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Kernels showing large and small germs, taken from different ears of corn. The 

 left hand kernels in all pairs come from ears with low feeding value and should be dis- 

 carded for seed pur noses, while the right hand kernels with large germs come from ears 

 with higher per cent of oil and protein. 



what I came in here to say. I do not see that you could do any- 

 thing better than to keep up this discussion. However, I came in 

 here delegated to bring you greeting from the latest ally you have 

 in the culture of this magnificent state. The latest organization 

 which comes to your assistance to do, as I trust, the same sort of 

 work that you are trying to do, is the Iowa Park and Forestry 

 Association. There would not seem to be much need to say any- 

 thing to the farmers of Iowa in regard to either parks or forestry, 

 especially as these farmers are represented here this afternoon; 

 and for this reason ; the men who have made Iowa one magnificent 

 park from one side of it to the other, and from river to river, are 

 men who are naturally interested in all that I and my colleagues 

 have sought to promote ; and I believe, and I have found it true, 

 that the men who are furthering the ordinary processes of agri- 

 culture (who are striving for improved culture of the field), in the 

 state of Iowa are by no means backward in finding out the wav 

 to make their homes more beautiful and their lawns more beauti- 

 ful, and how to find the best trees for planting about their grounds 

 and premises. Indeed, I have found in every community that the 

 man giving the most attention to the field and what he raises there 

 is the man who is most interested in those things that make for 



