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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1905. 



Morning Session, 9:30 a. m. 



Call to order by President D. F. Maish, Frankfort, Ind. 



Correct Shape of a Grain of Corn E. H. Collins, Carmel, Ind:. 



Questions and Discussions. 



Vitality of Seed Corn and How to Keep It.. A. B. Hostetter, Springfield, Ill- 

 Questions and Discussions. 



Corn Breeding for Practical Farmers A. T. Wianckt), Lafayette, Ind. 



Report of Committee on Score Card .J. P. Davis, Sheridan, Lad 



Afternoon Session, 1:15 o'Clock. 



Election of officers. 



Seed Bed and Cultivation of Corn .1. H. Gwaltney, Posey ville, Ind. 



Discussions T. A. Coleman, Rushville, Ind. 



Advantages of Organizati>on and the Market End of Corn 



A. B. Hostetter, Springfield, III. 



Questions. 



I 

 There are many things which might have been placed upon the pro- 

 gram, but we thought it be; jt to do thoroughly a few things and get the 

 best results rather than tou eli lightly on a great number and receive no 

 benefit from any. 



The object of this asso elation is known to you all. It is not only 

 to instruct us how to raise c- orn, because most of us know how to do this, 

 but it is how to grow better corn in Indiana and to learn more about the 

 corn product and its uses. 



I believe that we have ! most of us learned how to produce a perfect 

 ear of corn, but do we kno w how to save it, and how to use it, so as 

 to utilize every bit of the product? This is an important feature and 

 the matter should be looked after tso the Indiana farmer may receive the 

 best and the most for his < )orn product. I recommend that this organi- 

 zation agitate this question . 



There are thousand of acres ot corn stalks standing in the fields to- 

 day, and this is a great ^ ^aste, add something should be done so that 

 the whole product could 1 )e utilizeid in some manner and thereby turn 

 this waste into profit. 



The corn crop in Iiidi aiia is becft ming larger every year, and to give 

 you some idea of the ma »nitude of tl^e product I will give you some fig- 

 ures on last year's crop: There were 4,015,179 acres of corn planted in 

 Indiana last j-ear, and this yielded 33 2,807,473 bushels of corn, averag- 

 ing 33.07 bushels to th g' gcro,. 



