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REPORT OF ASSISTANT DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. 35 



SCORE CARD. 



Standard Score 



Adaptability 25 



Seed condition 15 



Shape of kernel 15 



Uniformity and trueness to type. . 15 



Weight of ear 10 



Length and proportion 10 



Color of grain and cob 5 



Butts and tips 5 



Total 100 



I believe such contests as these inaugurated by the Norway 

 National Bank of Norway and by the Union Trust Company 

 of Ellsworth, cannot fail to be of benefit to the farmers. I 

 hope these banks will continue similar efforts and that others 

 may join with them. A substantial increase in the amount of 

 our com and grain crops will reduce the amount of money we 

 are annually sending west. 



The additional feed we might easily grow would allow us to 

 increase our stock and thus add to the fertility of our farms, 

 without increased expense for commercial fertilizers. This 

 means greater and mutual prosperity for the farmer, the banker 

 and the merchant. Upon the prosperity of these three — and 

 the greatest of them is the farmer — depends the development 

 in business education and civilization of the state and nation. 

 The prosj>erity of the nation may be likened to an immense arch 

 wherein every stone supports or is supported by others, all 

 centering upon a keystone. The keystone of prosperity's arch, 

 in any country or nation, is agriculture. 



This report would be incomplete did I neglect to fully urge 

 the importance of ''Better Seeds for Maine." It is a behest 

 handed down from the very earliest days of life's history that 

 for the continuation of the development and productivity of our 

 crops we must save a portion of our best for seed. There is a 

 pretty story of the king who heard by chance of a new and 

 more productive variety of maize than that grown in his own 

 country and sent his wisest men on a journey lasting a year 

 to a far countr}% searching for this new plant. No less than 

 in the old days does the life of our people depend upon the corn 



