. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. 198 CORN TABLE NO. 41 *SHRINKAGE OF CORN BY YEARS AND MONTHS GIVEN IN PERCENTAGE. Iowa Experiment Station. Month 1S9S 1S99 19011 1902 1903 1 1904 1905 1906 Av. Mo, 1899 1900 1901 1903 1904 1 1906 1907 Rate 5,2 3,6 .6 .3 4,5
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. 198 CORN TABLE NO. 41 *SHRINKAGE OF CORN BY YEARS AND MONTHS GIVEN IN PERCENTAGE. Iowa Experiment Station. Month 1S9S 1S99 19011 1902 1903 1 1904 1905 1906 Av. Mo, 1899 1900 1901 1903 1904 1 1906 1907 Rate 5,2 3,6 .6 .3 4,5 7,1 17,5 19,1 16,3 8,2 8,6 .5 .4 19,3 9,5 .0 November December January .. February . March .... April May June July August . . September October . As shown by above, with the exception of November, the most rapid shrinkage is during the months of April and May. 1906 will be remembered as the year of the greatest corn crop ever grown in Iowa. The yield was heavy and the corn was well matured before freezing weather. The corn contained very little moisture, as shown by the PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR, Easily moved from one crib to another. ^Shrinkage tjegins the last of October each year and percentage \\' taken each 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-. Waterloo, Ia. , Sold by Waterloo publishing co.
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