. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. Fig. 49. —Special attachments for corn planter shoes. planted in May was 73 bushels per acre, while the average yield of the three remaining plantings, one in April and two in June, was 63 bushels per acre. Manjr experiments at other stations bear out the state- ment that there is a period of about three weeks for corn planting with equal chance of success, though there are occasional seasons when the very early or very late plant- ings are best. The optimum season
. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. Fig. 49. —Special attachments for corn planter shoes. planted in May was 73 bushels per acre, while the average yield of the three remaining plantings, one in April and two in June, was 63 bushels per acre. Manjr experiments at other stations bear out the state- ment that there is a period of about three weeks for corn planting with equal chance of success, though there are occasional seasons when the very early or very late plant- ings are best. The optimum season is shorter in the North and longer in the South. TABLE XXXVII Time of planting Corn in Certain Regions ' Region Beginning Genehai, Ending Planting Period Days Gulf States Central States (Virginia to Kansas) .... Northern States (New York to Minnesota) . March 15 April 15 May 10 April 5 May 1 May 20 May 10 May 25 -June 1 55 40 20 U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook, 1910, p. 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, Edward Gerrard, 1878-. New York, The Macmillan company
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