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Page 123
... corn crop in the state was grown in the southern division , but the proportion of the state's corn crop grown south of a line from East St. Louis to Terre Haute , Indiana , fell to 10.5 percent by the years 1890 to 1894 , as more and ...
... corn crop in the state was grown in the southern division , but the proportion of the state's corn crop grown south of a line from East St. Louis to Terre Haute , Indiana , fell to 10.5 percent by the years 1890 to 1894 , as more and ...
Page 124
... corn led to improvements in both cultivation and varieties . Shallow cultivation was introduced by George Morrow of the University of Illinois , and new corn varieties included Golden Eagle produced in 1871 by H. B. Perry of Toulon , a ...
... corn led to improvements in both cultivation and varieties . Shallow cultivation was introduced by George Morrow of the University of Illinois , and new corn varieties included Golden Eagle produced in 1871 by H. B. Perry of Toulon , a ...
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... corn from the market , the corn prices tended to rise . When they sold more corn , the production of hogs would tend to go down and their price up . The transition from razorbacks to purebred swine was a rapid one in Illinois , which ...
... corn from the market , the corn prices tended to rise . When they sold more corn , the production of hogs would tend to go down and their price up . The transition from razorbacks to purebred swine was a rapid one in Illinois , which ...
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