| Show I i ii i A ABOUT CO RN R N BREE BK EL DING P IN G New Dollars Discoveries EE a 0 Year WHicK to Our Moy National Add Ono Wealth l Special Correspondence of I Da 1 n D 1 C 1 c l toh M 22 MU 2 U It a Q gold Koltl Held could be h III dIP I W I X covered conrod whIch In on y year r I i would turn out nUl 10 time Ilm t the of tiC ill nil the Ihl fold mid silver diver now I annually mined In the United Unite It l would set lot our flu nation crazy crill ex cx excite I Ii i cite tho th Such a 1 gold field I I hits has Im I Iv v hori boon within the pus four Cour year tant In tn the great relit torn hll It ut vt tho UIO United State Our corn corll trop crop now In round number to more limn bushels l ti annually worth In the thu neighborhood ot of NO coo All tho Iho sold goltl mined milled In III Inthis Inthis this till country COUll I 1 amounts to tl but more thun i f tin i j o 0 L t 1 IK 15 worth 10 nit n much Now the tho Ih of ot tho la hilt t four yearn yer hare shown that Ihal thin hIM groat rott can bo hu doubled without V I milling n dill ng one ono onon n ro to 10 o tho the land cultivated or 1 c nu to the tho th CRt cost of O This Ihl moons I In n time n 1 t 1 Increase of ot 1000 In III our notional wealth willed on n ti 5 basis bade Mm Ihl th of ot to our national Il ct CORN cOnN IS 1 KINO mNO Those Arc big hie hi HiLl to bill hul corn I IB IN mightY It U IM III Sums i t crop It Jt Is 18 a tho the crop Iro cm of ot tho the wo se 0 have havo th monopoly of It II How Howl flO flOe e l groat r wt It Il II li few tell The Fhe nit nl to 10 on mind them In li i 1002 1902 wu ve nolt lor I bushels of 0 lint In III 1908 1903 tho the product InO Hum hushIN Ift m put iut o ii I Into Inlo concrete nil 1111 the tho corn raided bet Inal year could lie lio Inlo I n I C on pile nil loaded on t Let LeL each wagon with Its liB team learn awl and driver take ui up 50 feet of ot the procession proc tuna sion wagon after wagon ne K the corn cor emit crup moves on III fl Put tho th of the horse at the tailboards of oC tho the wagons lIgon In front fOnt how hOl far farn 1111 n do tI you think the tho Hint be when the last wAgon wise n loaded them to tl AIt at al the thO I JL river would 1 It u l ht he e down In Int t hIU No In Jn Now York No Out nut I In the tho Atlantic Over oar In n Away Awny ort oft In AsU 1 In the th middle of or orthe the No Io 0 it would be ha hafi fi thousand upon thousand of or mile ti further on H It would 1 roach not mice l hut lull 12 times the world u n L ells diN F taneo of ot more titan than mlle miles One years N corn crop crip ut 40 of ot shelled corn tOm to 10 II tho Iho wagon would 1 88 gg con can continuous linos litia of ot loads from rein HOI Boa ton to Him Francisco l oo If It you jou ou could bridge tho Iho skies anil start It toward tho Ilie moon It would make n a no solId I HI c train which would 1 ooch to that doad and go 10 on for tor ml miles I en beyond ft it you oU could loud 1081 II It on earn onra In POO I I loU Iota at tit 40 feet Ceel to 10 tho car Inell Including I I l InK ing platforms start them thern on n it 1 double tack tho the two twi oun would I none from tho the to New NewYork NewYork ii York the 1110 I l almost ucross H Asia before the tho Just JustI rut I two Iwo cam cani were loaded And 1111 this mighty crop cnn cAn bo be Jo doubled till m I 1 have havo before without adding ono one cent c nt to the tho lie cost collI of ot production or tine unc to the thu 11 arm aroc now UKi d It not lint only enly cnn can be he done ilone but bUl la Is being done clone Tho 1110 discovery wan made about tour four n jo that tIm tho right kind of ot seed se everything to do with thu th yield of ot tho ho torn orn crop crOl that there In is l tItle line blooded I torn deril AH ns there Is III title line blooded l Monk onil that thaI corn cnn can In bo he bred up lip like a II high strain of ot Jetsey Jels entile or n a 1 trotter CORN COHN A 1 H It t WilY was to 10 give you yuu the story of ot tile this l