The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-01-11
One Hundred and Ten Bushels of Corn Per
Acre

IL generally well known that Mr.. Charles o.
Elms Sctuatc, Mass, was the owner of the not
ed Jersey Belle, whose butter record for year
was 704 pounds, but it is not as well known that
he is one of the prominent corn raisers of his
State. He having secured the first premium ON
the bsst acre of corn raised in the town two
years in succession, and securing the remarka-
bile yield of 100 bushels of corn in such an unfa-
vorable season as the last, we wrote him, asking
him to give our readers the methods of cultiva-
tiOn. which he has done as follows:
The one acre of corn that was entered in the
season Of ISL, for the premiums offered by the
Marshfield Agricultural and horticultural So
ciety, and n citizen of Boston, for the best one
acre of corn in Scituate-had been in grass for
twelve years. 1t was plowed and twelve cords
of barn manure narrowed in. Corn planted in
drills three and half feet apart, by horse and
Billings planter, dropping seed (twonty qnarts)
and 200 pounds of Bradley's phosphate at the
same time in one hour. Ii sowed five kernels TO
every eleven inches. The came mp thick,
and was first plowed out, throwing the dirt
away from the corn; then n cultiyator was used
twice. The variety was Longfellow, which u.s.
ually has a small cob and grows line fodder.
The ears grew four and one-half feet from the
ground, and the fodder weighed four tons. The
Marshfeld committee awarded me the premium
on a yield of 80 So bushels to the acre. They
adopted 20 pounds of ears to the buEhel, one of
the committee having purchased the same kind
of corn at that rate, and il shelled 50 pounds.
The Seituate committee adopted the 76 pounds,
as there were some twenty entering for the pre-
MUM, and used that weight for all, irrespective
of dryness, which weight made the yield 81 IL
10 bushels. The same field was planted again
this season. First plowed, then dressed with
eight cords of barn manure, and thoroughly har-
rowed in, and planted as the previous year. ex.
cept the drills were six feet apart. The corn
came up and grew sixty stalks to the running
rod. 1t was cultivated out twice, and later in
the season went through and moved the weeds,
as did not consider it wise TO pail them out, on
account of the drouth. No hand hoe was used
either year. The yield, adopting 40 pounds for
the bushel, was 10 bushels per acre, or 76
pounds of ears gave one hundred bushels. The
reason had drilled six feet apart was, inten-
ded to seed down the field, and waited for rain
until too late, but the distance was beneficial to
the corn. 1t grew longer ears and thereby
heavier yield of grain.
al think this method is best where land is
heavily MANFRED, as it is possible to get sixty
ears to the running rod, thereby securing large
yield of grain But back of all this have a
herd of cows TO help me out, and they are the
ones that deserve the credit; with the large
amount Of manure they furnish, have no trou
BILE to raise corn.
My herd consists of three daughters aud two
granddaughter OF the great Jersey Belle, and
some others, headed by Amdee, of the late
Charles Sharpless celebrated COW Young Pansy,
for which he paid 81 500. Amidee was sired by
Lord Byron, imported in Black Bess, who, with
Lady Maud Ga daughter of Lord ByrOn), carried
off the honors of the centennial. Mirror ard
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