The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-12
HUGE CORN CROP
RAISED BY CAPT. j. W. BUNCH AT
THE ASYLUM FARM.

Will Gather an Average Of Ono Hum
drcd Bushels Per Acre un Ono
Hundred Acres.
The Columbia Record OF Thursday
tells of a wonderful! corn crop made
by Capt. ]. n. Bunch on the farm OF
the State Asylum in Columbia. Here
are The facts as given By the Record:
Capt; J. w Bunch has grown on
the farm OF the State Hospital for the
insane a I00-acrc crop OF corn that
will easily run 100 bushels 10 the
ac.v-and this within ten minutes
walk o: :he State capitol. No fancy
figuring is required TO arrive AZ this
estimate OF the yield. SO many >ests
have been made and these haze been
so distributed over the fields as TO
indicate on their face a production
considerably in excess OF the amount
mentioned: but Capt. Bunch prefers
10 err on the side Of conservatism
and SAYS: lie, il stand 100 bushels:
at that. i, is probably the best corn
crop in South Carolina.
And the value and interest OF Capt.
Runch's exempl!fcaticn Of the gentle
art Of corn culture Is the greater for
the reason that il Is on large scale.
Capt Bunch mas not taken selected
acre. of special fertility. spent money
cx,ravasantly upon artificial manures
and endeavored 10 force prize yield
without reference 10 the cost per
bushel of the product. Such exam.
pies have little practical value as
! contributions to the sum Of agricul'
;ural knowledge Capt Bunch has
taken a problem such as ever. far
mer faces: he has had in mind. JUS
as the private planter has. the show
!rg Of balance on tho right side o.
the ledger at harvest time. and b
has worked it out with just labor
tools. machinery. seed and fertilizer
as the average farmer planting OF
this scale has.
I, may be urged that the land!
Capt Bunch used ae IN dne .lltn
| rich, we'll drained and in good me
ichanical condition. This may be suf
icien;Iy answered by saving tha
when Capt Bunch took charge o
these lands they were considered o
ioe value for agricultural purposes
typical Richland sand. with ella.
subsoil. Their fertility low and consid
cradle tracts Swampy. II now the.
are among the most productive land
In the South. rich and we'll drained
!. Is simply because they have beer
we'll used. Capt. Bunch has mi1e'
brains w.th bis fertil!zer-and hi
knowledge CT farming was not &C
CURED in college either. He is d
mere dabbler in agriculture. Las
year be made this fam. With Its co'
acres under cultivation. yield $50.
900.
Capt. Bunch. you do no. let you
land rest even at night" visitors hav,
frequently said. after an inspect!o,
of .ne farm. I; is true that ever
acre Is required to yield its maximum
and that constantly. but then Cap
Bunch for his par: plays fair witt
his soil. Crop-makins constituent
taken from j, this year are faithful
returned TO It the next.
Stable manure produced on To-
place goes back into the soil. Th
necessity Of humus is never forgot
ten The variety Of crops grown i
not sufficient TO permit Of four
Icrop rotation. but two eahaustin;
crops are never required OF the sam
tract IL succession. The swamp,
low grounds are tile drained. Th
asylum farms gets square deal ant
responds with bumper crops. II ha
cnjoved Capt. Bunch's equal Si'e
and-take policy for 20 years and III
result is that K is farm which
sladdens the heart Of any man vac
ever loved the soil.
Capt Bunch does not follow Tx
Williamson method OF corn-GroTing
III would not be understood as con
demn!ng It. though" be said Thurs
day For the lands on which i
was originated. level. sandy. Pee De-
soils, 1t IS. believe. the best sys
tenn: but 10 use i; would be mis-
take On lands Of such t!lth as these
here. We tried j, and found thu
on our farm il caused decrease o.
cS 20 S3 bushels per acre below :hs
normal yield.
| II is figured that the car corr
harvested from corn tracts on the
asylum farm Is clear profit. the eA'
pense being met b. the fodder. and
! stalks and the eusiiaee yielded By
grass and the peas bvoadcas.ed
through the crop. The bulk Of the
corn crop this season is Of the Marl.
borough stock Experiments With
the Bats corn have been di>appoint-
J ing. This is the seed with which
Mr.. Bats OF Raleigh is said to have
secured a prize-acre yield Of rs
bushels per acre last year.