movement that I 1 Killed ut III t the agri agricultural cultural department today antI hail had a 1 al l talk with Archibald DIxon who lyon one of tho the of ot tie the ills dis discovery rn covery tie tic III Is today toda scarcely arrol mote more than Ihal thann n ft 1 boy but bUl lie Ill Is 18 one of ot the Iho chief corn r of oC the tho I 1 risked fielded him how holl lie hi became cd 1 In III corn lie He replied I on u a 1 firm farm und when I Jot got old olt enough my father n ni j n it corn patch to for tor myself I to buy the Iho seed lIel do nil ahi the tho work nod I hud had till nIl the profits My patch ron lOn 1 lathed allied 14 ncr l and tind as an I lived In u tL Inc region re loli I VON van to raise lie tho Win h lIl and most corn I then thien thought that tho thie secret o ret of ot success was wall wallIn In fertilization and cultivation I 1 lined u CI I I I I I Tel ra News IV y Frank 0 G Carpenter plenty of at manure kept tho the thoI will well worked aitI an its n m Lid reull my Aril crop il to 10 1000 bunh ls or IK III bushels to 10 th the acre lI re which Willi for nr R the yield of tb the rest rent of oC the farm That t 1 me ins to the luh JI I I kept up my III studios studies when I went to the he Illinois agricultural col coliff 01 leg iff nt lit ii el y year nilI nr or ci II an Si litter later There we no e hud hid nn an experimental corn orn patch hatch and ww Wilt wi WRY wity w 11 rould coult to 10 In cr crA nse the tho 1111 One menus was wall wasby wa waby by b eil cd We Wa found fount that cd ed corn double n ll many oars oam an as d corn CIrri null by b where he tilt orn ClIme chine from we ve that lip thip melt best wa was hell by h two f armr one in III Ii enl anil nt ono one In lii Illinois Vc We wrote anti and asked ns na to how the th It sand wan wn produced 1 nail found that eAch ellch man hoc had fin 5 years year been retorting till hll lii bent befit seed iod II for fr the slime by hy the Ih ize 1711 stalk amid vl ld Time Th men hint n ns white corn awl and hail luid b been en tell up u that variety The Tho Illinois man nian hail hOll boon tile HIP same tIng with yellow unit hl wits It II produced n lOll 74 buh l lIr aero arro This l I l 1111 to ii r boll b belfry v that corn OrO rouM lo te nr gritt l by ly the of or lion of or need RII bv liv tv in the heel best epo of 0 the hI 1 tl n to 10 bip biped d We W to tr ti ilo In that ut at the arri NIt r In in I II from frOn that 1111 on the f hI ha hias un ui until ill til there thre nr lr re rom corn In III nil the time rat corn centers IId cons COHN 10 Do you VOLt oU trouble In tho the farmer Ca to II Improve lID prove their seed lIeen No Zo replIed Mr Ir Shamel l when one of or a community huts lux tin time right seed hl Ml bI crop I II an oJ object ot lesion to all 1111 hi his and oud they are tire ready to 10 follow bl his hili example next your year soil and Rn do likewise The Phe rh mutter linn lies become he no so Important In limit Nelll that thai the stats slate offer for tor the tho host corn this The states I have corn oem exhibits at III which from rom 2000 to 10 samples of corn art are shown Schools School of ot corn have lm in through throughout out flit Ill I Illinois and other Platen and amid a till I inbuilt pity that there timers urn aro hundreds of thousands of or boys boyn ench of if whom has a little patch of or corn and and who Is 18 studying hov ho to iP raise cori for himself There ra were aGoo HB triples of ot eon Cohil nt by different boyk to 10 the Ht Ix ul exposi exposition Uon tion to 10 form Corm n a part vart of ot the lie th Illinois corn exhibit there The rhe same lama thing l IS II going on oil In III lawn lown Kansas la Mis Missouri lI Ion rI 11 and Ohio Where do 10 the tIme boy bon tAt get Bt land hs on which to raise this Ihla porn T TIt It la Ig given them th tn by b their fathers Instead of oC boy in a 11 cow cown n Ii horse hore or something of or that Ihn the fattier father gives gh Ills his SOIl non n it tel few