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2 Agricultural ' How Mr. A. J. Tindal Won ! i the National Corn Prize. > Methods of Fertilizing and Cultivation by Which He Made 182 Bushels of Corn on an Acre in larendon County, S. C., and Won the Prize for Biggest Yield in the Nation. Progressive Parmer. Once or twice before, The Progressive Fanner has mentioned the remarkable yield of corn produced last year by Mr. A J. Tindal, of Clarendon County, S. C., which won for him the 1100 prizo in the National corn contest, for ihe largest yield in the United States. We have been wishing to publish for our readers an account in detail oi of the methods by which Mr. Tindal accomplished this truly note-worthy result, an-1 are glad that at last we have an authoritative report on his achievement. This report of the National corn content is by Prof. Thomas Shaw, the crop and grain expert, and covers in detail the methods employed by the prize winner. Mr Tindal is a graduateot Clem sou College, S C., aud followed Ihe methods of scientific farming which have grown out of his training at that school of agriculture. The report as published by Prof Shaw is as follows: The acre of corn grown by Mr. Tindal produced a remarkable yield. It made him the winner of a $100 prize (not in eluding State prizes.) The corn was grown on land possessed of a cash value of $30 per acre. CHARACTER OF TI1K SOIL. . The soil, lather low and natur ally wet, was l.umus in its composition, at least, to a considerable extent, chocolate in color and was underlaid at a depth ol about two leet by mixed gravel and pipe clav of a non-receptive character. The soil was naturally enriched by washing from the surrounding soil and had also been highly fertilized during the three previous years. It had in it one open and some branch drains that were covered. In 1003 600 pounds of guano, with a compo ( frition of 8-S-4, gave a return ot 1,827 pounds of seed cotton. In 1004 600 pounds of 4-8-4 guano and sixty pounds of nitrate ol soda gave 132 bushels ol corn and nine bushels of cowpeas. ink 1905, 600 pounds of guano, lOOj pounds of nil;ate ol soda and thirty pounds of nitrate of pot ash gavd a yield of 3,012 pounds of seed cotton. PLANTING AND FERTILIZING. Ou April 5, 1900, the ground was plowed to the depth of four teen inches, and the same day was cross-plowed and sub-soiled to the depth of twenty inches, using a ten inch turning plow, and the sub soil plow run in every * furrow was home-made. Immediately after, the same day, a! spring tooth harrow was run over the acre to the depth of three inches and also a smooth ing harrow. On April J6th it was similarly harrowed and the 1 harrow was at once followed by ( THE L Department. imoothiiig harrow. On May 7th it was harrowed in precisely the jame way as on April 16th, The fertilizer applied was as follows : GOO pounds ol complete special guano containing 4 per cent ammonia, 8 per cent phosphoric acid and 4 per cent pothhIi ; 500 pounds of cottonseed meal with a composition of 7.1? and 1 ; 500 pounds of Peruvian guano with a composition ot 8-8 5 and 2; and 400 pounds ot nitra'e of soda with IS per cent of ammonia. The first tnroe fertilizers were applied in a furrow oo M'?y 7, at the time of the planting of the corn, and the fourth was given as a top dress in* on June 15th. One man, with mule and plow, opened the furrows and three men applied the dressing by hand. The cost of the fertilizers before application was $32 45 for the acre. The variety planted was the Marlboro Prolific, grown by the owner, who in 1000 introduced the variety into the neighborhood. The seed was planted in rows that wore made with the shovel. The kernels were buried three inches deep in a well-pre pared soil and one inch apart in the line of the row. The rows were thirty three inches distant and twenty-eight quarts ot seed were used, the germination of which wi?s considered perfect. The weather was dry until June 10th und was then over wet. Til K CARE OF CORN. On May 16th a weoder was run over the corn to the depth of two iuehes. It was cultivatad, May 22nd and June 2nd, with Bix'een-inch sweeps running to the depth of about one inch. On May 30th the crop was thinned by hand to the distance ot four io six inches between the plants and weeds were removed. One day with three men was occupied in the hand work. HAKVESTINO THE CROrS. On August 27th the tops were cut ofT and the fodder stripped from the ear down. On Noveni her 30th the crop was harvested by plucking the ears. The same day the stubs of the s'aljcs were cut bv hand and shredd d. The yield ot the corn was 182 bushels, divine an average of 86 per cent corn to cob. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Expenditures were : interest on land at 6 per cent. $1.80 ,o?t ol plowing 5 00 Cost of harrowing 1.00 Other labor in preparingland 1 00 Host ot fertilizers 32.45 Host of applying fertilizer* 1 00 [Jos* of seed .50 Host of cultivating 2.50 [lost of other work 1.50 Host of harvesting 9.80 Total cost. $56.55 ItMfoi nt.a tt oPH ' IS2 bushels corn at $2 ^$364.00| Hiree tons stover at $6 IS.00 1 100 pounds fodder it $20 per ton 41.00 i Total receipts $423 00 j Net profit $366.45 comments on crop. The profit of $336.45 seems arge indeed, from one acre )f laud, butit will J be noticed \N0AS1ER NEWS, SEPTEMBE1 that in reaching it the entire g srop is valued at $2 par bushel ' on the assumption that it will all a make good seed. For that pur ^ pose forty-eight bushels had been sold when the manual was filled out in the autumn o! 1906. The fodder, which, I understand, means the tops and haves, is ^ valued at$20 per ten. ^ To a Northern man this seems a very large valuation. Bu' i suppose the en?i:e crop is valued t at 50 cents per bushel for feeding c 'I till i L . .. a I pit ... it it .I lit.] dpt. f /t pva! I. 1 on?u aim iuuvici ? g er $5 per ton. These would be g worth the figures named in any s part of tho United Sta'es; the net profit from the acre would ? 9'ill be $44.45, or considerably more than the land is worth. In my judgment, the State ot South Carolina should give Mr. Tindal ( a medal for what lie- has done. His achievement is simply won " derful and the lessons tr? m it are many. They include the following: 1. lie has brought into bo'd reliet the wisdom of keeping land in a high state of fertiliza tion, as in 1903, 1004, and 1905 he got good returns from high fertilization. 2. He has demonstrated tin nreat value o! deep and thorough cultivation in Southern soih < when preparing them and of pulverizing finely before plant k mg. 1 3 II" has shown that a far ^ mer must not be a'raid to put on a little hard labor when growing ^ crops will be benefited by it. -| 4 He has in ado il f*1??nr ilmt to obtain maximum yields of * corn the stand niu^l not be thin or irregular, liis crop was grown J more closely than corn is usualh trown, but, of course, on some soils it may bo necessary to plan' i somewhat more distant. . 5 Ho has shown that in the ' South a farmer may apply fertilizer that costs him more than lus land is worth, and yet make a good return for the investment 0 He has demonstrated that a Southern farmer may ma?>e enounous profits from growing seed corn. 7 Finally, lie has shown that in these United States we are only in the A B C ot possible production ot grain". 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