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ably most of all by the amount of rainfall throughout the corn growing season, particularly when the corn is silking and tasseling. Dick was given a gauge to enable an accurate rainfall record at his place. Though corn is not a major Rappahannock crop, Lyne explained further that this dem onstration, coupled with those at the Massie and Wayland farms should be of consider able benefit to the economy of our major livestock industry in lowering feed produo tion costs. Result demonstrations will be held at the sites at harvest at which time detailes will be pointed out to farmers. In the mean time you farmers keep a watchful eye on these demonstrations.

Corn variety used by the land owner in each case, strange as it might seem,was SS 909E.

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