Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0387Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a large cornfield. Above the image "43" is printed, below the image "V23248 - In the Great Cornfields of Kansas" is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23248
IN THE GREAT CORNFIELDS OF THE OSACE VALLEY, KANSAS
Corn is generally thought to be a native of America, probably cultivated by native tribes long before the discovery of the countty by Columbus. Its introduction into Europe was very slow, and for this reason teh United States still leads in its production. Of the three thousand million bushels raised annually two thousand million are reaised in this country.
The great bulk of the world's corn is raised in the rich soil of theupper Mississippi Valley. About fifty bushels per acre is considered a good yield, although the average yield for the whole United States is only 25 bushels per acre. This picture shows one of the great Kansas cornfields in the Osage Valley. Though less than half the acreage of Kansas is under cultivation, the state yields over 168,870,00 bushels of corn per year.
The corn is planted from about the first of May to the twentieth, commonly in hills, by maens of a cornplanter. These hills are about three and one-half feet apart and three or four stalks are produced in each hill. The time of harvesting depends largely on the use to be made of the crop. The larger part of the corn raised in the Osage Valley is fed to the stock. Corn is used, however, in the preparation of more than one hundred different articles. it is used in making starch and alcohol. The principal product is cornmeal. The outer part of the stalk is employed in paper manufacture. The pith is used in varnishes and high explosives
This is a large western variety which will not ripen in the east as the seasons are too short, but is often grown for ensilage. The silo is the farmer's "fruit can" and the unripened corn, cut up with the stalks, and packed into it, makes the finest ensilage.
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