The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-02-05
CLOSES WITH THIS
EVENINGS MEETING
Speakers Urged Farmers to
Raise More and Better
Corn-Mrs. Foulke Spoke
on Domestic Science.
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM.
Invocation-Rev. A. V. Scheidler.
Address-Mrs. G.. Foulke.
More Live Stock for Indiana-D. o.
Thompson.
(Staff Correspondent. }

CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, Feb. s.
Growing in attendance from the first
day, the Cambridge City Short Course,
held under the auspices of the Purdue
University extension department, was
declared the best course held for the
past several months, when the after
noon session opened today. The short
course program will close this evening
The course opened Monday. 1t is es
timated that between 400 and 1900
persons attended the last days ses-
sion. A large crowd is expected to.
night
This morning J. c. Bevers spoke at
D o'clock at the Hurst Opera house.
He took for his subject more and Bet
ter Corn" In the course of his ad-
dress Mr.. Beavers declared that corn
continues to be kind in this state. He
related the wonderful improvement
made in methods of producing Ameri-
cas- greatest cereal.
On Better Corn.
In part he said:
about one-third of it's total cultivated
land to the production of corn. During
the past few years, said the speaker,
Indiana farmers have begun to reap
some Of the benefits derived from the
experiment stations campaign for
more and better corn.
Ten years ago the average yield
of corn in Indiana was less than 35
bushels to the acre, while the average
production for the last three years is
close to 40 bushels per acre and may
slightly exceed that amount. If we are
to continue increasing our production
We must pay careful attention to ev-
. cry one of the essentials in corn pro-
duction."
I'VE may select good seed and OBJ
tain a good stand of corn, but atten-
tion to these alone will not give us a
big corn crop. Picking seed of the
right sort and of good quality are
mighty important steps toward secur-
ing large yields, but our largest yields
are only obtained where every essen
tial is carefully looked after.
Rotation, fertilization and cultiva-
tion are just as essential to the pro-
duction of large yields of corn as good
seed selection and termination.
Il believe the farmers of Indiana
can do more towards increasing their
yields of corn by properly utilizing
crop residues than any other one
thing. Rotation of crops is also i'm
portant, but less important than the
conservation of 20 million dollars
worth of fertilizing materials than an
hually go to waste in Indiana.
by giving more attention to these
Ill important things the physical con-
aition of the soil and it's water holding
capacity may be greatly improved. By
growing clover and other leguminous
crops more often, the supply of nitro
gen may be increased in the most eco
nomical way"
After explaining how simple it is to
rotate the crops properly and how
many millions of dollars might be
saved each year by adopting more
economical methods of handling man.
ures, straw and other crop residues,
Mr.. Beaver showed tabulated facts
that prove fertilizer to be of much
value.
Rotation Of Crops.
In concluding his remarks he said,
"Do not waste your good money buy
ing nitrogen for the corn crop. Get
your nitrogen by growing clover, soy
beans and cowpeas in the rotation.
Spend your money for phosphoric acid
and potash. In nine cases out of ten
on CLAW and loan soils a fertilizer CON
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