Apparently I've been mislead!
http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/070406kneehigh.html
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If corn is knee high today, it isn't doing well
By Ben Sutherly
Staff Writer
The old saying that a farmer's corn crop should be "knee high by the Fourth of July" has a nice ring to it but it's not the ring of truth.
"I've got corn right now over the top of my head," said Tom Spatz, 44, of Trotwood, who stands about 5 feet 9 inches.
"It should be more like 'chest high' or 'head high' by the Fourth of July," said Peter Thomison, a professor in the horticulture and crop science department at Ohio State University. "Probably when that saying had its origins we were still using mules and horses."
http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/070406kneehigh.html
Just in case you don't want to register, here's a bit of it...
If corn is knee high today, it isn't doing well
By Ben Sutherly
Staff Writer
The old saying that a farmer's corn crop should be "knee high by the Fourth of July" has a nice ring to it but it's not the ring of truth.
"I've got corn right now over the top of my head," said Tom Spatz, 44, of Trotwood, who stands about 5 feet 9 inches.
"It should be more like 'chest high' or 'head high' by the Fourth of July," said Peter Thomison, a professor in the horticulture and crop science department at Ohio State University. "Probably when that saying had its origins we were still using mules and horses."
