THE LAEGEST YIELD ON KECOKD. 



THE largest amount of corn known to have been 

 produced on a single acre is the yield of Dr. Parker, 

 of South Carolina, which, as mentioned on a former 

 page, was a fraction over two hundred bushels. This 

 quantity of grain does not by any means indicate the 

 highest capability of an acre, but it stands at the head 

 of all known products, and is therefore an event of 

 historical importance. 



Yet this result does not seem to have arrested the 

 attention due to its magnitude and its possible con- 

 sequences ; nor has the man who produced it received 

 the full measure of credit to which he is justly enti- 

 tled. The highest yield ever obtained of a grain that 

 forms the most important crop of the country, if not 

 of the world, is a conspicuous fact in agriculture, 

 that ought to win universal recognition, and confer 

 upon its author a heritage of renown, if not some- 

 thing more substantial. 



But the world is often slow to discern, and slower 

 still to appreciate its true benefactors. Successful 

 results gradually developed in the routine of daily 

 life, or in the pursuit of a regular calling, however 



