SEED IMPROVEMENT MEETING. 185 



of seed, amount and kind of fertilizer used, and how applied, 

 number of times cultivated and hoed, date of planting and also 

 of ripening. This rule will be impartially enforced that the 

 officers may be able to publish the essential facts with the 

 awards and thereby render greatest service to the individual 

 grower. 



Respectfully submitted, 



G. M. TWITCHELL. 



The report of this committee was accepted and referred to 

 the Executive Committee. 



Mr. C. M. Gallup — I would like to ask for the information 

 of those present the method employed in determining the water 

 free content of corn. 



The President requested Dr. Pearl to reply to this question. 



Dr. Raymond Pearl — The amount of moisture in corn is 

 determined in the laboratory by drying the sample to constant 

 weight with artificial heat. The loss of weight then represents 

 the amount of water which was in the corn at the beginning. 

 This can and usually is figured as percentage of total weight. 

 Regarding the importance of this determination in corn shelling 

 contests it may be said that no corn which does not carry less 

 than 12 per cent moisture has any chance whatever to win in 

 such a contest, provided the competition is at all keen. 



