The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-09
SOUTH CAROLINA !
A WONDERFUL STORY.
States Increased Corn Production is
TWO-ThirdS of United States.

TWo-Thirds of United States.
South Carolina has produced 50,-
100000 bushels of corn for 1901, &C
cording 10 an estimate issued by the
department Of agriculture, which
places the corn crop for South
Carolina for this year at 49,740,0O0
bushels. This estimate has been,
furnished the United States depart
m.lt of agriculture.
The most gratifying feature of the
estimate is that the average pro-
duction of corn to the acre in this
State has increased from 1867 bush
els to, 81 bushels within a year.
There was a marked increase in
the acreage of corn, the greatest in
the history of the State. The ex-
act statistics on the acreage have
not been prepared.
This tremendous crop of corn
means that South Carolina farmers
will be able to ship corn out of the
State to other sections and that
more than 100000 spent on corn
and corn products will be saved to
the people.
AS has been stated railroad men
familiar with the movement of corn
say that the shipments into this
State from the West have fallen
off materially during the past year
and that they expect to haul corn
out of South Carolina next year.
The corn crop last year for
South Carolina was estimated at
100000 bushels, which was an in
crease of 100000 bushels over the
year 1903. The entire increase Of
corn production in the Southern
States last year was i3,000,000
with 100000 of that accredited to
this State.
There were over 5000 boys on the
farms of this State to plant an acre
of corn this year. Several hundreds
of these boys have produced over
10 bushels of corn on one acre OF
land and have been awarded GER
..tificates of merit by the State SUI,
pe%rintendent of education and Gov.
Ansel. More Sthan 100 of the boys
have produced over 400 bushels on
one acre, and there are several ito
produce over $50 bushels. These
boys will be. the farmers of the fu-
ture and the indications point to
South Carolina becoming one of the
leading corn States in the United
States.
The champion. boy corn grower
of the world lives in South Caro-
lima, and he has produced 228 BUSH
els on one acre Of land. The boy is Z
is years of age, and his name is not
known. He lives in the Pee Dee Sec
ton of the State and is a son OF a
minister. The marvellous yield was
secured on the parsonage land. The
records of the boy are in Wash
ington and are being considered by
the national department Of agricul-
ture, and his name will be an
.nounced from there within the next
several days.
The boy has written a story OF
how he produced the great yield
which will be published. He has
developed a new plan of corn
growing which may be helpful to all
South Carolina farmers.
The agitation for corn produce
ton commenced in this State sew
eral years ago and there has been
a steady increase. No longer is1the
farmer Of South Carolina COO
tented with 20 bushels to the acre.
The 1O0-bushel to the acre farmers
in South Carolina r numerous. 70
stimulate the interest in corn pro-
duction over $4,000 in prizes will
be given this year. The climax
will be the South Atlantic States
corn exposition which is 10 be held
in Columbia from December 5 to 8.
Over $4,000 in prizes will be given
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