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CORN 



TABLE NO. 41 



*SHRINKAGE OF CORN BY YEARS AND MONTHS GIVEN IN 

 PERCENTAGE. 

 Iowa Experiment Station. 



Month 



November 

 December 

 January . . 

 February . 

 March .... 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October . . 



As shown by above, with the exception of November, the most 

 rapid shrinkage is during the months of April and May. 



1906 will be remembered as the year of the greatest corn crop 

 ever grown in Iowa. The yield was heavy and the corn was well 

 matured before freezing weather. The corn contained very little 

 moisture, as shown by the test. 



PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR, 

 Easily moved from one crib to another. 



^Shrinkage tjegins the last of October each year and percentage \\'a.s taken each montli. 



