The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-10

(Contlnucd From First PaBc.)
The cost Of living 10 a group Of sew
eral hundred bankers railroad men
and manufacturers In the Governors
room of the New York Produce Eek.
change. and, according to the New
York Times, which made full report
Of the meeting, the speech the pro.
lessor made seemed TO convince every
one who heard him that his scheme
If carried out would be the best agent
FOR reducing the cost OF living that
has yet been advocated.
Banker, Farmer and Nyhnt-Sot.
But. maybe 1 had better let tho
Times tell the whole story, and ] do
II with the hope that Virginia farmers
and Virginia consumers ana buyers
and virginia good road makers may
learn great deal from Professor
lfolden's views.
'ihe Times says:
Professor Holden looks like IL bunker.
but admits with pride that he Is ii
iiihin. scientific farmer. who would
rather be seen with a bundle OF corn
Etalks under his arm than with u
steering wheel Of an automobile In
his hands. that is provided the corn
stalks are the largest and hcalthicst
than can be grown. The general sub
ject OF corn, In fact, is the professors
pet hobby, and the collection of bugs
and worms which nc exhibited yes,er-
day gave evidence that his expert
ments take him below the soil TO the
-ahai9zatio OF which lie has given
years OF his life.
Every Acre Must bring More
In brief. Professor Holden tried =,
snow. with the aid OF his experiments
and charts that the cost OF living can
be reduced only BY an equivalent in
crease In the amount OF crops pro-
duccd. He would, therefore producc
0f
iiis remarks. he said. would apply TO
all linds OF grain, but yesterday he
confined himself to the production Of
corn. which. he said. WAS the baro-
meter of all the grains. and he argued
that what had been done In Iowa un-
aer his direction could also be done
IN other States. Plans wore formu-
lated at the conclusion OF the lecture
to spread the Holden doctrine all over
the United States. and at the end OF
three years, Il WAS estimated there
would be such a noticeable reduction
In the cost of living that the question
would cease to be an Issue in poll
ticc.
Facts and Figures.
TO illustrate. Professor Holden
pointed out that tho price of corn
In Iowa In 1910. when n banner crop
yielded abou, 2iO.O00.0OO bushels OF
corn In that state. was IS cents. and
''''iN tih- pilCc rose 10 90 and 81 cents
the following year when the total
Sicld was only .7o.o0O.o0 bushels. He
lid not discuss the effect OF weather
conditions on the total yield. but ar
Eued that every acre OF land. under
the the right treatment. could yield
better results. and this right treat
ment, he said. would never be adj
ministcrcd. until the farmers could
be educated. Hence. he said, he had
gone about to educate them. and the
story OF his results comprised the
principal part OF his lecture. Edward
u. Carhirt prcsidcn; Of the New York
Produce Exchange. said later that Pro-
fessor IIolden's lecture was one of
the best things nc had ever heard in
prevailing sentiment.
The Coming Farmer. E
It's question of producing another
bushcl Of grain per acre OF soil" said
Professor Holden. at the same time taxi
Ing OF Ills coat and exhibiting a pair
OF farmers suspcndcrs. The time
VIII come when every farmer. just as
every doctor. Will he required b. the
state to have certificate to show
his ability We must grow more grain
per acre and We know that II can be
done. for VIC have done II In Iowa, and
every extra bushcl OF grain produced
in Iowa reduces the cost OF living in
New York City.
The farmer who now gets n yield
Of thirty bushels Of corn per acre is
just making living. He Is not max
Ing money If he can produce thirty
five bushels on the same land he Will
have little extra coin TO spend for
railroads, churches and schools. If
he cam produce forty bushels he has
doubled his profits. and if he can pro-
ducc forty-ivc bushels he has trebicd
his profits. Our experiments show
thta he can get over seventy bushels
out OF an acre.
In Iowa We plant three kernels of
corn to hill. and out of each hill we
now get one healthy stalk with one
car Of corn weighing eleven and one
half ounces. We ought to get three
healthy stalks and three ears of corn
We arc not looking for that all at
once, but II we can increase the
weight OF the one ear of corn for in
stance. by three ounces. see what that
will mean II will mean ten addi-
tional bushels Of corn per acre. 1t
Mill mean Oo.00O,o0o additional bushels
in the nincty-nine counties of the
State. 1t Will mean additional profits
Of s5,o00,00O for one year.
Demonstration Farms.
What We want is State farm