. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. EABVESTING THE COEN CROP 247 Cost of 'producing 178. The principal cost factors in producing corn are labor, and rent of land. The cost of seed and fertilizer being minor factors, at present, in the corn-belt, although. Fig. 86. Large cement grain tanks, such as are used for storage at terminal markets. (Erie Railway, Chicago, 111.) in certain sections of the East and South, the use of fer- tilizers on corn is becoming more common. The rent of land is fairly well s
. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. EABVESTING THE COEN CROP 247 Cost of 'producing 178. The principal cost factors in producing corn are labor, and rent of land. The cost of seed and fertilizer being minor factors, at present, in the corn-belt, although. Fig. 86. Large cement grain tanks, such as are used for storage at terminal markets. (Erie Railway, Chicago, 111.) in certain sections of the East and South, the use of fer- tilizers on corn is becoming more common. The rent of land is fairly well standardized, being in general about $5 per acre for land capable of producing 40 to 50 bushels per acre. The amount of labor varies with soil. The required labor to produce an acre of corn on the heavy clay lands of the East is probably twice that required on the prairie land of Iowa and would be still. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Montgomery, E. G. (Edward Gerrard), b. 1878. New York, Macmillan
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