KinSource - Tale of the Week - How Fast Does Corn Grow?

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Minnesota Tales

The Fairfax Standard, October 28, 1909, p. 7

How Fast Does Corn Grow?

We often hear this question asked, but never have been able to give a satisfactory answer. Here are a few figures that were handed us by a farmer who lives east of town. July 8th at one o'clock he commenced to measure the growth of a stalk of corn and took measurements at given hours for one week. He found that from July 8th at one o'clock until July 15th at the same hour the corn had made a growth of 37 inches, or an average of a little over 5 1-2 inches a day. For the first thirty hours of the time the corn's growth was 8 1-2 inches. The longest growth for any one day was six inches and the shortest growth for one day was 4 3-4 inches. During the time the measurements were taken the weather was hot, as a consequence the growth was rapid and even. - Elgin Echo.