Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1911 — Wolf at Nation’s Door in 1950; Corn Yield Must be Tripled. [ARTICLE]

Wolf at Nation’s Door in 1950; Corn Yield Must be Tripled.

Starvation and famine will be staring us in the face in 1950, according to Prof. O. D. Center of the University of Illinois, who gave an address at the Central Y. M. C. A. “As a prosperous people we are dependent upon the fertility of the soil for our sustenance, and in order to remain prosperous at least 100 bushels of corn per acre should be obtained instead of the present low average,” said Prof. Center. In Indiana some farmers actually are producing crops at a loss, and even in Illinois, greatest corn-producing state in the union, the average is oniy 34.3 bushels per acre to the Cost of production. At the present rate of increase there will be 200,000,000 people in the United States in 1850, and to provide a food supply for this number, a yield at least of 100 bushels per acre will be necessary. In order to make the land produce this amount, Prof. Center said the farmer must have a thorough knowledger of chemistry of the soil, botany of plants, and anatomy of live stock.