundred
to over six hundred. It is an organ
ization that will be OF great benefit
to the agricultural interests Of the
state and every farmer should be a
member.
The prizes are all In cash and are
unusually liberal, one Of them being
fifty dollars in gold offered by the
Minnesota and Dakota Farmer Of this
city for the best twenty-five ears of
corn grown in the south, central and
north districts of the state. Only
members Of the association can be
exhibitors.
The program promises to be a very
interesting one. among the speakers
being Governor Eberhart OF Mime.
sofa. Prof. C. Willis. head Of the
agronomy department al tho college.
will conduct a corn school during the
meeting. Other Brookings people on
the program, with their subjects. are:
Prof. J. v. Bopp, More Water for
Crops" DR.. A. A. Brigham "Agricul.
ture;" w. l.. Burlison, Corn I'm,
provement;" Supt. A. e. Chamberlain,
Institutes" DR.. r. l.. Siagle, presi-
dent of the college.
The association gives the following
directions for selecting show grain
and corn:
THE characteristic which appear
most pronounced In our displays of
show corn cen to be the lack of
uniformity. Every exhibit should be
as nearly perfect in uniformity, as
regards color, shape, size, arrange
ment, and indentation OF kernels and
rows as It Is possible to obtain. A
nearly perfect a in a sample Of nine
others Of medium appearance tends
only to intensity the mediocrity in
stead OF improving the looks Of the
sample. 1t is better to take out this
ear and replace it with one more
nearly like the other nine.
when you are husking your corn
keep your eyes open for good ears
and place them in a box at the end
or side OF the wagon. Put these from
time TO time in a rack where they
may dry out perfectly. An open drive
way or a place in the crib where there
is good circulation of air is the best.
Select your small grain when you
are threshing. There is ON every farm
some spot where the grain Is excep-
tionally good and the sample should
be taken from this area. Do not wait
but take it then and there and store
away in dry place.
"You will have on hand probably
fifty to several hundred ears of corn
and from these the final selection is
to be made. Put all the ears on a
table side by side with butts towards
you and choose the ideal ear out of
the entire lot. Hold it in your left
hand and with our right take up ear
after ear to match it as nearly as
you can. Bear in mind the point of
uniformity. When the sample Is COM
plete go carefully over each ear and
groom it 81 that It will be clean in
every respect.
THE bag of small grain must be
cleaned with a tanning mill and
graded so that only the bright, plump,
and sound berries are retained. II
need be pick out the remaining few
white-caps by hand"