98 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. 4. 



I follow my convictions, wherever they may lead. 

 I cannot choose my duties, I cannot choose my creed. 

 And none can choose them for me, no church, or priest, or clan; 

 I follow my convictions, if I'm an honest man. 



Oh, brother in the conflict, be earnest, brave and true. 

 Dare to be independent, and think your problems through. 

 Love God and love your neighbor, do all the good you can, 

 And follow your convictions, and be an honest man. 



Mr. jMaynard. Will the Doctor please state once more the 

 number of kernels that ought to be on an 8-inch ear of corn? 

 I wasn't quite quick enough to copy that. 



Dr. TwiTCHELL. I want 380 broad, deep, full kernels. 

 Here is a difference in corn on the cob; we find it in so many 

 cases, as I pointed out, — what we term the "chib." There 

 is an open space there. I want to close that, and that is 

 what I mean by broad, deep kernels, so there will be no 

 space at all on the cob. As we break an ear I can't see any 

 space; every kernel of it is close to the cob. That is where 

 we get the maximum corn on the individual cob. 



Mr. Maynard. How many kernels per inch, extra, above 

 that? 



Dr. TwiTCHELL. Forty-eight. 



Evening Session. 

 The speaker of the evening was Mr. George A. Cullen, 

 Passenger Traffic Manager, the Delaware, Lackawanna & 

 Western Railroad Company, New York, who spoke on "The 

 Relation of the Railroad to the Farmer." 



