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K T_ sts « - < *A %} \ \ V GARDEN sSA 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 at rn-A— 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 Continued on page 4.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1914, v. 69, no. 15 (Apr. 11) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6915 |
Date of Original | 1914 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 2011-04-19 |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | K T_ sts « - < *A %} \ \ V GARDEN sSA 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 at rn-A— 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 Continued on page 4. |
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