Evening journal., 1913-01-17
CORN GROWERS
HEAR OF The
BEST METHODS
Prof. Carrier Tells State AS
SOCiatiOn Of Factors in
High Yields
WILMINGTON EXTENDS
MOST CORDIAL WELCOME

The Delaware Corn Growers AS
sociation resumed its business this
morning. o. c. Purdy, president OF
the Wilmington Chamber Of Conn
morce, welcomed the visitors on be-
half of the Chamber OF Commerce.
Mr.. Purdy said in part:
"One great purpose of holding this
Convention in this city at this time is
to lend our efforts to lay before the
people of this country full claim ana
credit i'm your behalf. We hear a
great deal of the average yield or
corn per acre in the year 1911 In
this respect Illinois is credited with
33 bushels; Iowa, 81 and Delaware,
"a while the average price per
bushel from 1900 to 1910 in Illinois
was 43c; Iowa, 39c, and Delaware, SOC.
The land value average per acre in
1910 was i'm Illinois, 95.62 Iowa.
S2.5S; and in Delaware. 1888. These
cold figures should furnish all the
more incentive for you gentlemen to
continue in your good work and study
and TO keep ahead in your average
yield value per bushel while you have
the advantage of this lower average
land value.
Turning to that staple wheat, VIC
find that the average price per bushel
from 1900 TO 1910 was Illinois, sic
Iowa, re and Delaware. S6c, while
the value of the crop for the l0year
average was Illinois. S12.55 Iowa
$40 81. and Delaware. S1376 per acre
The question may be asked why is
nj frlr~ Ia
We can simply answer this question
by stating to you, gentlemen, that il
is our belief that it is a great corn
\ growing State, and it is within your
power to make it still greater
Eugene Shallcross. in reply took
occasion to give Wilmington the cred
B il Of taking the first step in bringing
4 the farmers of the state and the citi-
4 zens OF Wilmington together and be
Fl counseled that the good work be kept
up. He said that the farmer needs
N more dignity and said that because
F he flled the soil some people thought
Il anything was good enough for him
81 The farmer. he said, would be great,
q benefited by properly appreciatine
n his position In this country.
Mr. Shallcross told a story of ;
city man who visited the country anI
was bested in trying to make fun a
the expense of boy who was hoeini
a corn patch
your corn looks yellow said thu
man.
d" That's the kind I planted th'
boy replied
Don't look as if you would have
over half a crop
'"Dont expect to for I planted i
on shares
Seems to me you are not far NOV
v ed from a fool
There's only fence between us,
said the boy
Professor Lyman r. Carrier, OF Vir
gina. made an address upon th'
many things he had seen which were
81 subject for congratulation. He spok
in a pleasing manner Of the show o
corn made by the growers of thu
state He was assigned 10 the sub
n iect of Some Factors i'm Securing
81 High Yields of Corn per Acre"
One of the principal factors Of th
81 three that go to raise corn, one o
the most important was the prope
scection OF seed. Every farme
should produce the seed corn u
plants was his contention. TIL
speakers point was that proper cor
to each locality should be dedevel
81 oped.
Mr.. Carrier told his hearers ho'
they could breed good seed corn upo
~ the same principal that they ca
animals He said it was matter {
|# section of the best of a kind adopte
81 to .he conditions where il is to
planted He emphasized the great i'm
# portance in this selection of seed cor
M and its breeding
" Professor A. e. Grantham, secr'
tary and treasurer of the association
spoke upon the value and yield of th
crops on the Delaware farms. II
called attention to the fact that tn
figures upon the comparison tab
'& had been used by President o.
W Purdy but Professor Grantham cal
W ed attention to the fact that Del;
wares average in the wheat and cor
III exceeded many other states He ais
81 said that the price per acre of far
~ land in Delaware was only about 1.
#I COptinuod on Cnpond Dauo