farmers" institutes. 809 



tilizers, (8) Horses, (9) Cattle, (10) Hogs, (11) Sheep, (12) Poultry, (13) Bees, 

 (14) Principles of Breeding, (15) Principles of Feeding, (16) Fitting and 

 Marketing Live Stock, (17) The Farm Dairj', (18) The Creamer}', (19) Silage 

 for Dairy Stock, (20) Silage for Butcher Stock, (21) Producing Fine Dairy 

 Products, (22) Orchard Fruits, (23) Small Fruits, (24) The Kitchen Garden, 

 (25) Market Gardening, (26) Forestry, (27) Bird Protection, (28) Farm 

 Accounts, (29) Farm Arrangement, (30) Farm BuildiLgs, (31) Highway 

 Improvement, (32) Domestic Science, (33) Sanitary Homes, (34) Agricul- 

 tural Education, (35) Agriculture in the Country Schools, (36) Rural School 

 Improvement. 



During the coming year the number of meetings to be held in the 

 various counties will be in direct ratio to the area. Counties having an 

 area less than 200 square miles will have but two days of Institute work. 

 Those having 200 to 350 square miles will have three days of Institute 

 work. Counties having over 350 and under 500 square miles will have 

 four days of Institute work, while the counties containing 500 or more 

 square miles will be entitled to five days of Institute work. Judging from 

 the replies in the Superintendent's office, every county will, probably, 

 have its full quota of Institute work the coming year. 



CORN GROWING. 



,JA>IES BOONE, CARLISLE, IND. 



[Read before the Sullivan County Farmers' Institute.] 



It is possible within a few years to double the average production of 

 corn per acre in the United States and to accomplish it without any 

 increase in work or expense. 



It is not to be understood from this statement that it is desirable to 

 double the present corn crop, but that it is desirable to produce the same 

 yield on a smaller number of acres and with less labor. If 00 bushels 

 are raised on one acre instead of on two, the labor of plowing, harrowing, 

 planting, cultivating and harvesting is greatly reduced. The demands 

 control the quantity that should be grown. 



To meet the demands the producers of the United States have during 

 previous to 1904 averaged in round numbers 2,000,000,000 bushels of corn 

 yearly. In producing this a little more than 82,000,000 acres have yearly 

 been devoted to corn growing. The average yield per acre has been 24.5 

 bushels. Very few farmers would like to acknowledge that their average 

 production for the past ten years has been less than 25 bushels per acre, 

 but from the best estimates that have been made the fonchision is ;iii 



