The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-22


ley. Fulton County. llllnois.-rhe
corn that exhibited at the state
fair was raised on second year
sod. In April. 1896. Il was plowed and
planted 10 onions. They failed to come
up and the ground was planted In po-
tatoea. Later the potato bugs came in
and took possession and the result was
failure all around. In May. 1897. We
plowed. narrowed and planted this
ground 10 corn Of the MastOdon varie-
" but we did not get a stand. Then
We narrowed and planted again May ~,
using the variety known as Golden
Ciimaz. 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 pioWed twice
With Eagle Claws. The gophers and
molea took out over 200 hllls This corn
Is cross Of four varieties Early yell
low Rose. Kn0K County Premium. Lea
man. and a large yellow and red corn
called Blackaly corn. There was no
thinning OF this corn that I exhibited.
nor wa there any extra work put on T.
W. r. Waugh. Warren County. ILL.,.
noia.-Our corn We exhibited AZ the
state fair was a cross Of the leaning
and large yellow Ne raise. AZ 10
cultivation and preparation Of ground.
cannot say that We made any special
effort In cultivatlng our corn 10 com
pete Tor the prize offered al state fair.
did not get any notice Of q prize Of
that kind being offered until June. Il
vas then too late 10 do any extra work.
Our ground vas second crop from the
sod. and our acre was taken from .
thirty-aere Geld. We plowed our
ground before planting. then harrow
I'd. then put on the plank drag 10 level
and break elods: then planted with .
, foot inch planter. and used a foot
. inch check wire. and regulated our
planter TO drop from three 10 ave
grains. just before coming up We put
the harrow on again and then the
plank drag. A soon a. corn vas large
enough 10 cultivate. We vent over Il
with riding disk cultivalor both vaya
Had expected to continue cultivation
with disk eultlvators. We cot a heavy
rain about that time that made the
ground too vet for dlsca We took
the shovel eultivators aud vent over Il
twice more with them. making four
times. twice with dlse and twice with
shovel cultlvators.
ID. V. BOIL. Fulton County, Illinois.
This Il how I raised $50 bushels Of
corn 10 the acre: In April put ten
loads OF stable manure per acre on ten
acres OF clover and Timothy GOD mixed.
The last week Of April broke this
ground. blowing eight inches deep. !
rolled Il down after the plow and then
worked Il once with the rotary hoe
instead Of disc harrow. then harrow
Cd twice with ordinary smoothing har.
row and rolled down. planted Nay II
and u. checking feet 8 inches each
say. No commercial fertilizer OF any
kind vas 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 cult.
vator with large shovels on. ploving
shallow and keeping ground a. level a.
possible The gound was ordinary
white oak soil and had been IN grass
Tor four years. being moved for hay
each year The variety was the Ma
todon. a large-eared yellow dent. rip
sning In io5 TO 10 days Il was plant.
ed three stalks 10 the hill The entire
Geld Of ten acres win make 80 bushels
20 the acre.