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i Corn Growing I 
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B THE early settlement of Minnesota, and for many years ^ 
EJ aII^^^^I^ thereafter, it was generally conceded that we could not grow ^ 
1=1 ^^^Jy^^ corn successfully owing to early frosts and consequent short ^ 
1=1 ^T^^^^ season. Then the idea was prevalent that it took "hot ^ 
s ^^J^C^ nights" to grow corn in the corn growing season. For these ^ 
1=1 t^=i<^:^)!ww reasons and no other, little or no attempt was made to grow ^ 
s corn in Minnesota, Speak to a farmer in Minnesota then about raising ^ 
[=1 corn and he would shake his head and invariably say "Minnesota is not a ^ 
1=1 corn growing state." Ask him why, and he would say "the conditions ^ 
s are not right," and let it go at that. ^ 
CSome twenty years ago a scientific investigation was made of corn grow- s 
B ing in northern latitudes and it was discovered that the fault did not lie s 
^ with the on-coming early frost, short season or absence of "hot nights," b 
B but in the character of the seed corn used in planting. b 
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^ €LBy careful and scientific hybridizing, a hardy seed corn, cold-resistant, ^ 
^ maturing early, long before frost, and producing the finest hard corn grown ^ 
^ in the Union could be successfully grown all over the State of Minnesota. ^ 
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s C^The last ten years or more have witnessed a phenomenon in corn growing ^ 
El in Minnesota. Intelligent hybridizing of seed corn has revolutionized corn ^ 
s growing in Minnesota and this state is fast forging to the front as a great ^ 
^ corn growing section. s 
^ C.Minnesota's com production for 1913 was 94,280,000 bushels. This ^ 
^ was a greater production than that grown in either of fifteen other states, ^ 
out of twenty-three corn growing states of the Union, despite the shortage 
^ of crop in Minnesota in 1913. These 94,280,000 bushels at the market 
^ price of 70 cents per bushel add nearly $66,000,000 to the wealth of this ^ 
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J CSimultaneous with the enormous increase of acreage to corn in Minne- b 
j=i sota, has been a commensurate increase in pork production throughout the ^ 
Q state. The Minnesota corn growing farmer is no longer dependent upon ^ 
El the "market price" of corn. By feeding he converts his corn into pork. 1=1 
Ej The hog raising industry in this state in the last ten years has increased Ej 
B by leaps and bounds. s 
B CThe variety known as the "Pride of Minnesota" has stood at the head b 
^ of the class of seed corn in this state and is crowned "the King of Com." ^ 
s For Further Information You are Referred to Page 36 of this Catalogue | 
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