The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-12
HUGE CORN CROP
RAISED BY CAPT. J. ". BUNCH AT
THE ASYLUM FARM.
Vii; Gather an Average Of One Kun
drcd Bushels Fer Acre on One
Hundred Acres.


drcd Bu>hcl. Fer Acre on One
Hundred Acres.
The Columbia Record OF Thursday
tells Of wonderful corn crop made
by Capt j. " Bunch on the farm o!
the State Asylum in Columbi Hero
are the facts as given b. the Record:
Capt. J. w Bunch has grown on
The firm Of the State Hospital Tor the
Insane lo0-acrc crop OF corn that
will easily run 40 bushels 20 tae
acre-and this within ten minutes
| walk OF The State capitol. No fancy
figuring is required 10 arrive at this
estimate OF the yield. So many tests
have been made and these have been
SO distributed over the fields as 10
| indicate on :hei. face production
considerably in excess ot the amount
mentioned: bu; Capt. Bunch prefers
10 err on the side Of conservatism
and says: Let it stand 100 bushels:
at that. il is probably the best corn
crop in South Carolina
And the value and interest Of Capt.
Runch's exemplihcatIon OF the gentle
art Of corr culture is tho greater for
the reason that il is on large scale.
Capt. Bunch has not taken a selected
acre. Of special fertility. spent money
extravasantly upon artificial manuree
and eDdeavored 10 force prize yield
wfthou, reference 10 the cost PEI
bushel Of the product Such exam
plies have little practical value as
contributions 20 the SUM Of asricul'
iural kpowledge. Capt. Bunch bias
taken a problem such as every far
mer faces: be has had in mind. JUS
as the private plsnte: nas. the show
Ing Of a balance cn the right side o.
the ledger at harvest time. and ht
has worked II out with just labor
tools. machinery. seed and fertilizer
as the average farmer planting or
this scale has.
1t may be urged that the tand'
Capt. Bunch used as In fne 'il'h
rich. we'll drained and in good me
. chanical condition. This may be suf
fcicntly answered BY saving tina
when Capt. Bunch took charge o
these lands they were considered o
low value for agricultural purposes
typical Ricnland sand. with ella.
subso.l. their fertility low and consid
e.able tracts s.ampy. X now the.
are among the most productive land
+ in the South. rich and we'll drained
II Is simply because they bare beel
we'll used Capt. Bunch has nike
brains with his fertilizer-and hi
, knowledge Of farming was not &c
ouired in college either He is u
mere dabbler in agriculture. Las
year be made this fam. With its %
, acres under cultivation. yield SEQ.
900.
: Capt. Bunch. you do not let you
, land rest even at night" visitors har
frequently said. after an inspection
; OF the farm. It is true that ever
acre Is required to yield its na1imun
and that constantly. but then Cap
Bunch for his par; plays fair Wit
his soil. Crop-naking cons;ituen,
taken from It this year are faithful
i; returned 70 II the next
Stable manure produced on 10
, place goes back into the soil. III
necessity Of hunus is never forgot
ten The variety o: crops grown
no. sufficient 10 permit Of a fou!
. tcrop rotation. bu' two exhaustip
crops are never required OF the sam
, tract In succession. The swamp
q low grounds are tile drained. Th
asylum farms gets square deal an
, responds With bumper crops. /. ha
enjoyed Capt Bunch's equal give
, and-take policy for 20 years and n
, result is that Il Is farm Hhicl
sladdens the hear; OF any man To
, ever loved the soil.
Capt. Bunch does not follow tn
Williamson method OF corn-sroTinS
"I would not be understood as con
denuing 1t. though. be said Thurs
day For the lands on which l
vas originated. level. sandy. Fee De-
soils. It is. believe. the best sys
, tenn; bu: TO pse it would be mi.
take on lands oe such tilth as thes
here. We tried it and found tha
on our farm X caused decrease o
IS to 21 bushals per acre below M
normal yield.
II Is figured that The ear corr
harvested from corn tracts on tn'
asylum farm Is clear profit. the cA
pcpse being met b. the fodder. ant
stalks and the ensilase yielded ,!
grass and the peas broadcas'et
through the crop The bulk Of th'
corn crop this season IS o. the Ma!l
DC rough STOCK Experiments witt
the Bats corn have been diSappoint
ing. This is the seed with which
Mr.. Bats OF Raleigh IS said 10 have
secured prize-acre yield Of c2t
bushels pcr acre last year.
CONVENT STORMED.