When was it published?

March 12, 1838 in The Daily Herald

Domestic News March 12, 1838

The Daily Herald

Q: What keywords are associated?

Prolific Corn, Essex County, Corn Production, Eight Rowed Seed

New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

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What is this article about?

A corn stalk on the farm of Messrs. Foster Day & Son near Elizabethtown in Essex County produced seven ears with about 1,800 grains total from a single eight-rowed seed last season, noted as exceptionally prolific.

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Prolific Corn.—A stalk grew the last season on the farm of Messrs. Foster Day & Son, near this town, and bore seven ears of corn, on six of which were seventeen hundred large plump grains, and on the seventh, there were about one hundred, making in all about 1,800 grains from a single seed. It is worthy of record, that this stalk sprung from eight rowed seed, and produced two ears of ten, two of twelve, and three of eight-rowed each. Our informant says he never heard of an instance of such prolific production. Essex County goes ahead in raising good corn.—Elizabethtown Journal.

What sub-type of article is it?

Agriculture

What keywords are associated?

Prolific Corn Essex County Corn Production Eight Rowed Seed

What entities or persons were involved?

Messrs. Foster Day & Son

Where did it happen?

Essex County

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Essex County

Event Date

The Last Season

Key Persons

Messrs. Foster Day & Son

Outcome

produced about 1,800 grains from a single seed

Event Details

A stalk grew on the farm of Messrs. Foster Day & Son, near this town, and bore seven ears of corn, on six of which were seventeen hundred large plump grains, and on the seventh, there were about one hundred, making in all about 1,800 grains from a single seed. This stalk sprung from eight rowed seed, and produced two ears of ten, two of twelve, and three of eight-rowed each. Our informant says he never heard of an instance of such prolific production.