. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. PRODUCTION IS The highest yield per acre ever recorded was produced by Z. J. Drake, of Marlboro County, South Carolina, in 1889. On a single acre he grew 255 bushels of corn, shelled. However, much fertilizer, previous care and subsequent cultivation were found to be necessary. Nevertheless, Mr. Drake has shown what can be done. The average yield in the United States for the past fifty years has been bushels per acre. The lowest average yield, for a single year, occurred in 1901. It amounted to bushels. It will be remembe
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. PRODUCTION IS The highest yield per acre ever recorded was produced by Z. J. Drake, of Marlboro County, South Carolina, in 1889. On a single acre he grew 255 bushels of corn, shelled. However, much fertilizer, previous care and subsequent cultivation were found to be necessary. Nevertheless, Mr. Drake has shown what can be done. The average yield in the United States for the past fifty years has been bushels per acre. The lowest average yield, for a single year, occurred in 1901. It amounted to bushels. It will be remembered that that year was ex- tremely unfavorable for corn growing from nearly every standpoint. The spring was cold and wet and the summer exceedingly warm with little rainfall. The highest average yield was produced in 1872. In that year bushels of corn were produced for every acre of ground planted. The climatological report shows only an average season. The spring was back- ward but July showers and sunshine gave the needed encouragement. The following chart shows the average yield from 1866 to 1914. CHART NO. 4. AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1866-1914—Bushels. NOTE—The yields designated represent the average yield for the periods indicated to the left of the 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 Bowman, Melville Le Roy, 1881- [from old catalog]. Waterloo, Iowa, Sold by Waterloo publishing co.
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