The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 09, 1913, Page 3, Image 3
Record of Corn Crop of 1910, Yield- >5?
ing 228 3 4 Bushels Fer Acre. '
The following account of his record
corn, crop of 1910 was written
by Jerry Moore for The Clemson C
Agricultural Journal: k_
The soil was light gray, sandy
upland about three or four inches C
deep, with yellow subsoil. The land p.
was old and nearly level, with just ^
enough slope for the water to run CI
off. Cotton was grown on the land *t
in 1909, producing about 1,200 ~
pounds of seed cotton. The area in
was one acre.
PREPARATION.
During the first of March, 1910, L__
spread 300 one-horse wagon loads of
CORN GATHERED.
Five men, viz: J. M. Leash, II. P.
Haselden, W. E. Bailey, J. T. Bailey
and Roger WilliamH, measured the 1
land and corn. Their certificates |
are in the custody of the county \
superintendent of education. The
corn, in the shuck, weighed 16,3 88
pounds. They took 200 pounds of
corn from the acre, at random,
shucked and shelled it, and got 155
pounds of shelled corn and 4 5
pounds of cobs and shucks. This
showed 77 % per cent of shelled ; ^
corn and 22 >/6 per cent of cobs and \
shucks. This percentage makes a
yield of 228% bushels on the acre.
VALUE OF CROP.
At the market value, $-1 per
bushel, the corn from the acre was
worth $228.75; 3,000 pounds of , ?
fodder, $3 0. Total value of crop, Tf
$258.75. ^
EXPENSES.
Cost of rent $ 6.00
Cost of preparation seed bed 4.00 ___
Cost of planting 2.00 ?Cost
of manure 25.00
Cost of commercial fertilizer 66.55
Cost of cultivation 11.60
Cost of gathering corn. . . . 8.0J
Cost of gathering fodder. . . ?5.?m) f~~
Total cost $128.05 ?
BALANCE SHEET.
.total value I25H.7S ^
V ...^Expenses 12S.05
Net profit $1 30.70 J
REMARKS. "
B1
The stable manure used was very
trashy (much straw in it), and no! ^1
worth more than 50 cents a load. *1
As the dirt had no commercial val
ue, I did not count it in the list of
expenses, and the land was improved
at least $50 by the. dirt and ,
stablo manure. : V^Ni
J10 it It Y il MOOKi I V^?
ti '
ricn uiri on an acre or ground. Fol- I
lowed this with fifty one-horse I
wagon loads of stable manure, scat- I
tered broadcast. On March 2 5, H1
land was broken with Dixie plows. J?
*vne Dixie followed in the furrow of
* >the other, and both plows breaking
? or twelve inches deep. The soil
5^ J* was so well purverized, did not har'
fow; rebroke as it was broken first
time.
March 29, harrowed and laid off
In rows three and one-half feet
wide, with Dixie plow. Distributed
50 pounds of guano containing 8
per cent of phosphoric acid, 3 per
cent of ammonia, and 3 per cent of
potash in the drill, and covered
with furrows, making a small ridge.
March 30, opened ridge with
shovel plow, and dropped three gallons
of Ilatt's Prolific corn, dropping
by hand and almost sowing. TC
Covered corn two and one-half
inches deep with small shovel plow.
FERTILIZER.
On the same day, sowed 800 ,
pounds of acid phosphate on rows,
and harrowed surface all over, '
leaving it level. There had been no
rain since the land was broken, and
the ground was so dry and dusty, corn
did not come up readily. Re- I m*
planted for fear I would not get a l>
stand. Stand good by April 20th,
and weather continues dry. April
24, good rain. ^
April 25, sowed 700 pounds v <
kainit along rows, and harrowed ^
with Little Joe harrow, going twice
to the row. Barred off with Dixie 1
plow.
May 5, I made a mixture of 600 ,
pounds of cotton seed meal. 200
pounds acid prospliate, 2 00 pounds |
kainit, and with a fertilizer distributor,
sowed on each side of j
rows, and harrowed, going twice to
tho row, leveling surface as near as |
possible. .
May 10, made a mixture of 000
pounds cotton seed meal, 200 |
pounds acid phosphate and 200 :
pounds kainit, and sowed mixture
on each side of rows with a fertilizer w
distributer. I sowed this mixture I j
several inches farther from corn I I
than last mixture. Harrowed, go- ] a
ing twice to the row. On the same I I vr:
day, sowed 200 pounds of nitrate of I I
soda along rows. ! [
May 17, harrowed, going twice to I I
the row, and thinned corn to six I j
inches in the drill.
May 24, harrowed, going twice I I ,
to the row. I I OC<
May 25, good rain. I I q(>.
May 27, sowed, with a fertilizer 11 ' . .
distributor, in center of how, 1,000 I I till
pounds 8:3:3 guano, and harrowed, I I
going twice to the row. Same day, II * .
sowed 200 pounds nitrate of soda I I t.10
along rows. I I ^4
June 4, harrowed, going twice to I |
the row. I j
June 5 and 6, good rains. ! !
June 8, sowed 300 pounds nitrate I I t>
#y*tf soda, and harrowed, going twice II "
it I o the row. Frequent showers and I I ;
orn growing rapidly. S
' June 10, storm, and corn blown I I 1
down. j
June 11, set corn up; corn about I I
six feet high, and beginning to silit. I I
June 15, harrowed, very lightly, I ! La
going twice to the row. I I ,
June 22, harrowed lightly; corn I I
now in full silk; ground perfectly I I l
clean. j I
Itains were frequent during June. I I
There were no signs of firing, and I ^
the corn did its best. , III w
July 4, no lack of rain so far, and I ;
corn almost matured. Almost every I I
stalk has an ear, and mauy of them I I <
two or three. There were, on the I I
acre, about 24,000 stalks, and more II I
than 30,000 ears. Gathered fodder;! I
middle of August. Crop at this 11 I
time very ripe. II t>i
Gathered off the acre 1.200 j| | 1)1
bundles of fodder, weighing 3,000,1 I ,
' pounds, worth |30. ' '
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