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COBN CROPS 



The above table shows that the planting season begins 

 about two months earlier in the Gulf States, as compared 

 with the Northern States, but the total length of the plant- 

 ing season is about three times as long. 



The average of the beginning of corn planting is also 

 shown by the accompanying chart : — 



hiAyie 



Fig. 50. — Chart showing average date of planting corn in the United, 



States. 



The percentage of moisture in the crop at harvest time 

 usually increases with the lateness of planting, after a 

 certain date, as illustrated by the following data from the 

 Illinois station : ^ — 



1 111. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 20. 1892. 



