The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-20
corn harvested, 1900 bundles of fod-
der was stripped from the field, av-
eraging 1-2 pounds each.


eraging 2 1-2 pounds each.
The land upon which this remark
| able yield was gathered is not extra
| ordinary land, but average rich up-
| land. and Mr.. Shuler ascribes the
| magnificent yield entirely to the mode
| of cultivation and fertilization. Sim
| liar land last year made a yield of
| about rs bushels per acre. Mr.. Shu-
| ler is so enthusiastic over the weld
| this year that he intends to carry out
the principle on a wider scale next
year. and perhaps plant the entire
corn crop, using the same methods
| and fertilizer.
The land is now 'anted in peas and
| yield of about 20 bushels is expect
ed. The peo crop was considerably
cut off by dry weather. Considering
| the fine yield of corn per acre on this
land, 1t beats cotton to death, even
at the present good prices, the clear
profits going well above the best that
could be expected from an average
yield of the feecy staple.
The following is a detailed state
ment of the mode of cultivation and
fertilization employed in working the
field this year.
The land was broken during the
latter part of December with a two
horse turn-plough, broadcast. The
first part OF February the land was
again broken. crossing the previous
burrows with the same heavy plough.
following with a deep two horse SUBJ
soil plough. During the first week in
March the land was laid of in rows,
i've feet wide. and the middles were
broken out with a large one-horse
plough. and the subsoiler was again
run behind this plough. The ridge in
the middle OF the rows was broken
with heavy two-winged turn
plough. the subsoil plough again be-
ing run In thin furrow. The corn was
planted in this furrow. twelve inches
a good stand. and It was covered with
a CAN'T guano distributor. The corn
was dropped by hand. Two hundred
pounds per acre of 81 1-2:1 ammoni-
ated fertilizer was put down at the
planting through the distributor.
When the corn came up and was
ten days old It was thinned to one
stalk in the hill. For, the first culti-
vation an ordinary cultivator was
used to pulverfze the soil, running
around the corn. The middles were
now broken out very lightly. In ten
days. time the corn was run around
with disc cultivator; in ten days
from this 800 pounds of the same fer
tilizer as previously used was put
down on one side Of the row. This
was followed in ten days with another
application, 800 pounds being put to
the acre, on the side left unfertilized
at the previous cultivation. Two
weeks after this the corn was laid by
and 200 pounds of Peruvian guano
and nitrate of soda was put on one
side. After two weeks the same ap-
plfcation was put down on the other
side, laying that side by at the same
time.
The corn's first two ploughings
were deep, using straight shovels. af-
ter that sweeps and small cultivators
were used.
The variety of corn used on this
plat was Mason's Prolific. The value
of the fertilizer used is $22 q ton Tor
the SO 1-2:1, and $36 ton for the
top dressing, a total valuation of fer
tilizer used per acre of SIG.
Eighty pounds Of the corn in the
shuck by actual measurement and
weight, shelled out 6S pounds of corn
and after removing the shucks there
remained 76 pounds on the cob, from
80 pounds N the shuck. The total
acreage averaged about three good
ears to the stalk
The corn was put into a crib, in
which last year the yield of 12 acres
of what was considered good corn.
was piled. The pile from three acres
makes as good a showing as the yield
from twelve did last year. A state
ment of the cost follows:
Breaking Of land for preparation 800
Corn dropping. :. :. :. 100
Putting down fertilizer and cul-
tlVatlOn.. 80. 80. 49,. 500
Value of fertilizer used :. 1900
Total cost of production. 5. .2S. 90