828 ANNUAL REPORT OP THE Off. Doc. 



thing goes bejond us, another comes within our reach. It is our 

 business to look after alfalfa, crimson clover and the soy bean, not 

 forgetting the pea, which gives us the richest of all foods; but 

 somehow it does not satisfy us. \\'e must get somebody to take up 

 these things and find how thej' can get into our agriculture in a busi- 

 ness way. We have to search all over the countrj^ for the thing that 

 suits our purpose. If we can make money by buying it, buy it. 

 Don't buy bran at |22 a ton when you do not get your money back, 

 when your trade won't allow you to use it. 



MR. THOMPSON: We are told than t)ran is worth |16 a ton for 

 fertilizing. 



DE. NEAL: I know this, that when you put it on the ground, you 

 cannot go there and get it right back again. At the same time, 

 3'ou are renewing the farm and trjing to get more profit. I^do not 

 feel that it is mine if I cannot get it back. There is many a dollar 

 goes out as feed that is balanced by what goes into the land, and 

 3'ou are benefited by it. We want the improvement of the land 

 thrown in. We want to see the land coming up all the time, but 

 want something in the bank. The value is there, but I doubt if we 

 utilize it so as to get it out. 



MR. THOMPSOX: Can Dr. Neal tell us explicity how to select our 

 seed corn? 



DR. InEAL: I am not an exjiert, but in a general way it may be 

 said, that in taking a kernel of corn you will see a mass of white sub- 

 stance that is starch. If this crown of starch is large the per- 

 centage of protein is high, if it is small the percentage is low. 



MR. THOMPSOX: Would not hominv meal be a good feed for 

 cows? It has a good deal of proteids. 



DR. NEAL: The name hominy meal, may be applied in different 

 sections of the country to different products. 



MR. THOMPSOX: I mean the part that contains the germs. 



DR. XEAL: It is not a bad food. I used it years ago. It has a 

 tendency io become rancid and you can therefore use it only in small 

 quantities. It is rich in oil proteid and rich in starch. 



The SECRETARY: Certain conditions are confronting us that it 

 will be well to make public to the organization and I wish to make 

 a recommendation. Because of changes in the officers that have 

 occurred during the past year, it seems that all records of previous 

 meetings, together Avith the constitution and by-laws have been lost. 

 I would recommend that this meeting make and adopt a constitution 

 and bj^-laws and in so doing carefully consider the advisibility of 



