FLAGS MARK EXTRA CORN PLANTS HE’S ADDED PAST 5 YEARS
Arthur Paulsmeyer, of Chamois, Missouri, has in- some fields which averaged 150 bushels per acre
creased his plant population 5,000 plants per acre others which sagged to 80—yet figured the high!
in 5 years. That's one added plant in every 35 plant population didn’t hurt him. His goal is no
inches of row—we’ve marked these added plants 125 bushels per acre—thinks he can go to 15
with flags. eventually. His plant population is 18-20,000-
He grows 260 acres of corn. In dry 1964, he had thinks he can go to 24,000 in time.