Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1917 — PLAN INCREASED CORN YIELD [ARTICLE]

PLAN INCREASED CORN YIELD

Farmers Should Co-operate to Get the Best Results. P. H. Hauter, M. J. Delehanty and Charles Welch, corn improvement committee of the Jasper County Better Farming association, met last Saturday to devise plans for increasing the production of corn in the county this year. The committee urges every farmer to adopt the testing of each seed ear that is planted. For those farmers who have not time to do this for themselves, arrangements have been made with the Rensselaer schools to test free of charge all seed brought in within the next

few weeks. Mr. Delehanty will take the matter up with the .Wheatfield schools and Mr. Welch, with the Remington schools with tho view of making similar arrangements in each of these towns. Th.e committee intends to see that the papers of tho county are supplied with timely articles upon corn production and recommends that each farmers’ club of the county devote some part of its next program to a discusssion of this subject. Tho committee will undertake to locate good seed for those who need •it and any farmers who have good . seed to buy or sell may receive assistance through the Better Farm'ing association’s agent. As a shortage of good seed exists it is 'especially desired that all who have seed for sale make tho fact known through the various advertising mediums of the county. The eommitteo recommends that every farmer test out his planter before the season opens and so grade the seed both by hand and by grader that he may be certain of an absolutely uniform drop. The committe to secure two more farmers to conduct variety tests this year. That no best variety has been discovered for the county is indicated by the numerous types grown. Arrangements have been made with Purdue university for a series of variety testa in the county and two more farmers are to be selected. The committee also made preliminary arrangements for a corn show next fall, details of which will be published later.