The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-01-28
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY
FARM BUREAU
BERT L. FRANCE
Farm Adviser

particular in reference to their loca-
ton on different and distinct soil
types.
In the spring at corn planting time,
the County Agent shall hold a meet
ing on each Class A Demonstrators
farm. The Demonstrators and the
County Agent will have previously
selected uniform piece of ground
for the test, and the meetings shall
be held in the field where the corn is
to be planted. The field should be
marked off and each participants corn
planted by hand-four or five kernels
to hill, and then thin to two or three
stalks to hill. The plot should be
long enough to plant 10 hills from
an ear of corn, its width to be deter
mined by the number of farmers TAX
ing part. At the time of this first
meeting from ten to twenty-five farm
ers of the community represented by
each Glass A Demonstration should
each bring six ears of corn that in
their opinion represents the best kind
of corn for the field type under con-
sideration. Half of each of the six
ears that each participant brings
should be shelled from butt to tip, and
this corn mixed in compost samples,
care being taken to keep each mans
corn separate. The remnants of these
ears shall be carefully marked and
retained by the County Agent. 1t
will not be necessary to take space
here to explain in detail how each
plot shall be planted.
If possible these corn plots should
be along public road. The different
rows of corn should be plainly mark
ed, showing name of farmer furnish
ing the name of variety.
A second meeting will be held on
the corn plot about roasting time.
The purpose of this meeting will be
to observe the relative growth of the
different kinds of corn and make such
comments as seem advisable. A corn
expert will be present at this second
series of meetings.
The third and final meeting will be
held at corn gathering time. All corn
should be examined by those interest
ed and talk made before gathering
begins. Each farmer who partici-
pated will be expected to be present
to gather out his rows and pile the
corn at the end of the row. Scales
shall be furnished and the corn shall
be weighed each row separately, and
the yield calculated on the basis of
record shown and a vote of all the
participants of the corn from sin
gle row of each of the five best lots,
and all of the corn from one row of |
each of the three poorest lots shall b |
placed in crates and taken by the
County Agent for exhibit purposes.
The remnants of the ears producing |
the corn shall be exhibited. At the
corn show, full information shall be
given concerning the corn shown.
Glass B Co-operators shall consist
of farmers of the county who will
agree to first grow at least five acres
of corn, one acre of which shall be
entered in yield contest. End, give
5 bushels of corn as an entrance fee
to the corn show and auction. 3rd,
abide by the detail rules laid down
by the local committee in charge of
the corn show and auction.
Entrance to this class shall be
made before the corn to be entered
is planted.
At time and place to be set by
the corn Committee, a corn show and
sale is to be arranged. Each con-
testant in the B Glass shall be fur
ulshed with five 1-bushel crates. In
them shall be placed his five bushels
Of entry corn and delivered to the
show. This entry corn will be scored
and judged. After the corn has been
scored and exhibited, it shall be sold
at public auction. The proceeds of
the sale to go to the Farm Bureau or
the committee designated, said money
to have been spent in part in prizes
for the acre corn growing contest.
The participants in Glass A shall
hold a meeting at the time of the corn
show to pass upon the variety and
strain for the different soil types of
he county. Of course one years work
will not be conclusive and the test will
oe continued. Announcements con-
'erning these records will be made be-
'ore the sale of corn starts so that
buyers may bid accordingly. This
work will be continued throughout the
second year in the same manner and
llso the third year, and by that time
very accurate recommendation may
lp made as to tha hact t,ariaf1, ~.