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THE BOOK OF CORN 



PRIZE WINNING CROPS IN AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 

 CORN CONTEST OF 1 889 ( GROWN ON ONE ACRE) 



12 3456 789 IO 



1. Zachariah Jordan Drake, 

 Marlborough Co, S C; see full 

 descriptive article, Page 172 



2. Alfred Rose, Yates Co, N Y; 

 laud, sandy loam; fertilizer, 800 

 pounds Mapes corn manure; vari- 

 ety, Early Mastodon; one kernel 

 every foot in rows 3 feet apart 



3. George Gartner, Pawnee Co, 

 Neb; land, black rich loam; fer- 

 tilizer, barnyard manure, 90 loads; 

 variety, Early Mastodon; hills, 

 3x3 feet 



4. J.Snelling, Barnwell Co, SC; 

 land, sandy loam; fertilizer 300 

 bushels stable manure, 300 bushels 

 cottonseed; variety , White Gourd; 

 hills, 1 x 4 feet 



5. W. L. Peck, Rockdale Co, Ga ; 

 land, sandy loam; fertilizer, 4 

 wagon loads stable manure, 30 

 bushels heated cotton seed, loro 

 pounds Packard standard fertili- 

 zer, 500 pounds cotton seed meal; 

 variety, large white corn; hills, 5-6 

 x 4 feet 



6. B. Gedney, Westchester Co, 

 N Y; land, clay loam; fertilizer, 

 800 pounds Manes corn manure; 

 variety, King Philip; hills, V4 X3V;, 

 feet 



7. E. P. Kellenberger, Madison 

 Co, 111; land, sandy loam; no fer- 

 tilizer; variety, Eclipse (early 

 yellow dent); hills, 5-6 x 2y 2 feet 



8. H. M. Kersey, Marshall Co, 

 la; land, dark rich loam ; fertilizer, 

 29 loads stable manure; variety, 

 Nebraska dent; hills, l l / 3 x 2 feet.... 



9. L. S. Wells, Hartford Co, Ct; 

 land, heavy sandy loam ; fertilizer, 

 60 loads stable manure, 30 bushels 

 hen manure, 600 pounds bone, 200 

 pounds nitrate of soda, 200 pounds 

 muriate of potash, 20 bushels wood 

 ashes ; variety, Clark's Early 

 Mastodon ; hills, 3% x 3V2 feet 



87 255 239 21.' 



68 213 191 174 



65 171 151 137 



87 131 122 111 



75 130 121 110 



65 119 112 102 



40 130 105 95 



84 100 100 



91 



264 158 



62 



87 



57 



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16 146 



47 



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19 33 90 



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