mieres to ti put Into runt to raise premium c e All h the boys bO 11 of ot n it 1 arming community wilt wit be ho so 51 n treated at St a it 1 certain time limp nt At this the year noh will bring 10 jO of at tile Die bev bo eaTs tH df Ids his crop to 10 tim th ns as n nI lion It will ho be there r pawed passed pR upon tilOn I by ly the its Ih corn s and 1 the Hie be best t corn cornwill cornwill will premiums of ot or tn There Thou will viiI often lie he three premiums for or ouch each of ot corn corll shown hown ranging I II front from tall to 10 13 3 or Tho Time boys thus learn what con constitutes good corn the IP I kinds of ot corn and nil how It should b I he ma BIO pms It 11 Is III odd to think of or ft a t farm Curn continued Mr 11 but hul we Wo havo farms where re corn COlli U is ns us carefully bred brell In r reset to need sesil as nil horn horses and cattle mire nrc brOIl bred on Oil any 1111 stock farm In inthe tho the country The heads of ot forums forms know the tho pedigree of tile the Pars ears of ot corn they thoy tho and ond they take th IhlO best bent he 1 of ot I time the coin ooin produced from coin oem ears earn to 10 use ulle for the yours years planting One OM ear of ot corn Is II 11 for Cor unc row oil nn Ideal ear em being heln selected Detected anih the tho best beet 1 ast stalks of ot list row rolV ar are for thin HIP next years crop etOll CI o 0 that there Is IB a ii 1 continual breeding upward A is Hood good grain of or corn planted 1 mAY hats a 1 ll or nr more mor ehll I have often counted more mono tutu a R thetis thousand and anI grains of corn cor II on the tho car oar and some nomo of ot these Ih e children I hi be better batter breed breeders ore ers than hail etude The grains In this the mid mh middie middie die 1110 of th this oar ear usually produce bettor better corn COlli than the little ns at III the butts huttA and tips and unil the very tery ry best bel producer lire are for seed growing Are A re the o corn farms farm large There In III ono near nail Bloomington III Ill hl h has hll acme und lint there are I othis ns as large I 1 know nf ot on of o nerea and ninny of ot n it hundred J I I D It a aCorn r i 1 r c Corn Is I tho thu Crop Amounts s to and ond j How Undo Sum It 1 Tho I Now Corn Seed Sect breeder Breeden Corn JudIn Jud ln Corn And Their Exhibits ot mIt St 51 IJ Duat Dest t Corn The World VOId The Tho Enormous Seed Out of Which Somo Men fen Aro Ar Fortunes I Information About Ono One of tho Iho of the tho Century I II I w wo o o ot Y t A Ay AY Y Y y A J Jf I Y f y y I y y I r rI r f y y A Y Y Y 4 m Y I t y A At t A i Y Y Y y y A AY Y Y y y 1 i r f y J 1 y A Ar Y i r r fl X r I Iy y y z H X W WA A TYPICAL CORN HARVESTING SCENE IN ILLINOIS acres a rp ir 1 All of ot tb the these e seed I un ermi Illinois for tor ln tan f In III order to corn nm an nr II d leg InK w IV 11 ii thY They su ll lieu hell I nerd corn orn it at fr m U 3 to 10 I 15 35 per bushel n All as yet have not nol been able Rbi to 10 raise nilse rn Ie enough to supply the de tIe demand month mand It require A no ito breed brexl co n above that list needed for tOl ordinary farming the tile only In Is III i In the original cost of oC the Iho seed When j I you remember that there mire are i icorn corn orn e rn growers In IllInois alone and ond that thet I they need about bushel bu hell of ot reed I corn COIll overs OV at you can H lee se that time Hie demand for good gool seed reed roe Is ASSOCIATIONS Toll lehi me ate something th corn breeding Mr Mv lIeI are ale now HOW found In all nil of the hot chief corn growing states The rime in III nets Corn Carl Br association Wit organized In June l j It has been heen so IO l that the tho of or that state ilIa II has hal appropriated appropriate per POI annum to 10 experiment nl with corn rom along the lutes lino 1 laid down by Ii It Indiana 10 wu wa and have dace nce formed such the time movement la Iii I spreading to every ever corn of ot time tho You oti sp speak ak of 0 corn Mr Do