Evening journal., 1910-09-09


First Let the weight of the ear. not
its size, be the prime idea. Abnormal
sized ears never give the best yield
Select medium-sized, well-typed ears.
Heavy ears usually have the other
good points. Second. Always select
corn having grains with a large. full
germ. Third. Select corn having
bull-necked grains. That is a thick
neck at the intersection of the grain
with the cob means vitality.
Mr.. Collier said he did not believe
in using commercial fertilizers in
cultivating corn. He planted crops Of
scarlet clover (for winter). and cow
| peas (for summer). as q foundation.
and occasionally used I've, about 35
pounds to the acre.
In the cultivation of corn. he said
the most important thing was to keep
| the soil constantly worked over. so
that It was never allowed TO cake. but
/ the moisture would always be con-
served by the blanket layer of loose
dirt. He said he used a weeder until
the corn was high enough for rank
cultivator.
Professor Grantham Speaks.
Professor Grantham called II Sue
cotash Day." since he followed the
corn with beans-soy beans. He said
that farmers will have to learn 10
look after by-products, and use crop
rotation
The SOY bean. native Of Japan,
and used for food there, though not
] in this country, had been in general
cultivation I'm this country only a
few years. but was successfully cul-
tivated from Alabama to northern
New York. said the speaker. As a
feed for live stock. the meal from the
bean was higher in nutriment than
linseed or cottonseed meal. IT IS
legume twice as rich as red clover,
Welding twice as much per acre. II
| is worth twice as much as wheat and
natures in from 100 to l2O days. AS
a fertilizer it is rich in nitrogen.
AS seed, said Professor Grantham,
the SOY bean will yield S66 an acre.
II can be used to supplement crop
rotation II can be planted by June
10. but not earlier, as 1t will not
stand cold. wet weather.
For hay. he said. it should be pre-
ferably sown with a drill; It might be
sown in rows and cultivated two OF
three times. When used for silage, i
should be cut with a wheat binder
made into sheaves and placed, shea
of corn, sheaf OF the nay, IN th'
silo.
When grown for the seed, il shoull
be cultivated like corn. Sheep AM
COWS will eat the roughage, and
brings So to So a ton.
II The soy bean crop, said the pro
fessor should not be sown year afte
\ wear on the same land At the farm
he said, they cut the crop for ha
when the lower leaves turned yello'
and the pods were full, for the lars
part of the nutriment is in the see'
When cut for seed, they let the leave
fall. He recommended the Wilson
the medium yellow and the mediul
green SAYING the mammoth yello
variety matured too late for this K
cality
OfficiaIs Reelected.
At the business meeting of the Ne
Castle County Farmers lnsttut
which was held directly after the al
dresses of the afternoon, Arnold MAJ
dain, of Marshallton, a member OF II
executive committee, presided. Upc
motion, John Niven, the secretary, ca
the ballot for the former ot1cials
succeed themselves, as follows
President. Edward T. Weer, of Ne
Castle: President, Horace l. .Di
wort, of Centreville; Secretary. Jof
Niven. of Newark; Treasurer, Richal
G. Buckingham. Of Newark.
Executive Committee-Edward
Weer, Prof. Harry Hayward, of Del
ware College, and head Of the sta
experimental station; Alexander
Corbit. former state senator; Robe
p. Robinson, of Wilmington; J.
wood Weldin, of Wilmington; Arno
Naudain, Jr., of Marshallton; Villa
Beck, of Delaware City; Horace L. d
= worth and John Niven
n Vice. Presidents of Hundreds-Bra
n dywine, Charles W. Day; Christian
Robert Mccullough; Mill Creek,
Il Frank Ball; White Clay Greek, Geor
G. Kerr; Pencader. Charles H. 81
mon; New Castle. Charles Megginso
ST. Georges, Fred. w. Brady; ApT
IS quinimink, Alonzo F Whittoc
a Rlsnl<hird- Harry Stats. Red Lion.