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knee-high by the Fourth of July proverb

(US, agriculture) If a corn (maize) crop planted in spring has grown knee-high by the Fourth of July (Independence Day of the United States), a bountiful harvest is expected. Today is celebrated as Independence Day in the United States. It commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence on this day in 1776, which established the nation.

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