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CORN PRODUCTION INCULLMAN COUNTYBy H. G. PINKSTON County AgentMany farmers rememder the oldcorn road out Battleground way which used to be traveled bv Cullman County farmers journeying tothe valley to buy corn.In those days it took a lot ofacres to produce enough corn for bread, feed two mules, some forthe hog and a little for the chickens. Some talk about twelve acresto produce 120 bushels, others talkabout less bushels per acre.Those who participated in thesetrips to the valley have. I amsure, been pleased to observe progress made over the years in increased corn yeilds to the pointwhere Cullman County now produces thousands and thousands ofbushels of corn for sale.This is. of course, a reason ormany reasons for this changed situation. Better varieties, better fertilization. soil protection and improvement through better terraces.cover crops, and better culturalpractices, are the major factorswhich have caused this great change. In other words, fanners are using production recommendations which are the result of scientificresearch in agriculture.irmilrl hn fmmH cm farm of
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Cullman Modernistic Times
Cullman, Alabama, US
Thu, Jan 03, 1952
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