The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-12-29
ONE FARMER BOY
HAS WON FAME
Amount Of Corn Raised on One Acre
Stands UnequaIled.
JERRY MORE MAKES A RECORD
In Addition to Renown He Also Wor
About $500 in Prizes-Tells All
About It In Well Kept
Diary.

Moore, or Jerrq, as ne IS hHO"H III
the Carolina uplands, is the cham.
pion boy corn grower of the world,
and his record of over 22S bushels OF
corn of the finest quality, grown on
single acre, is the second greatest
acre Weld in the history OF corn pro-
duction. The only record that tops
Jerry's is that of Farmer Drake, also
of South Carolina. who several years
ago grew 255 bushels on one acre.
Jerry Moore, who is an orphan, IS
not yet Is years old, yet on his one
acre he has made more money than
thousands of farmers with a hundred
acres will clear this year.
Takes Big Prizes.
His prizes from agricultural socie-
ties and kindred organizations will
aggregate over $500, while the profit
from the corn itself will amount to
$1,000.
Jerry knew he was going to make
bid for championship honors, and
though he is nothing but a poor lit
tie South Carolina farm boy, he has
the news instinct and realized that
if he did win, the newspapers would
want to know how he did it, and so,
in order that the story would be cor
rect, Jerry kept a diary. The diary,
it is said, will pass into the keeping
OF the Department of Agriculture
here, which will see to it that other
boys in this country are given the
secret of Jerry's success and encour-
aged to follow his example.
Entries in Diary.
Light, gray, sandy upland the
diary starts of, with top soil about
three or four inches deep. Old land,
nearly level, with just enough drain
for the water to run off. During
the first part of March, 1910, spread
800 one-horse wagon loads of rich
dirt on my acre, and followed it with
nfty one-hOrse wagon loads OF fer
tilizer, the latter scattered broadcast"
Continuing, the diary bears these
entries:
March GLAND broken with Dixie
plows. One Dixie following the fur
row Of the other with the two break
ing about 10 or u inches deep. The
soil was so well pulyerized, did not
harrow: rebroke like it was the first
time.
March Narrowed and laid of
in rows 3lE feet wide with Dixie plow.
Distributed 800 pounds OF guano, con-
tanning S per cent of phosphoric acid.
: per cent OF ammonia and 3 per cent
OF potash in Dixie furrOw and covered
with burrows making q small ridge.
March &0--Opened ridge with shoy-
81 pillow and dropped three gallons Of
Bates four-ear prolific corn, dropping
by hand and ~IInost sowing. Covered
corn with small shovel pillow 2I4
inches deep.
Notion this same day sowed 800
pounds OF acid phosphate on rows and
narrowed surface all over, leaving it
level.
April 1O-No rain since land was
broken, and ground so dry the rusty
corn did not come up readily. Re
planted for fear l would not get a
stand.
April 20-Stand good and weather
continues dry.
April pa good rain.
April 25-SOwed 700 pounds kainit
along rows and narrowed with Little
Joe harrow, narrowing twice to the
row. Barred off with Dixie pillow.
His Special Mixture.
May 81 made a mixture OF 600
pounds of cotton seed neal, 200
pounds OF acid phosphate and 200
pounds of kainit, and with a cold dis
tributor sowed on each side of the
rows, and narrowed, going twice to
the row, leveling the surface as near
as possible.
May l0-Repeated the work OF
May 3, but distributed the mixture
of cotton seed meal, phosphate and
kainit four inches further from the
rows. On this day also sowed 200
pounds OF nitrate of soda along the
rows.
May 17-Harrowed, going twice to
The row; thinned corn to six inches
in dow.
May 24-Harrowed, going twice to
the row.
May 25-Good rain.
May 27-Using a cold distributor,
sowing in the center OF middle, 1000
pounds S:3:3 guano and narrowed
with Little Joe harrow, going twice
10 the row.
Same day-Sowed 200 pounds of nj.
trate OF soda along the row.
June 4--Harrowed, going twice to
the row
June and Good rains.
June Slowed 800 pounds OF nj
trate Of soda and narrowed twice to
the row.
June 1O-Storm and corn blown
down.
Believes in Narrowing.
June 11-Set corn up; corn about
six feet high and beginning to silk.
June 15--Harrowed very lightly
with Little Joe harrow, going twice
10 the row.
June 22-Harrowed lightly; corn
now in full silk; ground perfectly
clean.