. The A B C of corn culture. Corn. United States are practically all developed and the increase in the future will be due largely to careful seed selection and breeding, and to better cultivation, not to an extension of the producing area. Year Yield in Bushels 1830. 1860. 1870. 1880. 1890. 1900. 192,000,000 836,000,000 760,000,000 1,754,000,000 2,122,300,000 2,666,400,000 1905 2,707,000,000 per cent increase. 9 .3 per cent decrease. per cent increase. per cent increase. per cent increase. per cent Fig. 78—Listening to a Lecture on the "Seed Corn Specia
. The A B C of corn culture. Corn. United States are practically all developed and the increase in the future will be due largely to careful seed selection and breeding, and to better cultivation, not to an extension of the producing area. Year Yield in Bushels 1830. 1860. 1870. 1880. 1890. 1900. 192,000,000 836,000,000 760,000,000 1,754,000,000 2,122,300,000 2,666,400,000 1905 2,707,000,000 per cent increase. 9 .3 per cent decrease. per cent increase. per cent increase. per cent increase. per cent Fig. 78—Listening to a Lecture on the "Seed Corn ; IOWA S CORN CROP The value of Iowa's corn crop is approximately $120,000,- 000 annually, not including the value of the fodder, or more than one-eighth of the entire crop of the United States, and —79—. 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 Holden, P. G. (Perry Greeley), 1865-1959. Springfield, O. , The Simmons publishing co.
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