The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-01-18
BOOSTS the STATE
ON CORN QUALITY,
PASSES ILLINOIS
Judge Winter Gives
South Dakota Better
Rating on Quality
WILL AFFILIATE
Corn Growers Endorse Ide'
of Afllliatins With Sever
al Other Societies

There was u very good attendance OF
farmers at the corn school held in
the afternoon o. "nosoay. The morn
ing session having been abandoned III
order 10 give the members an oppor-
tunity TO go to the stock pavilion For
the first class in animal huabandTy,
which was conducted in a capable
manner by Prof. John Evya!d. The
-four or five tables OF which tho corn
sanples We're displayed were crowd
ed around by tle men and the in
structcrs worked with much interest
i'll explaining the methods q corn
scoring. which is eXcecdinglyN elpful
In tie selection OF seed corn. An 1t
is close aud eXpcctant crowd that
listens with ali cars to get every bit
OF information that Is given. In the
classes are some who have had their
first experience in attending a corn
school, and the whole thing is new TO
them, and they arc not able TO grasp
the full import OF all that the instruc-
ltor is presenting. Others have al
tended the corn schools before and
they display just as much interest, ii
not more, now than they did at tue
Outset, because they have come TO
learn tho value OF the information
they are being given.
Seed Corn Question Up
Following the corn school u 1ues-
ton box was opened, which contain
ed IL number OF questions relating to
various things about the farm, the
main one being as to the possibility
OF securing seed corn. 1T developed
that there is a great shortage OF real
ly good seed corn. There are q lot
OF farmers who have an abundance
of corn in their cribs, but when 1T
Icomes to picking seed corn from 1t
they are not at all sure that Vt can
be depended upon to terminate after
it is put in the ground. Some of the
farmers have commenced to test
their seed corn already. and find that
il Is not going to come up to the re-
IQuirenlents. In some OF the corn
that is competing for prizes there IS
La lack of quality for seed purposes.
This statement was made during the
course of the talks that were being
made on the floor OF the convention.
Several OF the farmers stated that
: they did not rave any seed corn, and
: they were anxious to know where the.
were going to get it. There were
: none in the audience who could
! couch safe any Information as to
!, whore tho reliable corn could be sc,
cured, and il is evident that the seed
/, corn proposition is going to be a dit
G iicult one to solve in the spring.
Elect the Officers.
/; just before the close of the after
/. noon the nominating committee made
its report. and presented the follow
ius list OF officers for adoption or re
lection:
President, III. L. Dawes. Fulton
. vice president, John 7. Thompson
Elk Point; secretary, a. y. Hume
agrono1Gist. Brookings college; treas
:, urer, +. =. send, Mitchell. Directors
s. Norman A.. Nelson. Y ankton fof
Is southern district; \. j. Risgert, Nit
y chell, for central district; Lewis Lar
son. Langford, northern district.
Affiliate Will, Other Societies.
w. \. Wheeler at the evening ses
. sion presented q proposition whic
): had received some discussion durin
y the. afternoon relative to the afhlii
ton of several kindred organization
in the matter OF holding their AZ
nual meetings jointly. Mr.. Wlteie
named the associations as the LILY
: Stock BREEDERS Association. I'll
- State Poultry Show. the State Hort
cultural Society and the Corn an
Grain Growers Association. He b.
lieved that tbs interests of al woul
.-i DC ADGllGT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT W wv Avn
coming together during the SAN
- week OF the year,. hold their sep
-, ate meetings for business purpos'
and then join together in an evenir
= session. whereby the various depar
lnents could receive the informatic
that Is given along all these line
for the farmer is interested in eat
one.
Tho proposition was discussed fro
the Hcor to ONE extent and NJ
Wheeler offered the following resol
ton, which was unanimously adop
ed.
RESOLVED. That we. the mel
bers of the South Dakota Corn al
Grain Growers Association here a
sembled, declare ourselves in fav
of holding a joint meeting of all Il
Estate agricultural associations inclu