Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-12-05
Large Corn Yields.

The Cumberland Center (Maine) Farm
er's Club gives premiums on the crops of its
members. A recent report of corn pre-
miums contains the following, taken from
the Maine Farmer " First premium of ten
dollars, to S. II. Sweetser. Old ground
soil, sandy loan manure, compost of halt
ton porgy chum (ish pomace) with swamp
muck from the sty, two and half cords in
all, half spread, the balance in the hill
seed, Branch; planted May 25th, rows
three and one-fourth feet apart; hills in the
row, two feet; stalks TO the hill, two; sound
ears to the hill, average three and half
yield, eighty-seven bushels of ears to the
half acre. Second premium of five dollars,
to William II. Blanchard Soil sandy, new
ground plowed in the fall common barn
yard manure, four cords, half spread, the
rest in the hill seed, common eight-rowed ;
planted May 18th and 2lst; rows three and
half feet, and hills in the row two feet
apart; stalks three in hill sound ears,
three yield, ffty-seven bushels to the half
acre. Third premium of four dollars to S.
T. Merrill. New ground, clay loan plowed
in the fall horse and COW manure, three
and half cords to half acre, one-third spread,
two-thirds in the hill seed, common eight
row; planted last of May; rows three and
half feet, and hills three feet apart stalks,
four in the hill, and four sound ears; yield,
fiftyseven bushels"
Referring to the first premium crop (Mr.
Sweetser's) the committee say AS the
land was not in a high state of cultivation,
we attribute the extra yield, first to the kind
of seed, second to porgy chum, and third to
there being but two stalks in the hill, some
stalks producing three good ears. This half
acre yielded forty-nine and half bushels of
shelled corn actual test, or seven pecks of
ears to bushel of shelled corn and at the
least cost for manure of the eight com.
petitors."
The Country Gentleman notices some large
crops, reported by committee of the Sole
bury Farmers Club, of Pennsylvania OF
the crop of w. Pearson they say "The
first piece was in lot containing thirteen
and one-fourth acres of wheat stubble land (;
sandy loan, MANFRED with thirty loads of
barnyard manure per acre; plowed seven
and half inches deep; planted by hand in
rows four feet apart, one grain in a place; a
light colored gourd seed variety The cul-
tivation had been complete, and a very heavy
growth of stalks. Witnessed the husking,
sheling and measuring of one-eighth of an
acre, which had been measured by him be.
fore cutting. 1t contained one thousand
three hundred and ninety-three stalks, being
at the rate of eleven thousand one hundred
and forty-four stalks per acre, and measured
sixteen bushels and twenty-six quarts, being
at the rate of one hundred and thirty-fouI
and half bushels per acre, and weighed
ffty-two pounds per bushel. 1t took nearly
eighty-three stalks per bushel. The SECOND
piece was oneeighth of an acre, measured
by himself, in field containing about clever
acres soil, sandy loan Timothy sod
MANFRED with twenty loads of barnyart
manure per acre in June last year, and moi
moved plowed six inches deep in the spring
planted in rows four feet apart, one grail
in place, by hand the same variety a
last named. Measured seventeen bushels ant
four quarts, making one hundred and thirty
six bushels and four quarts per acre."