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 Yield of Corn Per Acre. 



Statements of method of cultivation, etc. of corn making the largest yield per acre. 

 First premium, John H. Powers, Prophetstown, 111,, bushels $205.73 



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State op Illinois. 



,-ss. 

 Whiteside County. 



John H. Powers being duly sworn, says that the yield of corn on the one acre of ground 

 situated in the north west corner of south half of the north east quarter of section three (3), 

 township No. nineteen (19). range No. five (5), eastof 4th P. M.. entered in competition by 

 him at Illinois State Fair for the year 1900, was of the variety known as the Iowa Silver 

 Mine; that the ground was well manured (35 wagon loads in the fall); said ground was 

 plowed seven inches deep on the first day of May, 1900; was planted in drills on the 14th 

 day of May. The ground was harrowed twice before planting and twice after planting; 

 cultivated three times with corn plow and cultivated with hoe four times; thinned out and 

 all unproductive stalks removed. Date of gathering was September 21 and 22, 1900. 



John H. Powers. 

 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of September, 1900. 



[seal] Ceo. E. Paddock, 



Notary Public. 



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State of Illinois, 



>ss. 

 Whiteside County. 



Chas. P. Sturtevant, Supervisor, and Elmer G. Mathis, Town Clerk of the town of 

 Prophetstown, in the county and state aforesaid, being duly sworn say that on the 17th day 

 of September. 1900, they measured the one acre of prize com, entered in competition at 

 State Fair of 1900 by John H. Powers of Prophetstown, Illinois, which measured, commenc- 

 ing 18 inches from the outside rows, 605 feet by 72 feet; that rows were not less than three 

 and one half feet apart one way; that said corn was husked and gathered by John H. 

 Powers and C. W. Cabot on the 21st and 22d days of September, 1900. and was weighed by 

 N. W. Paddock of Prophetstown, Illinois, and the aggregate weight of the corn on the said 

 one acre of ground was 14,401 pounds. 



C. P. Sturtevant. Supervisor of Prophetstown, Illinois. 



E. G. Mathis, Town Clerk of Prophetstown, Illinois. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of September. 1900. 



[seal] Geo. E. Paddock, 



Notary Public. 



Weight of Corn— Pounds. 



6.320— 4,035= 2,285 

 6,430— 4.035= 2,395 

 6,340— 3.960= 2,380 

 6,486- 3.960= 2,526 

 6,345— 3,960= 2.385 

 6,465— 4,035= 2,430 



38,386-23.985=14,401 

 Second premium, L. D. Young. Bloomington.Ill; bushels 189.65 



State of Illinois.) 



>ss. 

 McLean County, J 



L. D. Young, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he assisted in gathering the corn 

 from one acre of ground described in the application filed by me as Entry No. 1174. in Class 

 G. Lot No. 128, and in weighing same, and hereby certifies that the yield is 13.275 pounds, or 

 189ft bushels, at 70 pounds to the bushel. 



L. D. Young. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of September. 1900. 



[seal] Robert S. McIntyre, 



Notary Public. 

 State of Illinois, ) 



rSS. 



McLean County. J 



John L. Best, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he assisted in gathering the corn 

 from one acre of ground described in the application of L. D. Young (Entry No. 1174 in 

 Class G), and that the yield from same was 13,275 pounds, or 189ft bushels, at 70 pounds to 

 the bushel. 



J. L. Best. 



Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22d day of September, 1900. 



[sealJ Robert S. McIntyre, 



Notary Public. 



