The Climax

We Acknowledge the Corn.

Madison is one of the greatest corn counties in Kentucky, being one of only six that produce more than a million bushels each. Its exact product is 1,090,090 bushels for the year 1888. The six counties are Union, 1,475,585; Henderson, 1,276,990; Shelby, 1,246,500; Hopkins, 1,103,448; Madison, 1,090,090; Warren, 1,029,706.

Thus it is seen that Madison is 5th in a class of 119 counties. But the average per acre for the number of acres in corn is as follows: Hopkins, 55; Shelby 43; Madison, 41; Union, 32; Henderson, 25; Warren, 21. Thus Madison stands 3rd for average in this special class of 6.

Of the four counties that produce more corn than Madison, two are larger in territory—Hopkins and Warren, the former having 52,000 and the latter 47,000 more acres.

But there are five other counties that do not produce a million bushels each, yet average more per acre than Madison, namely: Lincoln, 55 bushels; Montgomery, 50; Bourbon, 46; Garrard, 44; Jessamine, 43. Add to these the two counties—Hopkins and Shelby—above mentioned, and in average per acre, Madison stands 5th in the 119.

Mason county nearly reaches Madison, being a small fraction short.

The counties that average less than forty-one and more than forty bushels per acre are Daviess, 40.7; Woodford, 40.4; Boone, 40.1; Clark, 40.07.

The counties that produce less than forty and more than thirty are Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Carroll, Fulton, Grant, Harrison, Hickman, Jefferson, Logan, Mercer, Nicholas, Oldham, Scott, Trimble.

There are 21 counties that raise less than thirty and more than twenty bushels per acre, the remainder raising less than twenty.

The county with the greatest number of acres in corn is Henderson, having 50,117 acres, but Graves, Christian, and Barren have nearly as many.

The county reporting the smallest number of acres is Jessamine—5,504 acres.

The county with the smallest amount of corn is Menifee—109,148 bushels.

The total corn crop of the State, for 1888, was 51,505,546 bushels. The number of acres in corn was 2,292,819. Average per acre, 22.4. So you see that Madison's average is nearly double the State's average.

Fayette's number of acres in corn was not reported, therefore, we can make no calculation on its average.