The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-29
IOWA MAN HAS
DONE MUCH IN
FARMING LINE
H. ID. Hughes of State College
Will Speak at State Corn
Show Nov. ?. 3, 4, )

Il y. Hughes of Iowa State Col
legc, Anes, Iowa, will be one of the
principal speaker, at the state corn
show, to be held here November 2,
3, 4. and ).
Mr.. Hughes has had charge OF
the farm crops teaching and investi-
gational work at the Iowa State
College and Iowa Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station for the past IL
years. During that period the work
of the Iowa station with corn, small
grains and legumes has been OF
great practical value to the farm
crs Of Iowa and adjoining states.
Interested in Clover
Hughes has been particularly in
terested in sweet clover as field
crop and has carried on many in
vestigations with this legume, ad-
vocating it's general use on corn
belt farms. The remarkable in
crease in the use Of sweet clover as
a field crop is one of the most i'm
portant developments in crop pro-
duction in the past quarter of GEN.
fury.
Professor Hughes is the discov-
erer and introducer of the Hubam
clover, the annual white sweet clo-
yer, which is now well known
throughout the country. Among
other new crop plants for which
Professor Hughes is responsible the
Woods clover, another annual
1egume. gives great promise as a
green manure on soils so acid that
sweet clover and many other clo-
vers cannot be grown.
Professor Hughes is the inventor
Of the Ames hulling and scarifying
machine, the first successful ma
chine developed for scarifying
sweet clover seed. Information re-
garding the construction of this ma
chine was first made available in
1913 and in a very short time prac-
tically all seed houses were using
this equipment. During the past
few years considerable number Of
different types Of scarifiers have
come on the market.
The rag-doll method of. individual
ear testing seed corn is another
of Professor Hughes products. This
was first reported from the Iowa
Station in 1913 following two years
work during which time Ii methods
of testing seed corn were compared,
with $4,000 individual ear tests
considered. The rag-doll method is
nowsused in making probably 06 per
cent Of the individual ear tests with
corn.
Interested in Strain
Professor Hughes has always had
a great interest in strains Of corn
developed through the efforts Of
corn growers in the different re-
gions. In order to find the highest
yielding strains of corn he inaugur-
ated the Iowa state corn yield test
which has been in progress for the
past eight years. From three to
five hundred samples Of corn have
been entered in these tests each
year, these corns being planted on
test fields in different parts Of the
state where they have been com.
pared for yield and maturity. BY
means Of this the highest yielding
strains Of corn available in Iowa
have been located.
Probably the most extensive corn
breeding work in any state is being
carried on at the Iowa Station.
Particular attention Is being given
to the production Of hybrid strains
from pure lines. Very valuable new
varieties of small grain have been
developed at the Iowa Station by|
Professor Hughes and his assist
ants. Over one-half Of the 5000, 600
acres Of oats grown in Iowa 10
planted to varieties developed ct the
Iowa Experiment Station.