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good results. I have sometimes thought this amount paid on land that 

 was rich enough to produce a maximum crop simply from the benefit 

 we get from hurrying it along and getting it to the point where we can 

 cultivate it a few days earlier. 



Q. Do you consider 200 pounds too much? 



A. That is a reasonable amount. You need not be afraid to use 

 more. 



Q. What kind of land are you going to put that fertilizer on ? 



A. On land that needs it. I would not 'expect to grow a maximum 

 crop of corn on thin land by using 200 pounds of fertilizer. But take 

 good land that has a lot of nitrogen in it, and you can get good returns 

 from 200 pounds of acid phosphate and steam bone mixed, half and half. 



Q. What is a good three year rotation? 



A. A popular one with us is corn, wheat and clover. In some sec- 

 tions of our State where wheat is not a sure crop we use corn, oats and 

 clover. 



MORE CORN FOR MISSOURI. 



(S. M. Jordan, Farmers' Institute Director, Missouri State Board of Agriculture.) 



In the discussion of this subject a number of 

 things are necessary to be considered, as no one 

 thing will produce a great crop. As a foundation, 

 we will start with the statement that you cannot 

 grow a bumper crop of fancy corn with scrub 

 seed, in scrub soil and with scrub care. 



As to the seed, there are perhaps 500,000 

 bushels of the million bushels planted each year 

 in Missouri that will be found to be more or less 

 questionable. Perhaps not one-fourth of the seed 

 planted has had any intelligent care as to its breed- 

 ing. Not one per cent, of the farmers of Missouri are making even any 

 attempt at intelligent breeding of corn. If the same degree of attention 

 were given it as farmers have been giving to the breeding of live stock, 

 then Missouri would certainly produce more corn than she does. A 

 breeding plat or seed plat on which some good ears are planted, and then 

 undesirable stalks removed as the crop is growing, would be a great 

 factor in increasing the Missouri corn yield. I am inclined to the 

 opinion that every man who grows corn should either have a breeding 



S. M. Jordan. 



