The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-28
BIG CORN CROP
A Noted Expert Reports on Tho
Contest Acre.

Grown by Nh. A. j. Tindal, of Clar-
endon County, Which Beat all
Competitors.
Commissioner Watson ha; received
from Prof. Thos. Shaw, the crcp aud
grain expert, report of the National
corn contest in which this State took
part, resulting in one Of the princi-
pal prizes being won by A. J. Tindal
of Clarendon county. The report is a
valuable one inasmuch as it advises
South Carolina extensively, coming
as it does from an expert and also
gives much valuable information to
those who desire to follow Mr.. Tin
dars methods in planting corn to OBJ
tain the best results. Commissioner
Watson said that he was particularly
gratifed at Mr.. Tindal winning the
prize because he was graduate OF
| Clemson college and it proved to the
world that this State had an instltu-
ton teaching scientific farming. The
report in full is as follows:
The acre of corn grown by Mr.
Tindal produced remarkable yield.
It made him the winner of a Sl00
prize (not including State prlzes).
THE corn was grown on land possess
ed of a cash value of $50 per acre.
The soil, rather low and naturally
wet, was humous in its composition,
at least, to a considerable extent,
chocolate in color and was underla1d
at depth of about two feet by mix
ed gravel and pipe clay of non-re-
ceptive character.
The soil was naturally enriched
bv washing from the surrounding soil
and had also been highly fertlllzed
during the three previous years. II
had in it open and some brancn
drains that were covered. In l9O3
800 pounds of guano with compo-
sition Of S-S.-4., gave return OF l.
S27 pounds of seed cotton. In 1904,
500 pounds of 4.-S.-4. guano and 6O
pounds of nitrate of soda gave 132
bushels of corn and 9 bushels Of cow
peas. In 1905, 500 pounds of guano,
100 pounds of nitrate of soda and ~
pounds of nitrate Of potash gave
Weld of 1912 pounds of seed cotton
ION April ). 1906, the ground was
: Moved to the depth of IA inches and
5 the same day was cross-plowed and
!. subsoiled to the depth Of 20 inches
f using ten-inch turning ploW, ano
the sub-soil plow run in every turro"
: was homemade. Immediately aftel
the same day, a spring-tooth harro"
was run over the acre to the depth o1
! three inches and also smoothing
? harrow. On April c it was simllarl!
E narrowed and the harrow was a.
: once followed by smoothing harrow
: On Nav 7 it was narrowed in precise
Inv the same way as on April 16.
=, "The fertilizer applied was as tol
. lows: 500 pounds of complete specla
= guano containing 4 per cent. ammon
ia, 8 per cent. phosphoric acid and
per cent. potash; 500 pounds OF cot
ton seed meal with a composition O.
II 1-2 and /; 500 pounds of Peru
I Wan euano with a composition O
) S. S. 5. and 2; and 400 pounds o
: nitrate of soda with Is per cent. o
: ammonia. The first three fertilizer
e were applied in furrow on May Z
! at the time of the planting of tn
corn. and the fourth was given as
top dressing on June 15. One man
with mule and plow, opened the fur
3 rows and three men applied tn
I dressing by hand. The cost of tn
e fertilizers before application wa
The variety planted was the Mari
D boro Prolific, grown by the owner
e who in 1900 introduced the variet,
into the neighborhood. The seet
: was planted in rows that were mad
with the shovel. The kernels wer
: buried three inches deep in a wei
S prepared soil and one inch apart II
), the line of the row. The rows wer
: SO inches distant and % quarts o
e seed were used, the termination o
! which was considered perfect. Th'
weather was dry until June 10 ant
- was then overwet.