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M. F. Leasure as yielding, in 1874, twice the corn of any 
other land upon the farm, though in ordinary seasons the 
corn is not as good as from some other parts of the farm. 
“ Another case is that of B. F. Leonard, ten miles east 
of Emporia. Mr. Leonard had two fields in corn last year 
on land cleared of timber, and at least one half mile from 
the prairie on the south. ‘He raised,’ says Mr. Miliken, 
‘the largest and heaviest corn I saw in 1874.’ Corn 
from this field took the premium at the Linn County 
Fair, and was good enough for any season. The yield 
was sixty bushels per acre. Several other cases have 
been reported, with a careful attention to all incidental 
circumstances, so as to leave no doubt in regard to the 
direct influence of protection upon the corn crop of that 
immediate vicinity. In one case the corn was good for 
fifteen or twenty rods north of the timber, while beyond 
that line there was little or no corn. In another county, 
where a medium crop was made without protection, the 
lightest corn is reported on the southern side of the 
fields, where most exposed to the winds. The above 
cases are only given as examples of those which have 
been reported. They are facts which the practical farmer 
