The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-05

ley. Fulton County. Illlnoia-'rhe
corn that exhibited At the state
fair was raised on second year
sod. In April. 1896. Il was plowed and
planted TO onions. They failed 10 come
up and the ground was planted In po-
tatoes. 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-
y, but we did not get stand. Then
We narrowed and planted again May a.
using the variety known a. 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 and
moles took out over 900 hills. This corn
Is cross Of four varieties-Early Vel
low Rose. Knox County Premium. Lea
man. and a large yellow and red corn
called Blaekaly corn. There was no
thinning OF this corn that exhibited.
nor was there any extra work put on H.
W. Z. Waugh. warren County. I'LL
rois-our corn we exhibited a. the
state fair was a cross Of the Leaning
and a large yellow We raise. Az 10
cultivation and preparation Of ground.
cannot say that We made any special
enort In cuitlyatlng our corn 10 com
pete Tor the prize offered At state fair,
did not get any notice Of q prize 81
that kind being offered until June. Il
vas then too late 10 DO any EXTRA work
Our ground was second crop from the
sod. and our acre waa taken from q
thirty-acre Geld. We pioWed ouI
ground before planting. then harrow.
Cd. then put on the plank drag to lsvs'
and break eloda: then planted with I
, foot 6 inch planter. and used a fool
3 inch check wire. and regulated oui
planter 10 drop from three 10 Nv,
grains. just before coming up We pu
the harrow on again and then N,
plank drag. A soon a. corn vas largl
enough 10 cultivate. We went over /
with riding disk euliivator both ways
Had expected 10 continue cultivation
with disk eultivatorA We GOT a heavj
rain about that time that made IN
ground too wet for discs. We tool
the shovel eultiva,oru and went over 1
twice more with them. making fou
times. twice with dise and twice viii
shovel culiivaiors.
I'd. V. Boil. Fsllton County. nllnolu
This Il how I raised $50 bushels o
corn 10 the acre: In April put teI
loads Of stable manure per acre on tei
acres OF clover and Timothy sod mixed
The last week Of April broke thl
ground. blowing eight inches deep.
rolled Il down after the pillow and thel
worked Il once with the rotary ho'
instead OF disc harrow. then harrow
Cd twice with ordinary smoothing har
row and rolled down. I planted May 1
and ~. checking J feet inches eacl
way. No commercial fertilizer Of an
Kind was used on this corn. AZ sool
~ this corn came up cultivated enc
each way With the rotary hoe. I thel
cultivated once each way with cult
vator with large shoyels on. plovin
shallow and keeping ground az level a
possible. The gound was ordlnar
white oak soil and had been In gras
for four years. being moved Tor Ia
each year. The variety vas the Mas
todon. a large-eared yellow dent. rip
ening In los TO 10 days Il was plant
ed three stalks 10 the hlll The entlr
Geld OF ten acres viii make 80 bushel
20 the acre.