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37,000,000 bushels produced on one and one-quarter 

 million acres, and its value was $19,235,000.^ The 

 average yield for that year was given as 28.6 bushels 

 to the acre, while for the decade, 1895-1901, it was 

 32.13 bushels. Among the corn-producing states, 

 only Iowa exceeded Michigan's product to the acre, 

 as reported by the State Board of Agriculture.^ An 

 additional value to the Michigan corn crop accrued 

 from the general use of the stalks as fodder and for 

 industrial purposes. The Michigan Corn Improve- 

 ment Association was organized in 1904 with the ob- 

 ject of promoting the production of more and better 

 corn in this State. An annual exhibition of prize 

 corn was planned in connection with the farmers' 

 "round-up"' at the Michigan Agricultural College, 

 cash prizes being offered for the best exhibits. At 

 that time many varieties of corn were grown in the 

 State with little attention to purity of type. A list 

 of varieties in 1906 included Hathaway, Pride of 

 the North, Hackberry, Mortgage-lifter, Huron Dent, 

 Reid's Yellow, Leaming, Shenandoah Valley, Min- 

 nesota King, and Golden Ideal, which were said to 

 be grown in Michigan in "fairly pure form." ^ Other 

 varieties of that year included White Dent and White 

 Cap Yellow Dent, of which several good types were 

 said to exist in the State. The Giant Cuban was 

 grown as ensilage corn. The dent corns also included 

 Calice, Eed, Strawberry and California Calice; while 



^"Rcpt. Mich. Bd. Agr.," 1906, 293. 

 ''I hid., 1900, 293. 

 '-Hid., 295. 



