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| Title | Excess corn stored outside elevator |
| Coverage / Year | c. 1950 |
| Description | When grain elevators and silos were full due to a bumper crop or better technology, excess corn would sometimes be piled on the ground for temporary storage. |
| Interpretation | Corn yields increased rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. Even high-rise reinforced concrete elevators cannot always handle the crop. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities |
| Learning Standards | 13 Science, Technology and Society; 15 Economics; 16 History; |
| Author or Creator | McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill. |
| Other Contributors | Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
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| Source | 'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.; ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997) |
| Subject / Keywords | McLean County, Illinois; Corn; Storage facilities; Silos |
| Collection Publisher | McLean County Museum of History
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | mch0352; IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 8:2, p. 110 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 20317182532002_mch0352.jpg |
