Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1915 — HOMINY CORN CLUB [ARTICLE]

HOMINY CORN CLUB

A Plan for Improving White Corn f©» Human Food. [National «rop Improvement Service.] At every meeting of farmers you will find quite a large proportion who prefer growing white rather than yellow corn; but as a rule, the quality of the white corn has been steadily going down until the white corn which is now received on the market is frequently badly damaged and must be thrown into feed grades, which sell for five cents under the price of white corn used for human consumption in coin meal, hominy and gritp. White corn which weighs 55 or 56 pounds per bushel Is worth from one to three cents more than yellow corn of the same quality, as a general rule. No man cab improve both his yellow corn and his white corn if they are planted within reach of each other's potlen. Therefore, it is suggested that the friends of white corn form a hominy club and grow white corn exclusively, breeding it up to its highest efficiency. The agronomy department at your state college will undoubtedly help you establish a fine type of white corn. The variety does not matter so much as the growing of the one kind by all of the neighbors so as to obtain sufficient quantities to •sell this corn by sample rather than sacrificing it by mixing it with inferior corn.

The county agent can do a great deal of good by establishing a seed plot for white corn where it will be unaffected by neighboring yellow corn. The idea of the club will be to get as Urge a membership as possible to grow the best white corn, if they are Dot already committed to improving their yellow corn. There is danger of overlooking the quality of white corn. ■