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Show Pop Corn Is Raised Successfully By Farmers NEW HARMONY, Utah P o p ' .urn crops prove successful at N'eiv Harmony this fall, due to 'ivorable climatic conditions and careful selection of seed, according to Mr. Donald Schmutz, stockman and farmer from New Harmony. Some pop corn fields have pro-. pro-. .feed more corn per acre than , others do to rich fertility of the il and plenty of water. Stalks le produced larger and more fars per stalk than past years. Stalks having two or three ears we chosen for seed next year. Where two years ago only one wr was grown per stalk, two ears "ere very few. By careful selec-, selec-, 'ion of seed corn, raisers hope to J develop a three to four ear stalk. Correct account of the crops save not yet been made, but it I tasbeen estimated that production ; "ill be two tons per acre. Some : Wn crops were practically dry , !aKl crops raised out on plowed thUtel ground where only high : "sier in the spring and rain water Wld reach it. The crops proved $ successful- even though handicap- '. N in this way. I This pop corn seed came from the s-: south eastern states, and is very I ; lWilar on the California Markets. : Last year nearly all corn was " '. locally, but' this year some ' be shipped by truck to the California Markets, said Mr. c- - Sl'hmutz. |