Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-29
RAILROAD INsTRucTs AGENTS
70 ASSIST IN SECURING CORN
EXHIBITS.
SAMPLES TO BE GATHERED
AND SENT TO AMEs
Exhibits Later to Be Returned TO
Agents and Exhibited For Thirty
Days at Railway Stations, Together
With Score Marks-Benefits to Be
Derived.
Special to Ttmes-Republican.

special 10 times Repupllcan.
Ames, Sept. 29.-One night during the
summer while President Raymond A.
Pearson, of Iowa State College, was
working overtime, in his office First
Vice President R. H. Ashton and an
other high official Of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway dropped in on
him for a greeting and friendly chat.
Before the railroad officials left that
evening the c. & NV. railroad and
the Iowa State College formulated a
cooperative plan that bids fair to do
as much as any other single thing for
the corn crop Of Iowa
The result Of that little meeting at
Ames a circular letter, which in effect
is an order. has been sent from Chi
cago Offices of the c. & NV. by j. w.
Num-, assistant general passenger and
ticket agent, to every passenger agent
Of the Northwestern lines in Iowa in
structing the agents how their employer
expects to aid the Iowa State College
in its efforts to improve the quality Of
Iowa seed corn and therefore the
HaWkeye corn crop.
To Gather Corn Exhibits.
The letter itself is fully explanatory.
1t says:
During the winter short course at
the Iowa State College, Dec. 29-Jan. g.,
the extension department off the Iowa
State College has arranged for an edu
cational corn exhibit which will prove
to be OF interest. not only to the sew
eral hundred farmers who will be pres
ent az the short course but also to the
q rha line Of n-1 To
make this corn exhibit educational il
its nature the sample corn will be
scored by experts.
We are DESTROYS OF cooperating
with the extension department Of the
Iowa State College in securing sample
corn from the farmers along our lines
for this exhibit and to that end we will
ask every agent on our lines in Iowa
to secure from farmers or other persons
having good knowledge Of the best corn
in their territory ten samples of corn
as soon as possible after the close of
the huskjng season for this exhibition
purpose. Agents Will confer with
farmers, bankers or other persons
naturally interested in this subject and
get their cooperation in securing
proper samples. It is thought that one
ten-ear sample from each locality will
De Suluc1enC.
Farmers furnishing sample corn
should attach a statement giving the
variety, number Of acres grown, yield
in bushels per acre, source OF the seed
corn (whether home grown or pur-
chased) and II seed corn was pur-
chased give the source from which 1t
was secured.
Not later than Dec. IS samples prop
erly packed and labeled. with the name
and address of the exhibitor. should be
forwarded by American express to Prof.
NJ. A. HaRer, extension department.
Iowa State College. Ames. Iowa. These
samples, after being scored by the ex
perts at the exhibit, together with the
scores will be returned to the commun-
tiles from which they We're sent.
After their return from the exhibit
at the state college these samples, with
the accompanying score cards. are TO
be exhibited at our stations in order
that the farmers in the community may
gain valuable information by compari-
son of the samples Of corn with their
own seed core, and especially by a
study Of the tcore cards. Agents will
see that the exhibits are kept in good
shape for at least thirty days.
The c. & NV. officials. therefore,
will make little corn short course Of
every one Of the c. & NV. passenger
depots in Iowa. Each agent will put up
a poster in his station, which the farm
ers of the vicinity can look at and see
where their seed corn Is weak. Presi-
dent Pearson says the scheme ought to
bring results