The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-06
DO YoU WANT THE FREE TRIP.

DO TOI WANT The ftkEE Ik&AF
The Caneaxi.n In Offering FREE Trip
Co washingtoe. ID. C.. to the Young
Farmer Boy Who Makes the Best
Yield Of Corn ON m Acre cf
Ground
As announced I'm the last issue OF
this paper. The Caucasian viii give \
free trip 10 Washington. D. c.. TO the
young farmer in North Carolina who
produces the best yield OF corn from
an acre OF land. prepared and culti-
vated under the direction Of the De-
partment OF Agriculture 1t Washing
ton. The Department viii furnish
all the information necessary and the
Commissioner Of Agriculture will
give a diploma TO the young farmer
showing the best results. Our OBJ
ject in giving the free trip TO Wash
ington is that the winner may 20 to
the ONCE OF the Commissioner OF Az
riculture to receive his diploma La
person. II all who wish to enter this
contest will send their names to The
Caucasian at Raleigh II will be for
warded to the Commissioner Of Agri-
culture and each contestant will be
furnished with all the information
needed. We want a large number OF
boys to enter this contest and work
for the prize. OF course, only one
can win. but all will be benefited, as
they will gain new ideas about farm
ing and will also have the fruits OF
their labor. as The Caucasian will no,
charge any toll.
Four young farmers from the
South who won diplomas last year
went to Washington a few days be-
fore Christmas and received their
diplomas.
A Mr.. Usher was the successful
contestant from South Carolina, and
the Columbia State gives the follow
ing information In regard to the way
he did 1t:
1.-The land on which the corn was
produced is a sandy loan. 1t was
cleared In 1907 and was planted in
corn and peas. The same crop was
planted in 1908. and IS bushels OF
corn produced. Prior to the large
yield cotton seed meal and one hun
dred pounds of nitrate of soda were
used.
1.-THE acre was well fortified this
year, the, following being used: Two
hundred pounds Of commercial fer
tilizer, 100 pounds kainit, 800
pounds second-grade Peruvian gu
ano, 900 pounds cotton seed meal
and 600 pounds nitrate soda. The
land is considered worth SIS per
acre. On March goth the land was
broken; it was SUBSIDIZED with a Boy
Dixie plow. There was no barnyard
manure used.
Great care was exercised in the
selection of seed, which was Gar
rett's Prolific. The seed was plant
ed on April 1st, in rows five feel
apart. There were no hills and only
, one peck of seed was used The seeds
| were carefully hand-picked before
planting. The cultivation commenced
on April 28th, Boy Dixie pillow be-
ing used. The acre was cultivated
| five times, on, April 2Sth, May 18th
June 1st, June 18th. and July 9th
The corn was thinned by hand. one
stalk being left to the hill, eight
inches apart. Hand labor was used
in removing the ragweeds and morn
ing glories, which were removed In
one day.
"The 1921 bushels produced by the
young farmer will be sold to the Gov
eminent for seed purposes. The price
| to be paid Is 50 per bushel The sum
of 1905 will be received for the seed
alone. One and one-half tons of fod
der were produced, which sold al
$40 per ton, netting $50, bringing the
total amount received from the acre
to $685."