The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-11-04

The star il in receipt Of bulletin No.
s. issued by the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway, demonstrating that the South
n the nations garden spot and sent
N BY WILDER Mccoy. agricultural and
imuniGration agent for the road for the
StAtes Of Georgia, Florida and AL
abama. II is a most interesting and
obstructive pamphlet OF eight pages,
Oeautifully illustrated and brim full OF
facts about the great productive fer
ttlity OF the soil Of the South. not only
In cotton and rice. but OF field crops
that makes most impressive reading.
II contains q letter from 8. A. Knapp.
special agent for the government. In
which no Classics the production OF
hay. corn. pasture and forage crops:
stock raising. timber plants and truck
growing. and says the South leads the
nation In the production Of corn to the
ecre. The largest yield Of corn per
scre vas 25s bushels at Bennettsville.
8. c.: the next largest at Garner, N. c..
t3S bushela- That Secretary Of Agri-
cnltvrs James Wilson gave four d.
plomas to Southern boys for prize
Yields Of corn. as follows: South Caro-
una, 1871 bushels: Mississippi. lat
bushels: North Carolina, 1875 bushels.
and Virginia. 122 bushels on a single
acre This il indeed remarkable
showing and demonstrates what can be
done with this crop il properly culti-
waited. as II Is done in the corn belt OF
the West.
He also speaks Of the remarkable
shipment Of potatoes from around
Charleston. S. c.: the shipment OF
Strawberries, etc, from the Carolinas
I77l refrigerator cars for 1910. show
Ing the steady increase Of acreage and
Yield and the prices received for same
in 1909. &2.15 per crate and that of 1910
$42s per crate.
Referring again to the interest taker
by the farmers of South Carolina In
corn growing, the estimated yield OF
this product will be fifty million bush.
Ella The increase Of yield in this
cereal In the state Of the South ovel
1905 was thirteen million bushels. Of
which increase South Carolina was &C
credited with eight million bushels. II
South Carolina there are 5000 boys
the oldest not over IL years, who thi!
year planted an acre Of corn. Thi:
work Is being done through the effort!
Of the United States farm demonstra
, tion department $1,000 will be givel
~ prizes to these boys. which mean
"IuAt S,VVV yOuHS pSOPAS "a AAO "a q
districts are training themselves to b.
Intelligent farmers Of the future. 1
II believed when all the reports are IL
IL will attract national attention am
e 70 thought several Of the lands of tn
group Of 5000 will produce as much a
5000 bushels Of corn to the acre.
. Think Of 1t. I'VE years ago the farm
Ges Of South Carolina were conten
With from eight to Is bushels to tn
. acre, while at present there are score
Of acres In the state that produce 10
bushsls In Clarence county. S. c
there are 14s boys planting an acre o
corn this year and as their work is un
( der the direction of a special demon
. stration agent their labors are watche
z with interest.
All Of which goes to show how i'm
portant and far reaching are the eft
< ferts being made by DR.. J. c. Booze
and his co-workers In Marion county
BY Offering cash prizes to stimulat
oar farmer boys in emulating the pro
gressive and enterprising youths O
other states Of the South. which re
suits We are sure will show up splen
didly at our Marion County Fair.
Let the good work go on and at n
distant day the increase in corn yiel
IN the South will he so noticeable tina
t. will more than demonstrate tn
adaptability OF climate and soil for 1t
Srowth In the Southern states an
lAad all the rest.