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already making applications for sale privileges, the American 

 Berkshire Association being among the first. It is expected that a 

 special building will offer facilities for these sales, so that they 

 may be held independent of anything going on in the show ring,, 

 which will occupy an entirely separate building. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The entire evening session was devoted to talks on corn and 

 corn culture. D. B. Nims of Emerson, Iowa, forwarded a paper, 

 in which he said : 



Since Iowa has shown that it takes no second place in the galaxy 

 of states as a producer of cabinet officers, Spoor trophy winners and 

 live, stock breeders, why should it not lead the world in corn? There 

 is no good reason why Iowa should noL excel all other states in corn 

 as well as in live stock. This will surely follow if the same principles 

 of breeding and selection are used in the production of corn as are used 

 in the production' of live stock. 



Corn is yearly becoming a more important crop, and every meauo 

 should be used to increase the yield per acre and also to increase its 

 feeding vaule. This should be done for the same reason that we seek 

 to produce a bullock that will give the largest per cent of high-priced 

 cuts. We should talk corn to our boys at home and talk corn to our 

 neighbors, and we should study corn. We should also score corn, not in 

 an indifferent way, but enthusiastically. The cattle breeder or the hog 

 breeder who does not carefully study his animals will never become an 

 expert breeder. Corn is susceptible to just as much improvement as 

 live stock. 



The swine breeders years ago formulated a score card for judging 

 hogs. Iowa corn growers formulated the first score card for corn. They 

 have changed that score card from time to time, much as the score card 

 for hogs has been changed. Iowa corn breeders have produced Bome 

 first-class varieties of corn that are especially adapted to Iowa condi- 

 tions. We anticipate that the corn show at Ames, January 4th to 17th, 

 will bring together the greatest exhibit of corn ever collected. We will 

 find it profitable to give this subject more careful attention. We should 

 not get into ruts and think we can't make any more improvement. We 

 should adopt the "Iowa idea" as applied to corn raising as well as al'. 

 other matters. 



Prof. A\\ H. Olin, assistant in agronomy at the Experiment 

 Station of the Iowa Agricultural College, gave an extended lec- 

 ture on 'Improving Corn to Meet Pig-Feeding Requirements." 

 It was illustrated by the numerous enlarged photographs of va- 

 rieties and forms of ccTrn. His remarks were as followb : 

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