you 01 m mean an to 10 that there mire are of ot corn om which have their r Yo Yes I 1 do cle The Time Illinois Corn urn orn Breed r now seven breeds hr N of corn oro row foil y yet el l low lull three thron white The nv corn earn breed lire are time Ihl I Ie Yellow lent 1 On Favor Favorite I Ito ite tEl white County Silver f White While and Willie White rl or These Thee e are the tho result Ie of or care careful ful tnt selection I of DC seed from Crom ro m the tho common white while or fir yellow corn orn of ot n a certain cerIa In com enn community c Tho rho farmer li lm 1 s 5 picked nicked out 1111 seed eed noted for fur Its kernels small c b band sod and tips or butts for tor n a num nurn number ber of ot always alway planting corn from Crum time the b rt l oars oar until in all Meal seed 1 corn com has hUR been heen obtained Hut But din elm you he be sure Ire that the HIP corn from time the best ears of or these lh e bre Is will wll always rf result In nn an Increased od crop over OCI the time seed reed I risked As I told you vou ou we have exam ricH plea of it t right ulong We tSe know knott It to 10 tobo tobe bo ho a 0 fixed fact tact One Ono fanner r In south routh list the in rn tee in l id m d 0 O a U rr rca ra s of ot Im improved pr proved ed seed need T The r aver of ot tha Iho rest relit of his farm fa rm ant and of ut r the time other oilier corn Holds of ot lila Ills tuna about 30 bushels per acre while the average on the tho th SOO 30 acres nOrlA WAS wan more moro th than in CO fi 0 bushels pel iet acre nere It 11 was the eanie soil but hul tho time Improved seed need gave Kave him ft a total gain of bushels which netted him 1000 of profit from the choice of ot sec cc I alone Alono Another farmer planted 80 acres and lila his Increase e on hat tract was more macro than 25 23 per nero micro have above n that of ot hits his holds planted with the tho or ordinary seed This oman man now ow plants over or corn annually and he ho has also 30 breeding fields Holda to Improve hl hi hll seed aced coin Oll t stock Om m sr CORN COnN STATES I What Whal Is III nn tin yield of at corn to lo lothe the time micro acre I 1 a ked Iced It If you yo 11 take Inke the tho whole United States Slates Wild Mr Ir time the average yield year u mia Ju hels Nov Nev fB we have of ot micros which produce 75 Th bushels bund el a per acre and SOnic produce a it and ant more nore The 11 yield over ocr known was itus 13 bushel bu hels to it the Ih acre Time The banner toni Mil states Illinois town Iowa Missouri Ohio anti and Pennsylvania Texas and lint alio alo rank high Last LIIRI year Michigan MI ami Indiana auth produced on time the user iier age ne over bu hels per or aero itero Illinois II a little mote mOle hll hel bush bushels oIl els and thirtyfour bushel The Illinois crop cro to that of or Iowa 11 to I I and l n etch ea h and In I 1 ind Texas and respectively Ohio mixes In tho the neighborhood of bushels of corn curn per Ier year eal Kentucky 1 about 80 SO bushels Indian territory 42 Our poorest t corn COlli Holds me 11 11 In Iii the smith Last year the Iho aver average sue age of or Flotlin was WI M Je Jess 8 ten ton bushels per ncr white while that of ot Alabama South Carolina was WOY less ies than fifteen i pet 1111 acre year yen I we WI had m acres neres ot of corn under tinder cultivation cull tion lion time the average yield was good goot In 1 comparison oll with the time past pul In 1001 IDOl time the th average wall less than seventeen bushels per pcr ule nl I the time range mange for tor time past generation g tins has been from sixteen to thirty the time ordinary average bo be boIng Jo Ing Iliff or twentysix bushels per er micro acre time tho United over OUR COmI fI TO Ii Is much corn raised ell outside of ot time the United little The rho South American continent produces luce ua aim murli aa UH bushels annually often orten has Iras ices le II than The Tho chief corn round lea of ot 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