Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1911 — How Monticello Man Raised the Corn that Won at Horse Show. [ARTICLE]

How Monticello Man Raised the Corn that Won at Horse Show.

Monticello Journal. The ten ears of com that won second premium in the agricultural exhibit last week and were shown by Sperry Miller, were selected from a crop which he grew and is now husking out on his farm north of town. The field is averaging 90 bushels to the acre. The soil is a black loam and was fertilized at an expense of $1.60 per acre with a commercial fertilizer carrying potash and phosphoric acid. The crop was planted May 20. The ten ears weighed 13 lbs. and 2 oz. He has several ears that weigh at or over two pounds each.