9°20 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
Hauling to.cribs, 18 days at'$3... so S ac se.2 lick oes ὉΣ $54.00 
Beet of land 0 ol .ccx eas Feo hea ove ΕΣ τ τὰν hee 200.00 
ΓΟΡΆΙ. y3eo6 es Soe et bane GA ee as ἈετδΎμτον. $592.50 
By-io0 shocks at ΠΟΘ each, oc. πον τους σου eee 75.00 
$517.50 
Cost per bushel a trifle over 21.5 cents. 
In the Eastern States the cost of production 
is somewhat higher. It is interesting to note 
that in these figures the question of impover- 
ishment of soil is not considered, although it is 
far from an insignificant one. 
Large yields of Indian corn.—In 15589 the 
American Agriculturist offered a number of 
valuable prizes, which were supplemented by 
other parties, for the production of large yields 
per acre of farm crops of certain kinds. In the 
corn Class the first prize offered was $500 cash 
in gold, A number of other prizes were offered. 
The crop was in each instance grown on not 
less than one acre of land and a complete record 
kept of the work of preparing land, fertilizing, 
labor, etc. The harvesting was done in the 
presence of three disinterested witnesses, who 
measured the product, and whose signatures 
attested the honesty and correctness of the con- 
testant’s report, which was made out on a form 
properly prepared and sworn to. Forty-five 
people filed competitive reports, and the aver- 
age yield of crib-cured shelled corn for the 45 
was 89 bushels per acre, The largest yield was 
