Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-13
CORN RAISING PRIZES AWARDED
Roger Fooe of Lebanon Takes First Place with De Wolf
 of Preston Second in Competition Under Agricultural So- ciety Auspces-Professor Slate From Stors the Judge Says New England is Coming Back to Corn Raising

i business and must be figured out on a 1 pusiness basis and if the New England 1 farmer cannot see hom he is going to grow the corn cheaper than he can 1 ouy, there is no use for him to grow 1t.
 New England Wants Corn for Feeding. l New England farms want corn for feeding, he said, and he went on to 1 point out some of the ways in which l the Connecticut farmer makes his corn i cost more per bushel than 1t ought to l cost This cannot be if he Is to com pete with the corn that he has to buy, 1 One way that he indicated was in method of blowing. He indicated that the Connecticut farmer ought to put l more hustle into ploughing time and l get the work done, and then keep on | hustling with the planting and get the seed into the ground. and then keep on with more hustling methods to make ] the crop hurry up and grow to ma turity and harvest time This is farm economy and must be practiced to make 1t pay.
 There are people coming into New England. he said, who know how to work harder than the average New Englander, and who will work 16 hours in the day, and whose wife and chiI- den will go out into the field to work ones who will crowd us out if 1t comes to competition.
 The SiIo a Necessity. Professor Slate advised against sending off TOO or 800 miles for seed which esafd could better be secured near at home and he described how the farmer could be his own seed grower and selector. On the point of ploughing he advised to plough feed and get the land as fine as possible and to use 16 square loads of manure to the acre and all the fertilizer you think you can afford to put on. Then keep the crep cultivated all the time, but watch that you do not cultivate beyond the line of profit. The cheap est way to harvest the crop is to put it into the silo, but for that we want earlier maturing corn than we have been getting. Ensilage is the cheap est feed we can have and we must have the silo on the farm.
 Corn for Dairy and Hogs.
 We have got to have the silo in the dairy business. which is a New England industry and always bound to continue so, and if we have good down the corn meal feed. Further more we are going to grow corn for hogs in New England. It's coming sure.
 More Contests to Follow.
 Secretary Greenman of the agricul- turaI society spoke briefly of the con- test which the society had started to stimulate an interest in corn raising and said they were well satisfied with the beginning that had been made and the entries on hand were encouraging, he thought, for the first time. This be- ginning shows what can be done, and he had the idea that these corn grow ing contests under the auspices of the agricultural society could be made an annual event of great interest and general participation by the farmers of the county.
 Professor Slate answered a number of questions along many lines put to him by persons in his audience and after an interesting session of over an hour and 9. half the grange meeting adjourned with a vote of thanks to Professor Slate.