220 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 



Hauling to cribs, 18 days at $3 S54.00 



Rent of land .- '. 200.00 



Total $592.50 



By 750 shocks at 10c. each 75.00 



$517.50 

 Cost per bushel a trifle over 21.5 cents. 



In the Eastern States the cost of production 

 is somewhat higher. It is interesting to note 

 that in these figures the question of impover- 

 ishment of soil is not considered, although it is 

 far from an insignificant one. 



Large yields of Indian corn.— In 1889 the 

 American Agriculturist offered a number of 

 valuable prizes, which were supplemented by 

 other parties, for the production of large yields 

 per acre of farm crops of certain kinds. In the 

 corn class the first prize offered was $500 cash 

 in gold, A number of other prizes were offered. 

 The crop was in each instance grown on not 

 less than one acre of land and a complete record 

 kept of the work of preparing land, fertilizing, 

 labor, etc. The harvesting was done in the 

 presence of three disinterested witnesses, who 

 measured the product, and whose signatures 

 attested the honesty and correctness of the con- 

 testant's report, which was made out on a form 

 properly prepared and swoi-n to. Forty-five 

 people filed competitive reports, and the aver- 

 age yield of crib-cured shelled corn for the 45 

 was 89 bushels per acre. The largest yield was 



