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Show DOUBLING CORN YIELDS Corn yields per acre in the United States could be doubled within a few years, and this could be accomplished without Increase In work or expense, says the United States department depart-ment of agriculture. It Is not to be understood that it Is desirable desir-able to double the present corn crop, but that it is desirable to produce enough to meet all needs on a smaller number of acres and with less labor. If GO bushels are raised on 1 acre Instead on 2 acres, the labor of plowing, harrowing, planting, cultivating and harvesting 1.1 greatly reduced. O o |