Transcribe
Translate
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 43
More information
digital collection
archival collection guide
transcription tips
41 by day equals or exceeds the growth by night - by actual measurement. "All through the long bright day of June Its leaves grow green and fair. And waves with the hot midsummers noon Its soft and yellow hair." After the middle of July and often sooner the corn needs no more attention, if the work thus far has been properly done. we say it is "laid by." The work of raising the crop should be completed. The next step is husking, unless some is cut up for fodder, but in Iowa where hay is so plenty and cheap very little corn is cut. The remarks here in made
Saving...
prev
next
41 by day equals or exceeds the growth by night - by actual measurement. "All through the long bright day of June Its leaves grow green and fair. And waves with the hot midsummers noon Its soft and yellow hair." After the middle of July and often sooner the corn needs no more attention, if the work thus far has been properly done. we say it is "laid by." The work of raising the crop should be completed. The next step is husking, unless some is cut up for fodder, but in Iowa where hay is so plenty and cheap very little corn is cut. The remarks here in made
Scholarship at Iowa
sidebar
