Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-01-15
chas. J. She

ley, tMlI0H county ltllhbio. NV
corn that / exhibited at the state
fair was raised on second year
sod. In April. 1896. II was piowed aud
planted TO onions. They failed 20 come
up and the ground was planted in POI
tatoes. Later the potato bugs came IN
and took possession and the result was
failure all around. Ia May. 1897, We
plowed, narrowed and planted this
ground to corn Of the Mastodon yaFle-
". bur We did not get stand. Then
we narrowed and planted again May "a,
using the variety known as Golden
Climax. The rows were ; feet 10
inches apart one way. hills TWO feet
apart the other. Two or three grains
were put in a HILL We plowed twice
with Eagle Claws. The gophers ana
moles took out over zoo hills. This cora
10 cross OF four varieties Early yell
low Rose. Knox county Premium. Lea
man. and large yellow and red corn
called Blackaiy corn. There was no
thinning Of this corn that I exhibited.
nor was there any extra work put on u.
w. 4. Waugh. Warren couuty. lllss
nois.-Our corn We exhibited az the
state fair was 4 cross o. the Leaning
and large yellow We raise. AZ ~
cultivation and preparation of ground,
! cannot say that Ne made any special
effort ia cultlyatlng our corn 70 COM
pete for the prize offered al state fair.
] did not get any notice Of 4 prize ~
that kind beiag offered until Juue. u
was then too late 70 do any extra work.
Our ground was second crop from the
sod. and our acre was taken from a
thirty-acFe aeld. We plowed our
ground before planting. then harrow
ed. then put on the plank drag 10 level
aud break eloda. then planted With 4
foot inch planter. and aAsd 4 foot
inch check wire. and regulated our
planter 20 drop from three 10 fsYe
grains. just before coming Up We put
the harrow on again and then the
plank drag. As soon a. corn was large
enough 70 cultivate. We went over il
with riding disk cnitivator both ways
Had expected to continue cultivation
Win disk cultlYatnrs. We got 4 heavy
rain about that time that made the
ground too wet for discs VIC took
the shovel cuitiyasoFs and went over /,
twice more with them. making sonr
times. twice with disc and twice with
shovel caitivators.
Ed. " BOIL. Fulton County. Illinois.
This is how raised $50 bushels %
corn TO the acre: In April I put ten
loads OF stable manure per acre on ten
acres Of clover and Timothy sod mixed.
The Lass week OF April l broke this
ground. plowing eight inches deep. I
rolled II down after the pillow and then
worked II once with the rotary hoe
Instead Of disc harrow then harrow
ed twice with ordinary smoothing har.
row and rolled down. planted May III
and IL. checking feet inches each
way. No commercial fertilizer Of any
kind was used on this corn. A soon
as this corn came up cultivated once
each way with the rotary hoe. then
cultivated once each way with cuttt.
vator with large shoveIs on. blowing
shallow and keeping ground 40 level a.
possible. The gound was ordinary
white oak soil and had been in grass
for four years. being moved for hav
each year. The variety was the Mas.
todon. a large-eared yellow dent. rim.
enipg In los to Ito days. II was plant.
ed three stalks 10 the hill. The entire
held OF ten acres will make $50 bushels
to the acre.