The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-01-06
rs BUSHELS OF CORN tn
ACRE.
How a Tar Heel ACCOMPLISH
Tois Wonderful Feat and the
Great Obstacles heOyercame

Ids WONDERFUL r eat and the
Great Obstacles heOvercame.
Johnston City. Tenn Staff.
A farmer inNorth Carolina has
startled the world by the an
nouncement that he has lust
gathered 226 2-3 buthels Of corn
on one acre of ground.
This is one of the most remark
able achievements in the history
of farming. He relates for the
benefit of Staff readers how he
accomplis he'd the feat:
To the Editor: At your request
l will write a short article telling
about my acre that produced 226
2-3 bushels of corn this year. AS
some seem to doubt this yield, I
will say that the acre was plant
ed and the corn gathered and
measured under the rules of the
Wake county corn contest. and
the fact that | produced 226 2-3
bushels on the acre is sworn to
in the report filed with the Caro-
lima Department of Agriculture.
which is open to the public.
My land was upland sandy
soil with yellow clay subsoil. 1t
produced only five bushels of
corn eight years ago. 1t pro-
duced only eight bushels of wheat
with peas last year, and cut about
5000 pounds of peavine shay.
With such poor start so far as
the land is concerned, | had to
cultivate and fertilize to the full
extent of my ability. Fortu-
nately | had been selecting
and improving my seed corn
for seven years land if my226 2-3
bushels to the acre proves any
thing, it proves the wisdom and
value of using and improving
seed. | had only one year in
which toprepare my land but 1
had been working on my seed in
a little plat for seven years and
| attribute from 80 to so per ent
of my yield to the prolific quail ty
. If the seed. Seed that produced
. from three to five ears to the
stalk, and each ear we'll filled out
and of good size are the only
. kind of which great crops can be
:. expected.
e kept a diary of this acre, and
e submit below a condensed state
e ment of it:
: On the 18th of March 25 two.
horse wagon loads of cow ma.
nure were spread upon the acre
spreader being used. Marcl
18th the land was broken IL inch
es, deep, a one-horse turning
plow following in the furrow be
mind, blowing at depth of SIX in
ches which left the land broke
st to a depth of eighteen inches
le The land was narrowed with /:
p smoothing harrow the same day
.. April 9th, twenty two-hors,
N loads of manure were spread Of
10 the land. April 10th the Ian,
was broken crosswise to the frs
~ breaking, this time to a depth O
ct twenty inches and was harrow et
n he same day. On the 18th 80
pounds of acid, 16 per cent, wa
I'd oroadcasted and 1000 ponds O
v cotton seed meal was harroHe
it IN. On the 18th the acre wa
20 aid off in rows forty-one inche
=. apart with pillow, running twic
~ -. to the row, throwing the dirt GU
~ as deep as possible. then putin,
Id 600 pounds of 1873 guano in tn
lie rows. With a cultivator wit
e. two small wings made a sma
We ridge about five inches below tn
ed surface of the ground.
ng The corn was planted Apr
ed 18th, planter being used, DROP
oS ping the corn about eightinche
apart, three grains to the hill an
." about three inches deep.
81 The amount of seed used wa
three gallons of four. ear corn.
to On the 9th of May, a mixtur
consisting of 200 pounds of col
ton seed meal, 200 pounds aciG
Dr.. 400 pounds KANT and 200 pound
of soda was broadcasted in tn
,le middle and narrowed in.
- On June 9th another mixtur
A. of 200 pounds cotton seed me;
his 200 pounds acid, 400 pounC
lie KANT and 200 pounds nitrate sod
lite was broadcasted in the middle
,at and narrowed in. The corn wa
ng 4 IL feet high at this time.
re-, ,es The corn was laid flat y heav
~. .iu winds on June ID and II and ha
to be Strengthened up again.
lie The total amount Of CONNER
an cial fertilizers used was $58. 80.
in The corn was gathered in Il
raj old way. the fodder being left o
I'm. the stalks. The cost of prOdu,