Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . Month 1 18981 1899 18991900 19001901 1902I90S 19031904 19041905 19051906 19061907 Av. Mo. ?Rate November December January February March
Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . Month 1 18981 1899 18991900 19001901 1902I90S 19031904 19041905 19051906 19061907 Av. Mo. ?Rate November December January February March .6 .3 April May June July August .5 September October . As shown by above, with the exception of November, the mostAverage rapid shrinkage is during the months of April and May. of 8^ ears ^9*^ ^^^^ ^^^ remembered as the year of the greatest corn crop of teste ever grown in Iowa. The yield was heavy and the corn was wellmatured before freezing weather. The corn contained very littlemoisture, as shown by the Pig. 104. PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR. Easily moved from one crib to another. Shrinkage begins the last of October each year and porcnutage taken each corn of the previous year used but noi recorded. In TESTS IN OTHER STATES. 209 The crops of 1899 and 1906 will be noted as very well crop of 1903 will always be remembered as the year of the soltcorn. Tests in Other States. *Three joint owners of a tract 6,000 acres of land, decided to make a careful test and determineexactly how much corn does actually shrink in weight when huskedand cribbed under such conditions as are usually found on the ordi-nary farm. To this end, they erected, in the center of the tract men-tioned, a double crib, 26 feet wide by 250 feet long and 10 fc^ highat the eaves, with a driveway 8 feet wide through the center, and aand a g
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