240 THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



In thirty years an exceptional ear of dent corn, through 

 continued planting and careful selection each succeeding 

 season, resulted in a few days' shortening of the growing 

 period and an increased resistance to the cool nights of the 

 higher elevation where it was under improvement; to-day 

 this corn matures about the middle of August at an altitude 

 of 4000 feet, and has been yielding forty to sixty bushels 

 per acre. 



