CORN growers' association. 87 



to get the fodder husked out in the field by hand. We can get the 

 machine and an engineer and feeder to run the shredder for 12^ cents a 

 shock. The same team that it takes to move the fodder out of the field 

 will move it to the shredder and you balance the one with the other and 

 then the work is done and the fodder is stored so that it is ready tot 

 handle and can be taken out whenever you want to feed it. 



O. At what age can high grade cattle be made to weigh 1200 to 

 1400 pounds, given the ordinary farm treatment and feeding the general 

 farm methods. 



Mr. Gabbert — I do not know what the ordinary conditions are. I 

 do not know what ordinary farm treatment is. It would take him all 

 his life, the way cattle are treated on some farms. I have fed a good 

 many Hereford steers and I can make them weigh that at 22 months 

 old and I generally sell about that time. But I do not have ordinary 

 farm conditions — I have the best I know how. 



Q. In the selection of the premium corn, was there any thought 

 given to the value of the fodder? 



Prof. Miller— The value of the fodder is always considered in 

 making field selections, but on the judging table we can know nothing 

 about that at all. 



O. Which is the most nutritious as a feed for horses, hogs and 

 cattle, white or yellow corn? 



Prof. Mumford — Well it depends on the corn. It happens that one 

 of the varieties of corn which has been improved in the direction of 

 high protein content is the white corn, but there is no essential dif- 

 ference in the yield or quality of corn, dependent upon color. Color 

 is not related to the valuable characteristics of corn in any very close 

 way. There are some varieties of yellow corn better for hogs and horses,- 

 and vice versa. 



METHODS OF CORN BREEDING. 



(Oyril George Hopkins, Ph, D., Professor of Agronomy in the Agricultural College and Chief 

 in Agronomy and Chemistry in the Agricultural Experiment Station.) 



From Bulletin No. 83, 111. Ex. Sta. 



It is a well established fact that there now exists markets and de- 

 mands for different kinds of corn. 



The price of corn varies, say from one-half cent to one cent per 

 pound. 



The cost of protein in the principal stock feeding states varies from 

 three to five cents per pound. In other words, the protein is several 



