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Show AN INSPIRATION TO BOYS. Not ln sears have we read of the career of i oung man which holds out more of encouragement and Inspiration to the boss on the farm than In the account of the advancement nnd achievements of Prof P O Holden recently chosen agronomist nt the Agricultural college of Iowa Prof Ho! len was born In Minnesota In IMS He spent his earls Hf on n farm and before entering Michigan Agricultural college, of which he la a graduate won for himself an enviable reputation a a manager of farm affairs af-fairs He was elected a, member of the faculty at Michigan I ill declined and went back to active firm life nnl there remained until chosen tn 1SSC by Prof Davenport to thc choir of agronomy In the Illinois Agricultural college His work there established Ills reputation Willi at Illinois he organized orga-nized the Illinois Corn Oiowers association as-sociation organized the first corn-Judging corn-Judging ccitest ever held In this country coun-try and took n prominent pnrt ln all that ln ans way contributed to the advancement ad-vancement of ngrlcutaure In 1S10 he was emplosed at a large salarj hs the Peking Sugar Beet company to super-Inten! super-Inten! their flell work and there remained re-mained until a few months ago when he was chosen general manager of Punk Bros Immense corn breeding establishment at Illoomlngton 111 This flint has no less than 37 000 acres planted to seed corn It Is needless tn sas thut Prof Holden makes a gteat financial sncrlllce to leave this work to take up professional duties He doea It because' he Is devoted to his science and believes that he will have a c,rent oiportunlty to carrs on hi Investigations Investiga-tions Agronoms Is the technical name for the science of the production of farm crops Including oll and phsslcs as well as the chemlstrs nnd bacteriology of soils nnd crops It also Includes Improvements Im-provements ln seeds anl the nature nf Improved breeds of corn will be particular! Trof Holden a work Thero are three t-reat uses to which corn Is put as feed ns a bisls for starch nnd for oil urpoes Tor feed ths largest amount of gluten Is desirable, desir-able, for stnrch the lnrgcst amount of starch and for oil the greilest amount of fatts matter Corn good for one purpose Is not good for nnother It ia the dream of corn breeders to so specialize corn ns to get a kind best adapted to each demind Something Ins nlrends been done along this line, nnd whereas ortllnirs corn Is only 10 per cent albuminoids limited qunntl-ties qunntl-ties hnve been raised carrslng IS per cent It la hoped to hive a corn which, weight for weight will be aa rich In the gluten as oats In the same was a corn Is to be developed which will le neirly nil stirch nnd one which will carrs laige amounts nf oil To efforts along these linen Prof Hoi len Is exiected to devote much of his time It la believed thit his work, If successful suc-cessful will add several dollars to tho value of overs ocro of corn land ln Iown anl thus be of Immense benefit to evers ferenn In tho State He Is a man nf 37 senrs of oge nnd no man In the countrs Is considered to hive a brighter future with respect to scien-tillo scien-tillo agilculture When It was found that the present condition of the college funds vvnuU not l ermlt of n solars In excess of J2000 ier annum and that Prof Holden could not be secured for that pny, snme rubllc-splrlted farmer citizen ot Iowa, generousls enme forward to ledge enough ln addition to raise the salary to 12000 buch Is the apireclatlon felt lis the practical farmers for one who run lead them to better methods and more satlsfnctors results The plain but wonderful story of the rise of a Minnesota firm bos la full of Impnrt to tho soung men of 1. tub Tho fact Is that the State of Utah nnd the United States nf America Is suffering Just now from a dearth of mill men as Prof Holden Plices are ln walling for sclillsts thoroughly equipped In every branch of the science .of agilculture Men of power und nf Intenso application are demnn led, ind for such soung men tho broad realm of education offi rs no In lucements equal to thnae hell out by agriculture, and annua! Iniluslrj |