The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-11-12
BEAT ALL A BOYS |
Jerry Moore Makes Two Hundred and
Twenty-Eieht Bushels Of
CORN ON SINGLE ACRE.
The Fifteen Year Old Boy Farmer

The Fifteen Year Old Boy Farmer
Writes the Story of How He Man
aged to Make the Biggest Corn
Yield OF any Boy in the. Whole
World.
Jerry Moore, of Florence county,
the champion boy corn grower OF
the world, has written a story OF
how he produced over 22S bushels
of corn on one acre Of land The
yield is substantiated. by aftidavits.
He made profit Of s130,70 on the
acre. 1t cost his s12S.05 to secure
the yield. The story gives a COM
plete description and full accounts
Of the care of the corn. He is a
member of the boys corn club and
was under the direction of the Unit
ed States farm dem onstration work
and A. H. Gasque, county superinten-
dent Of education of Florence coun-
ty. In a clear manner Jerry Moore
tells the following story:
Light gray, sandy upland; top soil
about three or four inches deep, with
Just enough drain for the water 10
run off. Cotton was grown on the
!and in 1909, producing about l'2oo
pound Of seed cotton.
During the 1st Of March, 1870
spread 800 one-horse wagon loads OF
rich dirt on this acre. Followed this
with SO one-horse wagonloads OIL
stable manure scattered broadcast.
On March 25 land was broken VITA
Dixie plows. One Dixie following
the furrow of the other, and with
the two breaking about ten or tWel-
We inches deep. The soil was so
we'll pulverlzed did not harrow, re-
broke like it was first time.
March 29, narrowed aud laid of
in rows three and dne-half feet wide
with Dixie plow. Distributed 800
| pounds of guano, containing eight
per cent. of phosphoric acid, 8 per
cent. of amonia and 3 per cent pot
ash in Dixie furrow and covered with
burrows making a small ridge.
March 80, open ridge with shovel
plow and dropped three gallons OF
Bates Four-Ear prolific corn, drop
ping by hand and almost sowing.
Covered corn with small shovel plow
IL 1-2, inches deep. !, i
On the same Dag sowed- 500
pounds of acid phosphate on rows
and narrowed surface all over, leav-
ing it level.
No rain since land was broken
and land SO dry and dusty corn did
not come up readily. Stand goud
by April 20,
April 20, weather continues dry.
April "a, good rain.
April 25, sowed 700 pound kainit
along rows and narrowed with Little
Joe harrow and going twice to the
row. Barred of with Dixie plow.
May S, I made a mixture of 600
pounds cotton seed meal, 200 pounds
of acid phosphate, 200 pounds of
kainit and with a cold distributor
sewed on each side of rows, and har-
rowed with Little Joe Harrow and
going twice to the row leyeling sur
face as much as possible.
May 10, made a mixture Of 600
pounds Of cottonseed meal, 2OU
pounds of acid phosphate and 200
pounds Of kainit, and with cold
distributor sowed on each side OF
the rows, but four inches farther
from the corn than the other appli-
cation, and narrowed with Little Joe
harrow going twice to the row.
Also sowed 200 pounds Of nitrate
of soda along tht rows.
May II, narrowed, going twice to
the row, thinned corn to six inches
in row.
May "a, narrowed, going twice to
the row.
May 25, good rain.
May 27, using cold distributor
sowing in the centre Of middle l.
600 pounds 1913 guano and har-
rowed with Little Joe harrow, going
twice to the row.
Same day, sowed 200 pounds ol
nitrat Of soda along the row.
June 4, narrowed. going, twice to
the row.
June 5 and 6, good rains.
June 8, sowed 800 pounds Of nj
trate OF soda and narrowed twice To
row.
Frequent showers and corn grow
ing rapidly.
June 10, storm and corn blown
down.
June II, set corn us; corn about
six feet high and beginning to silk
June IS, narrowed very lightly
with Little Joe harrow, going twice
to the row.
June %, narrowed lightly; corn