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Corn and Custom: The Introduction of Hybrid Corn to Spanish American Farmers in New Mexico

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Apodaca, Anacleto


1952

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Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons

Excerpt:
"For generations Spanish American farmers in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico have grown corn as an important crop. As compared with midwestern United States farmers their yields are very low, and the quality of the corn is poor by any ordinary standards."

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