Report1908- . rnthan we have. When you get a thousand or two thousand corn-growers together to talk corn you are bound to do somebody somegood and are very likely to do many people much good. But whileall this and much more is true of the corn show we must not losesight of the main object of all this corn work. This object is notcorn show, it is not show corn, but it is more bushels of good eoni tothe acre. That is the object, gentlemen, and it should be kept in 44 OmO CORN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION mind. The show is one means to that end, these lectures areanother, the demonstrations we have in
Report1908- . rnthan we have. When you get a thousand or two thousand corn-growers together to talk corn you are bound to do somebody somegood and are very likely to do many people much good. But whileall this and much more is true of the corn show we must not losesight of the main object of all this corn work. This object is notcorn show, it is not show corn, but it is more bushels of good eoni tothe acre. That is the object, gentlemen, and it should be kept in 44 OmO CORN IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION mind. The show is one means to that end, these lectures areanother, the demonstrations we have in the tield are another, butnone of these is the chief end or object. More corn to the acreshould be the slog-an of the corn improver. With these sug-gestionsI leave the cup with you, trusting- that it may add some interest toyour contests. You have a great show and a g-reat meeting- fora first attempt—upon which you should be congratulated and forwhich I am sure you have your hard-working- officers to ANNUAL REPORT 45 DONATION OF THE FARM MANGEMENT TROPHY CUP. BY W^. J. SPILLMAN, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. This beautiful cup has been donated to the association by friendswho are interested in the development of the farm managementinvestigations now being conducted by the Ohio State ExperimentStation in cooperation with the Office of Farm Management, which Ihave the honor to represent. It is appropriate on this occasion toreview briefly the origin of farm management investigtions in theDepartment of Agriculture and to give the history of the establish-ment of cooperative relations with the Ohio Experiment Station inthis work. In 1894 I assumed the responsibility^ for the experimental fieldwork of the Experiment Station of the state of Washington, theregion being one with whose agriculture I was not familiar. A largenumber of experiments were put in operation with a view to learningthose things I did not know about agriculture in that section. Thecollege farm of 19
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