Good Corn Harvest in County in 1948 Washington county report
Washington Evening Journal correspondents detail a bountiful 1948 corn year in Washington county. Yields reach 95 to 100 bushels per acre for neighbors including Phillip Gerdes and the Williams brothers, aided by mechanized pickers and favorable weather. Community acts of kindness supported Grant and Lloyd Humston, with neighbors assisting in harvesting and meals prepared for workers. Corn borers and weather impacted fields. some corn remained unharvested as pickers moved through.
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Harold Gerdes
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Harvest mirrors a county corn boom before Thanksgiving
Mrs. J. Glen Lord writes from North Xenia that Washington County farms reported abundant corn yields with cribs full and many fields averaging 100 bushels per acre. Some fields suffered hail damage and borers but cooperation and new cribs kept harvest moving, ending November 30.
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Under Asian farming conditions four or five families sharing land feed themselves and one urban family. The passage contrasts rural subsistence with city living and suggests coordinated farming arrangements among households.
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