Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-03-07

nearly ieeul1B e4FNSiNH{
tha corn We grow as We are able
10 do yet, with the amount OF
s4oek that We arc feeding ] Be,
iieso Missouri is having 70 import
too much corn. ! would Ike very
mich to see an Organisation "
yorr county made for the purpose
OF producing seed grain 70 include
especially . and oats. When We
have our inatiknta- Il he farmers
should think favorably Of The mat
Ter, / would IKE to see an organi-
zason formed with that ob3ek IN
Very truly,
s. N. JORDAN.
Joe Gregory has rented the Little
place. sonih Of town, for the coming
year. There is something owe 200
acres in this tract. Mr.. Gregory Is
one Of AndraiE's promising young
farmers and b arranging to Farm on
largo scale this year.
The nth annual Live Stock Iudg-
inr coptest for short Course stu
denis ii the College Of Agriculture,
University Of Missouri, was held
Fsh ~. 1912.
TIE contest this year consisted in
~ -iryfr- according to their rel
alive merits, eight classes Of four
animals each.
Thirty minutes e allowed each
mar. to place and write his reasons
for Placing each class Of animals as
his Judgment directed.
OF he eleven highest men IN
tn, contest r. P. Atchison Of
Laddoria. was sth with a score Of
5e5 cut or a possible 500 points.
rho Holland Percheron Medal, of
fertd by the Holland stock Farm
OF spr nefiold. No, for the most
proficient Judge OF draft horses.
vaiata al 5000 was won by G. W.
Mecsiint.c, OF Hatton, Galloway
equity. Mo.
When tie Farmers Institute Is
held in Mexico. the first part Of
April. s. M. Jordan, the Missouri
Corn Man, " win organize a Corn
Growers Association. The Mexico
Commercial Club has gone on recon
announcing their purpose to assist
the farmer in every way to make the
Association a success. The follow
lng interview given out BY e. D.
Hutcharsou. Professor in Agronomy
at Missouri University. tells Of
the Association and its purposes;
The Missouri Corn Growers AS
soclaton was organized in 1908 by
the students Of the College Of Agri-
culture OF me University OF Mis-
SQUIRT to promote and further the
Improvement Of corn growing In
Missouri Starting with a rev stu
dents as members. the Association
has grown and prospesed until now
Its membership includes the fore
mos ON growers and breeders OF
this State.
The Association has always had
an annual meeting il connec-
ton with the Corn Show, both Of
which are held each year during
Farmers Week at the College Of
Agriculture.
Missouri has made rapid progress
in the production of corn since the
Corn Growers Association was or
gained, which has been due in no
small way to us efforts.
1t has developed a corn score
card ard established a standard
q judging. and has made possible
the teaching Of such standards thro'
local and State corn shows.
Il has brought into existence an
annual meeting Of the corn men OF
Tie State that IS unequaled for the
interest NANTES ed. At these meet
ings me nations foremost asIthor-
tiles On corn present the most up
todate methods and ideas for inn
proving our corn crop
It has organized an annual STATE
Corn show ma both ~ point Of
exhibits. AND quality Of corn shown.
is SECOND to none in the whole coun-
tfy,
u 1906 1t organized, iii co-opera
ten with tlie College cf Agriculture
and the State Board Of Agriculture,
the Missouri Boys Germ Growing
Contest, which has done more 20 in
troduce the uge of pure seed Of.
standard varieties. and to create a.
greater interest in better corn than
any other movement that wrs ever
started along this line. Lest year
more than $500 boys were enrolled
IN this contest and much good Is
being accomplished through this
means OF showing the boys some
Of the opportunities that lnte8l
gent farming affords.
It has created an dnterest ia I'M
proved seed which 10 meaning much
to the agricultural interests Of the
State. not only in corn growing. but
other phases OF farming operations
as well,
What the Association ID Working
70 Accomplish.
TO eliminate poor varieties Of
grain from the State and to bring
about the production Of many high
yielding strains Of all o. the cereal
10 dass inmate among is members
a better knJxledge Of corn as we'll
AZ Of other graAns and forage crops
and shus impr6ae agrtcn-
tural methods throughout the STATE
To hold an annual grasR exhibN
which shall surpass anything <pf ls
kind In the United States.
TO establish a farm boys aercuI-
tuF1l organization with a grain gro
ing c2lsest q mammoth proportions
To secure IN active MEMBERSHIPS
Of 1000 Missouri farmers.