OOTOBBB, 1921 



GLEANINGS IN BEE GUI. TURK 



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coiitributiuus to the world. (.!1ovcm- seed, 

 which gave a germination of less than 25 

 per cent, after being treated with this ma- 

 chine wdll give a germination of over 85 and 

 95 per cent. Prof. Hughes could have pat- 

 ented this machine. He could have formed 

 a stock company with himself as president 

 and manager; but he preferred to give the 

 whole thing to the public, as he did the 

 new Hubam clover, without a cent of com- 

 pensation other than what he received in his 

 regular salary as head of the farm crop de- 

 partment of the Iowa State College. 



(6) The Ames seed-sampler, sometimes 

 known as the Hughes pneumatic sampler, is 

 another one of Prof. Hughes ' ingenious con- 

 trivances. By the use of this device, em- 

 ploying suction, samples of seed are cleaned 

 automatically, more accurately, and much 

 more quickly, than they could be treated 

 by the old method. This invention, like 

 his other ideas, was given freely to the pub- 

 lic. 



(7) In 1917, when the corn crop of his 



eyes began to show that he had something 

 that interested him. 



"What have you found?'' I asked. 



''I think I have found an annual-bloom- 

 ing biennial sweet clover, ' ' he replied. 



' ' Let 's call it Alahu, ' ' I said. 



"No," he said, "you helped to discover 

 it, and it should be named for you." 



I could have gone over that field a thou- 

 sand times and not have seen it. I there- 

 fore declined the honor. I relate this in- 

 cident to show that he is more than gen- 

 erous. It nmy be a valuable find. At all 

 events, he saved the seed. 



(11) His discovery of the new Hubam 

 clover lias already been exploited in 

 these columns. After his discovery of this 

 wonderful plant he might have kept his 

 secret for a year or two, developing quanti- 

 ties of seed, and sold it at fabulous prices; 

 but, no. He gave the discovery and the 

 seed freely to the world. Apparently the 

 pleasure of benefiting farmers, and beekeep- 

 ers, too, means a thousand times more to 



Experimental beds m tlic l.arlvu)-,, ,1,1,1 wiiere Mr. Crites is testing out the various strains of Hubam as well 



as those of the bienni;il sweet clovor. It was easy to see tliat there was a wide variation, some showing 



three times the growth ol' otliers. This <inly einphisi/ps tliat one Imying seeds should obtain his supply from 



a rei)iitable Rruwer. The main Hubam field. Iowa strain, slinwn 011 the left. 



(State did not mature, and miit-h of it spoiled 

 in the crib after husking, he developed a 

 plan for crib drying that enabled the farm- 

 ers to save thousands of bushels of corn 

 that otherwise would have been spoiled. 

 This invention helped to feed a world 

 torn by the ravages of war. This, likewise, 

 was given freely to the world. 



(8, 9) Prof. Hughes has discovered a 

 new grass which he believes is far su})erior 

 to timothy, orchard grass, or blue grass. He 

 also has it in mind to develop, on the side, 

 a new hybrid corn which gives unusual 

 promise. From neither of these will a sin- 

 gle pound of seed be sold. Like all his 

 other contributions, both of these will be 

 given freely to the world. 



(10) Prof. Hughes and I were strolling 

 over a patch of the Black Belt just south of 

 Montgomery, Ala. T noticed him pulling uj) 

 a yellow sweet clover (.1/. officinalis). His 



him than the mere gathering together of a 

 great mass ' of dollars. 



After I had talked with him, slept witli 

 him, and eaten with him, I came to the 

 conclusion that if there was any one char- 

 acteristic that was more dominant in his 

 make-up than any other it was that of be- 

 nevolence — not in the sense that we ordin- 

 arily understand — -namely, giving dollars — 

 but in showing and helping his fellow man 

 how to make them. It is that kind of be- 

 nevolence that makes men who are useful 

 to the world— not dependents. 



I am glad to say that Prof. Hughes is one 

 of the finest Christian gentlemen I ever 

 met. He believes in the Sermon on the 

 Mount absolutely, and he preaches it, not 

 by words, but by acts. He has sown, and 

 others are reaping. 



The New Hubam in Ohio. 



During the past few days it has been my 



