Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-11
One Hundred Bushels of Corn per Acre.

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To most minds there is something fabu-
lous in the statement that 100 bushels Of
sheled corn can be raised on an acre.
Some men talk loosely about raising this
amount, but it is generally found that the
corn was never measured, and the senti-
ment Of the community where such a crop
is. claimed, is, that if the actual facts in
the case were known, the yield would not
exceed seventy-dve bushels OF merchant
able corn per acre Experienced farmers
do not take much stock in such loose state
ments and surmises that 100 bushels OF
corn have been grown on the acre, and
when the crop has been carefully measured,
and trustworthy men, well known in the
farming community, certify to the fact and
state that they know such crop has
been raised, it becomes the part of wisdom
to inquire how this was produced, and to
try and initiate the example of the success
full cultivator. Now with my own hand,
| harvested corn which yielded sixty
bushels per acre, and | thought it was a
splendid crop. A neighbor whose word i,
true, raised seventy-6ye bushels on an acre
Now these were large crops, carefully
measured, and, as far as | know, wer,
ahead of any others grown in this vicinity
We were proud of them. They paid well
For a time was satisfied.
| have lately seen field Of corn which
puts in the shade everything | ever saw
before, and have seen many of the bes
cornGelds III New England, New York ant
the West. Just how much il would yiell
per acre | cannot say as the crop has no
been cut, but have no doubt that it vii
considerably exceed 100 bushels Of shclle,
corn. | judged not merely by the appear
ance of the corn, but partly by what wa
raised on the same farm the precedin;
year. thought had seen large crop
before, but my ideas were very much mod
flied by seeing this. | found there weri
possibilities in corn culture TO which
have been stranger, and by which tn,
crop of sixty bushels per acre, in which
had gloried 80 much, drifted into medioc
rity, and those which are usually produced
dwindled into insigniicanee.
This crop was grown on the farm an,
under the direction Of A. w. Ross. North
hclNf 4uoHrf luO llNtulOF VI int - nus
System Of Cultivation" Of which our read
ers are somewhat familiar. And one 0
the greatest points Of interest conneetet
with it is the fact that it was grown with
out hard labor. Planting, cultiyating ani
hoeiug were all done with the horse, Il
hand hoes at all, and the work was dom
better than any hand work ever saw
The past season | raised corn after thi
new method, aud with fair results, although
the extreme and long continued drough
prevented great success with this or an
other method of cultivation. From IN
own experience, and what have seen Of
in other places. am strongly in favor c
this system. BY it corn can be raised o
good land (smooth) even at present price
and yield profit. There is vast differ
ence in the cost Of obtaining crop when
man can plant or hoe piece Of corn q
fast as a horse can walk, from what theI
is when the work must all be done by e,
pensive, hard labor. 1t would be well ft
farmers at least to examine this system
cultivation. For my part, shall folio
it in the future, and shall not rest Statistic
until succeed in producing 100 bushe
of shelled corn on an acre Of land Farm,
in Boston CnltiuatOr.