The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-05
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DEMONSTRATION FARM.
Report by District Agent Perrin on
the Corn Demonstration for the
Season of 1909.

DR.. e. L. Stephens of the Industrial
Institute gave out the following report
of District Agent L. E. Perrin upon
! the corn demonstration farm for the
season of 1909:
| In the plot of three acres reserved
| for rotation (facing the government
road or Industrial avenue) one acre
was planted in corn and peas, the
same acre having been in cotton in
1908. The land was first fiat broken
| eight inches deep, November 5, fert.l-
| lied with barn manure IN December
in middles in January and rows re
| versed again at the end OF February,
| dragged and narrowed down before
planting, leaving rows about fWu
inches high Planted March Is one
and one-half inches deep in Square
Deal corn, one seed every four inches
| twelve inches apart. Cultivated twice
with plow, putting ninety pounds of
cotton seed meal on one side at first
plowing and sixty pounds on other
side at second working, corn being
then two and one-half inches high.
Peas planted each side eight inches
from corn in cultivator furrow and
middles worked. Cultivator junior
once in middles after peas were up.
Gathered September 19 from this
one acre sixty-seven bushels and
forty pounds.
To figure the definite yield accord
ing to methods prescribed by the
United States department of agricul-
ture, Manager Thibodeaalx took one
barrel of corn in the shuck and shelled
it, making seventy-four pounds net
gain. He also took seventy pounds of
corn on the ear, shucked, and got
ffty-nine pounds of corn; that is,
three pounds above the established
standard, which is fifty-six pounds.
The variety planted, Square Deal
seen at the fair exhibited by the In
stitute demonstration farm and also
by Mr.. S. w. McFaddin, is about the
best meal corn known, giving great
amount of -four, perfectly white. This
corn also keeps well. 1t should be
planted more extensively by the farm
ers for home uses. A certain amount
CT seed is left to distribute among the
farmers The Industrial Institute
wishing to make it easy for the farm
era to get seed of this variety for
1910, will take feed corn in exchange.
A plot of corn was also planted for
demonstration in breeding corn up.
This plot was two-thirds of an acre
in area and yielded thirty-seven bush
els and eighteen pounds. which is at
+ the rate of fifty-six bushels per acre.
The seed for planting purposes came
from Mr. Joseph Billeaud, being ordi-
nary home corn. The corn-breeding
demonstration was made especially to
show that an average of forty-five
bushels per acre is what farmers ought
to make. 1t does not make twenty
barrels per acre. selling that product
for $40; as these twenty barrels cost
fully so cents a barrel, includinf rent
and gathering. Every barrel over
twenty barrels is grown at profit,
and if for doubling the crop we have
to spend IS in fertilizing and extra
cultivation it pays.
Commence this fall for 1910 crop,
and be satisfied that the preparation
of the land is one-third of the crop.
Respectfully submitted,
L. E. PERRIN,
District Agent.