The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1860-11-14

IS. II. Woodil. liz
/. Wm. NJ Prichard, Johnson county. 2l6
". L. Dawson. Warren county, 20jl
ON FIVE ACRES.
VIM. NJ. Prichard. Johnson county. 1875 II
$. x WoodEll, Marion county, I4I
Il. X. Lake, Marion county, c47
VI II. Dawson. Warren county, 1901
\ ON TEN ACRES.
7 i r.. Lake. Marion county, 2G3
George WoodfIl, Marion county, lEl
y. q. Rabb, Ohio county, 1921
VIM. NJ. Prichard. Johnson county, l7s
J. II. Dawson, Warren county, l57
These represent different portions OF lie
S's'r, and all the counties are very ricl
with aIluviaI soil. except 10 Ohio county
where Dir. Rabb's crop was produced on !
river bottom.
The enormous crop Of Ellis II. Lake will
be beet explained BY the following. from Biz
sisiemcni
Harvested aud weighed from 5lh October
70 lOh October, l8G0" The kind or corn
was large yellow, and consequently, q,
This time and 10 such damp fall, w.s bul
little dried. The amount should have been
ascertained by measure ment. The Board
requires weighing for the crops i, awards
remiums to. at its January meeting. TO be
weighed in December. But at this time Of
the year il is most uncertsin mode. How
much Mr.. Luke raised cannot be told. bu,
i NUT siiIi be very large crop.
His soil, cultivation. ETC., are stated thus:
/ Qualify q ssil, a ssnd and loan river bot.
tom, based on clay. Broken 10 about ten
inches deep. about the first Of May, and
planted from he l0ih % the 18th ~ The
same month, 10 rows one way. iLree tee,
apart aud the plants from five to six inc hes
spar il the row Powed with elfnveI low
three tines: whole cost Of cultivation and
seed Si ST.
Ills crop of ten acres was raised on The
same kind o. soil. but with different cu
ivation. "PIowed elk inches deep about
me middle D. April; p.aHied il rows thee
and cne-half feet each wav. with four or fiy,
grains in hill; pIowcd tour times with a
shovel rlow. AMI hoed over after the firsl
blowing" Ths yield wns the same as in The
one acre, bur NE cultivation greater. The
tire Of planting is not given. Whether all
the grains planted came W, or whether il
was ,hnned ont, 10 not siaicd His five
acres, yielding 247 bushels, was cultivated
10 the same wsy, but pIowed cigh, inches
deep.
The smallest crop is that or S. r. Wood
fll. of Marion. lie says that il grew on
upIa nd based on clay and gravel; the ground
broke about the 25th Of April crossed off
about three feet and hal. each way, and
planted about the frs, 81 May. When up elk
inches high, was borrowed with a one horse
harrow twice in the row, and then plowedl
once week with a double shovel pow fol
six weeks Ills crsp Of 1ll bushels grew
upon the same kind OF soil, cultivated the
same way, bu, was planted three feet apart
each way. Cost Of production, including
seed, 81 25 per acre.
How many stalks were left in the hill il
both cases 70 not stated; but II the same,
then the increascd amount Of The las, is to
be attributed 10 It's being planted closer
lie, too, weieied bis corn, allowing seventy
pounds TO the bushel.
The next smallest crop is that OF ID. Gil
Rabb, Of Ohio county deservcdly known az
The model farmer Of Indiana. His state
ment is, that his field, Of over ten acres, is
bottom land; general depth from 2 to 2o
|eei, on . clay basis; drained BY deep and
vide bitches; no manures used; broken up
about the 10Th Of April; planted about 9th
n May; alter being furrowed out, the sub.
'oiI plow was run in The furrows eighteen
inches deep; yield 1921 bushels, but tho av
rage 1l4l bushels; cost Of production "a
Yer acre