Fond recollections of growing up on a family farm. Written by Harold Eddleman.
Corn was the main crop, but the highest year in the 1940s was 35 bushels per acre. Used about 75 to 100 poounds of 2-12-6 fertilizer per acre. The low use of fertilizer was a main reason for the low yields compared to 1990s. Corn was used mainly for hogs and cows, but poultry mainly got purchased ready-mix feeds.
Wheat was mainly used for growing pigs as it was thought to develop strong frames for later fattening.
Hay as a big problem as Korean Lespedeza was about the only legume we could grow because winter heaving pulling red clover and alfalfa out of the ground.
To be continued and expanded greatly.
Begun May 1997 - revision #3 - 1998 January 29
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