The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-20
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REPORT ON CORN.
To He EJrc,hjw Conm;hre Of Ne Sate 4gricl
i,,ju! .SOri,fY

REPORT ON CORN.
To he EJrr,,t;m Comm;ttee of Me .Sate 4gric,d
t~,"' .Soc;ety.
GENTLEMEN: As q competitor for the
premium to be awarded for the largest
Weld of corn from two acres of ground
! herewith present the certificate of the
committee, and the letter of Mr.. Veal,
who measured the land; also the follow
ing report on the preparation of the
ground and culture OF the crop:
The ground selected for my expert
mcnt was sand hill branch land. After
driving ii by underground drains, it was
broken up with common tongue plough
in November About twenty-five two
horse loads of manure from my COW
house were spread over each acre in
December, and well p]oughed in with a
two-horSe plough GLAZE, followed with
the subsoil plough, drawn by two mules.
About the first of March another coat
of stable and cow manure was spread
and ploughed in as the first. Early in
April three cart loads of air Stacked
lime and two sacks of salt were spread
over each acre and lightly ploughcd un-
der. On the 1trh of May the ground was
thoroughly ploughed with Glaze'S large
iron plough, narrowed level and laid off
thirty inches apart with shovel plough.
Guano and plaster was Sprnkled in the
furrowS-near 200 pounds of the former
and 300 pounds of the latter to each
acre.
The seed selected for planting was
from North Carolina and designated
Bale Mountain Corn" After soaking it
during the night in a strong solution Of
nitre it was planted from eight to twelve
inches distance in the row, covered it
with hoes and rolled the ground leaving
it perfectly level. On the 14th It was
ploughed with a long, very narrow
plow and dressed over With. hoes On
was repeated, each time leaving the
ground level About the first of July
it was necessary to draw ridge about
the roots of the corn to prevent its tall
ing. During a protracted drought acre
No. l was twice irrigated and acre NO.
, had the water turned on it once.
AS YOU will learn from the certificate
of the committee, the yield from acre
No. Twas 200 bushels and twelve quarts;
from acre No. ,, 116 bushels and SIX
quarts, making from the two acres 316
bushels and eighteen quarts.
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
J. W. PARKER.
Columbia, Nov. Q, 1857.
The undersigned, acting as commit
tee, certify that they have, with care,
supelintended the harvesting and mea-
surcment of the product OF two acres OF
ground belonging to and cultivated by
DR.. J. ". Parker, which ground we
would denominate sand hill branch land
and find the yield of corn TO be on Acre
No. / two hundred bushels and twelve
quarts, and on Acre No. 2 one hundred
and sixteen bushels and six quarts
making from two acres according tc
Mr.. Veal's survey, three h't"ttred aHo
Si.rteen J,tshels and eig1tteen quarts OF
GOOD. sound corn, the manner and mea
Surement OF which weregard as accurate,
and such as would be entirely satisfae
tory to lis if we were buying.
1t is known to a part of the commit
tee that Acre No 2, or large portion
of it, was ploughed up at late perio,c
and planted over, which very probably
was AN iniury to the crop and lesSeneo
the yield. JOHN DENT, Jk''
WM. WALLACE,
W. L. GOODWIN,
JonN GLASS.
':Dairy Farm" Columbia, October 2l
1857.