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THE BOOK OF CORN 



PRIZE WINNING CROPS IN AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 

 CORN CONTEST OF 1889 (GROWN ON ONE ACRE) 



Percentage Bnehelf of 

 c; Shelled Corn. 



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1. Zachariah Jordan Drake, 

 Marlborough Co, 8 C; see full 

 descriptive article, Page 1T2 



2. Alfred Rose, Yates Co, N Y ; 

 land, sandy loam; fertilizer, 800 

 pounds Mapes corn manure ; vari- 

 ety, Early Mastodon; one kernel 

 every foot in rows 3 feet apart 



3. George Gartner, Pawnee Co, 

 Neb; land, blai-k rich loam; fer- 

 tilizer, barnyard manure, 90 loads: 

 variety, Early Mastodon; hills, 

 3x3 feet 



4. J.Snelling, Barnwell Co, SC; 

 land, sandy loam; fertilizer 300 

 bushels stable manure, 300 bushels 

 cotton seed ; variety , "White Gourd ; 

 hills, 1 x 4 feet 



6. W. L. Peck, Rockdale Co, Ga ; 

 land, sandy loam ; fertilizer, 4 

 wagon loads stable manure, 30 

 bushels heated cotton seed, 1000 

 pounds Packard standard fertili- 

 zer, 500 pounds cotton seed meal; 

 variety, large white corn ; hills, 5-6 

 x 4 feet 



6. B. Gedney, Westchester Co, 

 N Y; land, clay loam; fertilizer, 

 800 pounds Mapes corn manure; 

 variety, King Philip; hills, V. x3Vi 

 feet ..*. 



7. E. P. Kellenberger, Madison 

 Co, III; land, sandy loam; no fer- 

 tilizer; variety, Eclipse (early 

 yellow dent) ; hills, 6-6 x 2% feet.. . . 



8. H. M. Kersey, Marshall Co, 

 la ; land, dark rich loam ; fertilizer, 

 29 loads stable manure; variety, 

 Nebraska dent ; hills, 1\ 3 x 2 feet.. . . 



9. L. S. Wells, Hartford Co.Ct; 

 land, heavy sandy loam ; fertilizer, 

 60 loads stable mannre, 30 bushels 

 hen manure, 600 pounds bone, 200 

 pounds nitrate of soda, 200 pounds 

 muriate or potash, 20 bushels wood 

 ashes; variety, Clark's Early 

 Mastodon ; hills, 3% x 3% feet 



87 255 239 217 264 



213 191 174 



158 



122 111 



i 119 112 



100 



131 



16 146 



32 



54 



9C 



92 



