Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-02-17
ROW IT WAS Done.
MR.. }. M. HUDSON EXPLAINS
HOW HE RAISED 1872 BUSHELS
OF CORN ON AN age OF
LAND.
Others Can Do The SAFE Thing By
Adopting The Sam Methods.

EDITOR GRAPHIC:
Many people havesked me TO ten
them how I raised l52 bushels OF
corn on one acre ofland, SO ! ask
you to publish tht detailed state
ment.
The land seleetdWas an alluYial
deposit in an old@ke bed known as
fuckers Lake. The deposit is from
% to so feet thicBand very rich. 1t /
is a mixture of mckshot and sand, |
making an idealsoil for any kind OF |
crop. 1t was ettled by Mr.. Gee. a.
Partridge in ISL, consequently has
been in cultivaton Is years. 1t is sub
iect to overflow and has filed some
four or five fetby sediments deposit
ed during dernows since it was
cleared. Tderariety OF corn planted
was knownas Iowa Silver Mines
it is white but not flinty.
selected northern raised seed be-
cause it natures much earlier than
southern varieties, does not have so
large a stock and consequently bears
planting much closer than southern
raised corn. The plat Of land on
which thetorn was raised is perfectly
level, Il5 feet wide by 300 feet long "a
fraction less than one acre.. t lies
North and South and my rows run
as near North and South as / could
get them On the North and East
Of theplat is q road, on the West
other land of similar character and
on the South a ditch for the purpose
OF drainage On April LIST the land
was broken with two horse steel
turning plow rs deep asst was posi-
bic for two good mules to pull the
pillow about 7-inches deep. On
April 10Th it was narrowed very
thoroughly-going over it severa
times until it was in perfect condi=
ton On April 10th it was pIowed
and narrowed again.
intended to plant the land April
18th but a ver9 heavy rain prevented
T my doing so. On April 18th flushed
the land. blowing very shallow, and
rolled It with a heavy roller
This lett the land in
splendid condition. On April 20th
laid off rows 3B-feet wide and put
500 pounds Of cotton seed meal in tn,
drill which was Incorporated witt
the soil by running Il pillow in tn,
same drill after applying the meal
The corn was then planted, tw,
grains every six inches in the drill
and covered lightly.
In five days the corn was up. o.
May I'd scattered 500 pounds 9
cotton seed meal in the middle of thu
rows and plowed the corn with
one horse cultivator.
On May Sth HAD light rain, not ex
ceeding one-haIi inch. On May 2tl
pIowed the corn second time and at
the same time distributed 100 pounds
muriate Of potash and 175 pounds
nitrate OF soda, after thoroughly
mixing them, in the drill beside the
corn. hoed ana Timed the corn on
May 7th leaving one stalk to the
hill. On May 22d ! gave it the third
and last blowing, blowing as shall
low as possible.
The corn grew rapidly from the
start and after the application Of
soda and potash it's growth was
wonderful
On June 9th had light rain,
probably one-quarter Of an inch.
This was the last rain until after the
corn matured, the next one being
August 18th.
Forty-one days from the time the
corn was planted it had begun to
tassel and by July LIST the ears were
tolerably well filled out and some OF
it was beginning to get hard. The
stalks grew from 7 to feet high ana
the ears averaged about feet from
the ground.
The corn was gathered and housed
September 18th but was not shcllea
and weighed until November 25th,
giving it over two and one-half
to dry out. 1t shelled one
hundred and afly-two bushels and
two pounds by weight, Sc pounds to
oushel
There was less than one inch of
'ain on the corn from the time of
planting until it was ready to
gather and no rain ut all after the
ears began to form until thoughly
natured. ] believe if it had had
good rains from June 18th to July
18th the acre would have made 2GaG
bushels. Very Respectfully,
r NJ. HUDSON.