The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-11
BIG CORN CROP.
WHAT A MARLSORO FARMER
RAISED ON O.lE ACRE.
Facts Ab ,ut the Great Crop of Capt
J rake, Which Broke the
Worlds Record.

Il. DaVeapolC, OF washington u unGy
Va, to give the largest authentic
yield OF corn tor cre acre OF ground
the kind OF soil, it's properties, ferti'
i!ziag, variety Of corn planted, dis
lance betHeen rows, and plants in The
rows, cultivation, etc; In fact, all the
essential details GI production, the
American Agricultu.iss says:
The la g st corn CROP yet recorded
vas grawa by Capt. q J. Drake Of
Marlboro county, S. c. Not only Is
this the largest grown in America,
but in the world. In one season and
on single acre, he produced 255
bushels and thus secured American
aQriculturalist's prize of $500, be-
sides several other awards offered
locally by fertilizer and other manu-
featuring companies. The details a.
to how this remarkable crop was pro
duced were published In American
Agrlculturalist IN March. 1899. The
following facts regarding it will be Of
interest to others:
The land on which the crop was
grown was originally q sandy soil on
which formerly grew oak, hickory
and long leaf pine. Three years pre-
V!cus. this particular acre was espac
ially fsrtilIz d and prepared b Capt.
D:ake and planted with Psterkir
cotton from which be harvested 917
pounds Of lint cotton. The land was
Specially prepared + u the corn con
5e't. In February be hauled upon ii
SO one-horse wagon loads of stable
nanura, at the same tine broadcast
ing 500 pounds each OF gaano, cotton
seed real and kainit, all Of which
we're pIo 4ed uuder.
Following the plo8 900 bushels o.
whole cottoDseed were distributed in
the furro p afcer the plow. Imnedi-
ately foll3wing this a sub5oil ploE
turned tL1s IL Inches deep. The
to'd was laid of alternately 6 feet
he5 aeen tWa plo rs, then 8 feet, ther
s feet, ETC. One bushel Of the COM
oaoa ground variety Of the Southero
" Ute Dant corn, OF a strain inprov.
! By % years selt c5ion, was planted
March 2. Five OF six kernels were
dropped in the row to each foot.
The crop was still further fertil z.d
during the growing season as FLOWS:
April 20, 200 pounds each guano, cot
tooseed meal, kaiait, acid phosphate
and animal bone sown early In the
'urrows; May Is, 800 pounds nitrate
SODA in rows aud worked in with bar
row; May 25. 200 pounds guano wers
applied in three burrows run In the
wide ro@s; June 8. 500 pounds OF an
% al n x:ure Of guano, crttorseeo
meal and kainit was sirewn In the
vide 70 rs; and finally On June 10, 100
pounds nitrate soda was broadcasteo
ia the narrow rows and hoed in.
The acre was surveyed June 20 by
William B. Afford. The harvesting
sa5 dore N We Der rs ID the pre- ence
representative farmers, including
+ G. Campbell an Official reprenta
tives Ct American Agriculturalist
7 ere 4ere takea from the field H.
4c7 pounds m in the ear OF wh!ct
'uly l4o poun?s were soft and con
ioered poor. By making several
: lecticns the average test shoWed
hat 81 oe. cent OF the total crop
g=s se. pals, al equivalent Of IA 273
} un6s Of s / ed corn. OF 254 bushels
lnd 40 p unds, estimated at Sc
pounds per bUsael.
This vas an elaborate experiment.
to prove how much corn could be &C
tually grown on an acre, the cost OF
production having been a secondar;
matter in this case. TIE second
prjze IN this contest was Won by Al
tied R,ss OF Yates county, N. Y,
aho produced 2l3 bushels Of Early
Mastodon corn. He planted one
kerral every foot in rows 8 feet apart
md fertiliZsd with 800 pounds Mspes
corn manure. The soil was sandy
loan. The third pr'zs was awarded
to George Gartner OF PlTnee county,
Neb., who raised III bushels OF Early
M,.sto5on en- black, rich loan, ferti
lized with 80 loads Of barnyaId man
ure, planted in hills 3 by 3 teet. The
average weight OF the entire As crops
raised and entered in this contest was
l04 bushels shellea m per acre. II
every case the crops were well fertlliz
ed. 1t pays to feed crops intelligent
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