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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
2
Danville resident Rev R R Hopton visits town while ad notices list real estate for sale bank moves to new quarters and library officers elected. Offers include farm for sale near Oskaloosa, fur sales, and a humorous note on a baggage handler at the RI. Corn history and seed shows referenced with Iowa peers.
An article discusses thePrimitive or Wild Husk Corn seen in recent Omaha and Des Moines shows. It explains the corn’s original wild form found in Mexico, used by natives with some cultivation but mostly gathered as a wild crop, threshed similarly to wheat or rye with a flail. The illustration features two ears and a grain at natural size, fully husked, with varied husk lengths and tips.
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