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VOL. LXIX
INDIANAPOLIS, APRIL 11 ^$*f
NO. 15
MAKING CORN KING IN INDIANA
Coronation ceremonies are for monarch s, becau.se of their Inheritance and
because of their environment. In a
republic such as ours, kings, are recognised in various domains. Agriculturally, corn was crowned king at the Flrat
National Cora Exposition at Chicago,
in 1907, and that crown has been worn
by Indiana ever since, because her
.strains  are   from   blood   royal,   brought
WHAT OUR STATE HAS. DONE AT THE
NATIONAL CORN SHOWS-J. D. HARPER
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crop, until the Exposition shall be a I booth was tilled with agricultural data
great educational Institution, whereby I and demonstration material, from
American agricultural interests may which one could gain a most thorough
meet and organize efficiently for the' insight into the agricultural problems
beneflt of all concerned.      No other In-   of. each   particular   state.       The  grain
Hon,       Good Roads, Marketing,
Universal Peace, and other similar .subjects were discussed, as was
also Woman Suffrage, before audiences
Interested In the various lines. The
American Society of Agronomy had an
evening program and heard some excel-
l< nt papers and discussed them ln a
very profitable session. Other meetings   were   also   held,   for   the   National
A Sample ot What Indiana Corn Growers   are  Growing.    This is the Grand Sweepstakes Champion  Bushel of the   Recent  National    Corn   Show    Held   at
Dallas,   Exhibited   by  Geo.  L,.   Kerlin,   Franklin.
from the proper environment. No state
ean boast of a record in any farm product of such national Importance as does
Indiana, when she claims the high honors ln six successive National Corn Expositions.
Corn 1b a crop of national Importance because it is or can be successfully grown in every state in the Union.
Its national importance as an agricultural crop has been the excuse for a
National Corn Exposition, at which the
other grain crops have competed in
state, zone, national, and world classes.
The idea has been in the past and still
continues to be, on the part "of those
back of the National Agricultural Exposition, to enlarge Its scope and Importance    about corn    as a    universal
dustrial Interest exists in the country
today, that is of any consequence at
all, but that has a national organization looking to its welfare ln the remotest parts. So there Is a realization
of the need of an organized American
Agricultural Association, which, through
the state experiment stations and farm
interests, will give the American farmer a new sense of his importance.
The National Show at Dallas.
The recent exposition at Dallas, Tex.,
has been indicative of this broadening
tendency of the policy of the management. Twenty-five state experiment
stations were represented with grain
and forage crops in competition for
prizes,  and  besides    this,     each    state
exhibits presented an endless subject
of study in the different kinds and varieties on exhibition, as well as the
wide variation in varieties, due to climatic and soil conditions in different
states. The experiment station exhibits with their technical Information
adapted to the needs of the practical
observer, offered an almost complete
course in agriculture, while the large
Government exhibit sent by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture might be
said to offer a post-graduate course.
Besides these states and government
exhibits inviting the practical student
of agriculture, a number of meetings
of national importance were held for
the        more technical students.
Rural       health      and       Rural  Educa-
Corn Exposition is becoming a convenient meeting place for many national
societies interested in some phase of
agricultural development. The scope
of the exposition is becoming broadly
educational, with all agricultural interests centering in it, but with corn as a
universal product, about which the
keenest interest is manifested in the
awards where such valuable premiums
are at stake.
Indiana'-.  Record.
The part that Indiana has taken in
this worthy move has been most commendable. She has been In the limelight, so to speak, because of her admitted superiority ln the production
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