Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-03-13

The harvesting was done in the
presence of a large number of gcfi-
tlemen--representative farmers
including j. O.. CampbelL as the
official representative of rthoN1mo,S-
can 1gricult,vists ~ and G. B. w.
Dunn, j. w. Reynolds and John Il.
Tart, rs Mr.. brakes three witnesses.
The acre was first re-mcasnred and
foundsto be of the Dimensions lust
noted. In order that the harvest
might be completed in the prcsence
of the witnesses in one day, about
thirty hands wcro employed to pluck
and shuck tho ears and weigh them.
Mr.. Dunn personally attended to the
gathering, the Weighing was done
by Mr.. Reynolds on Fairbanks
tested scales, and tho tally was kept
by Mr.. Tart. Mr.. Rcy; olds also
kept tally, which corrcsponded
with Mr.. Tart's record. Mr.. Camp
bell supervised the whole affair. In
addition to all these precautions, the
=, number and character of the spccta
tors made any cheating impossible,
had it been thought Of, and the fact
that no other corn grew in the neigh
borhood rendered impossible tho
addition of any grown outside the
contest acre. Mr.. Drake and his
witnesses certified before Justice
Afford that the crop, as harvestcu Il
! November 25, was 17,407 pounds of
corn in the car, of which 40 pounds
was soft or poor corn. Each witness
selected, from different parts of the
field, an average lot Of ears, and
from 100 pounds of ears SO gathered
Mr.. Tart obtained Soa pounds of
kernels and 1o4 pounds Of cobs.
Mr.. Reynolds obtained 80 pounds of
kernels and IS pounds of cobs, and
Mr. Dunn got 834 pounds of kernels
and 164 pounds of cobs. Averaging
these tests shows shat so per cent
of the total crop was kernels, or
l4,273 pounds of shellcd corn, equal
to 254 bushels, 40 pounds of shellcd
corn at SO pounds to the bushcl.
This, if kilndricd until ii contained
only 10 per cent of water, would
shrink to 239 bushels, and if the
water is all allowed for the crop
would be 2l7 bushels of actual dry
matter in the shcllcd corn grown on
one acre.
VERIFYING TIE RECORD.
In addition to all the safeguards
narrated to insure faithful accuracy,
We have made several independent
investigations, all of which fully
confirm the honor and integrity of
the parties concerned. Not only
Mr.. Drake, but the surveyor, justices
and witnesses are men of unm-
peachable standing in their com
munitics. While the Imerican Ig-
rcultanist is fully convinced of the
correctness Of Mr.. brakes rcport
from beginning to end, r'o have
deemed it wise to explain the basis
OF our opinion, so that every farmer
may be equally convinced of the
absolute fact that within fraction
Of 255 bushels of shcllcd corn have
been actually grown on one acre, in
single crop, Ill one season. This
being the largest crop Of corn ever
made on one acre in the history of tho
worlds agriculture, the 1mcrica,a
IgTicult,rist deems itself fortunate
in having made it matter of record
beyond dispute.
TIE COST OF TIE CROP.
This was heavy. Look at the
items Of manure and fertilizers alone,
to which arc appended Mr.. brakes
other statement of expenses
200 bushels stable manure. : 50 90
SGT pounds German kainit. 49,. 7SO
SG7 pounds cotton seed meal 49,. 10 so
200 pounds acid phosphate. 49,. 200
l,0GG pounds manipulated guan0.. 10 32
200 pounds animal bono. 90
400 pounds nitrate of soda, 80. 12 90
600 bushels cotton seed l20 90