The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1913-12-27
APAPER BOOSTS
MINNESOTA CORN
Tells of Accomplishment of This
State Relative To Its Crop-How
Average Was Taken.
SECURED FROM EVERY COUNTY
Red River Valley Recognized Story In
a Great Advertisement Coming
From Such a Paper.

From Such a Paper.
The following article headed
"Minnesota's Big Corn Yield" pub
lished in the last issue of
the Iowa Farmer, is import
ant and significant coming from a
high class farm paper published in
Iowa. Of special Importance is the
reference made to the fact that the
average yield was greater in Mime
sofa than in the recognized corn
states. Such publicity will have
greater weight with Iowa and Illinois
farmers. The anticle follows:
Minnesota's Big Corn Yield.
The corn crop of Minnesota for 1913
as estimated by Fred D. Sherman,
Commissioner of 1mmigra l Il,
amounted to over 1OO,000,000 BUSH
els. The average yield was AZ bush
els to the acre. About 2,438,000
acres were planted to corn.
Mr.. Sherman bases his estimate on
information secured at first-hand'
from every county in the state, which
he has every reason to believe reli-
able. In securing crop reports from
his correspondents he warned them
against being too optimistic. "Please
don't make your estimates too high"
he wrote them. Creme ember am not
asking for the biggest yield or the
smallest yield in your country, but
for your estimate of what the aver
age for the whole county will be-"
All counties reported, and from the
county reports the state average of AZ
bushels to the acre was struck. The
estimate of acreage planted to- corn
is based on the official reports of the
United States Department of Ag,i-
culture, the annual percentage of
acreage in past years being applied.
The exact figures for acreage thus ar
rived at are 2,438,666. Applying 10
these the average yield of AZ bushels
to the acre, we have as Minnesota's
1913 corn crop, 102,423,7S9 bushels.
The yield of corn in 1913 will thus
exceed the yield of wheat by prob
ably over 10000 bushels.
Would Exceed $70,0OO,000.
At current market prices the value
Of Minnesota's corn crop would ex-
ceed $70,000,000. This crop, how
ever, is one that is not marketed to
any great extent in the state. 1t IS
fed to hogs and other stock. An ex-
tremely conservative estimate of it's
farm value would be $5O,OOO,0OO.
While the bulk of Minnesota's corn
crop is still grown in Southern and
Central Minnesota, the corn belt is
rapidly extending to the north and
northwest. Fully matured and heavy
crops are reported from the Red Riv-
er Valley country. The prize corn
exhibited at the Minnesota State Fair
this year was grown in Pine country,
sixty miles north of st. Paul. A yield
Of 1875 bushels to the acre, from a
field of forty acres, is reported from
Faribault county.
The extension of Minnesota's corn
area has been rapid. Forty years ago
practically no corn was grown in the
state. The farmer in southern
county who could point to a three
acre patch of matured old Indian
flint corn thought it a remarkable
achievement. The yield of corn per
acre in the same section Of Minne-
sofa in 1913 exceeded that of the
recognized corn states of Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
The quality of Minnesota corn is
superior. AS result of climatic
conditions the same varieties here
contain greater percentage of nu-
triment than when grown in states
further south. Minnesota corn is
freer from insect pests. ..
13 the Best.
5 While many of the varities of corn
growing states which have &C
climated, Minnesota's success in rails.
ing corn is due largely to the devel.
opment of the Minnesota College OF
Agriculture, and Minnesota seedsmen
OF varieties especially suitable to 8
northern latitude. OF these per.
haps Minnesota 13 is first in import
.ance. 1t is a yellow dent corn, rich
in nutriment and generous in yield
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