Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-06-15
THIS STATES CORN RECORD.
Industry Attracting Attention of the
Whole Country.

How South Carolina is coming to
the front as a corn-growing State,
and the excellent results achieved in
Orangeburg and other counties, is
well and Interestingly told in the
current issue Of the Southern Field,
published by the Industrial Depart
ment of the Southern Railway.
South Carolina bids fair to make
many records in corn growing. The
| highest known yield OF corn to the
acre was made in that State. says
the Field. In the boys contests last
year, under the United States farm
demonstration work, it was South
Carolina boy who carried off first
honors. Better than these great
yields. prize yields, per acre is the
fact that within four years the total
yield Of that State has doubled, ris-
ing from less than 100000 BUSH
| els in 1905 to over 100000 in
1909. At the same time the average
yield per acre in the State has stead
| lily grown. 1t Is not yet to be COM
| pared with that Of some Of the great
| corn States, where corn cultivation
has been the great interest among
farmers, and where it has been a
study for SO long. The results al
ready achieved show, however, that
with a continued growth in inter-
est the State will soon have an aver
age yield that will compare with that
Of any State in the Union. This
same progress Is evident in all the
Southeastern States.
South Carolina has a variety Of
soils, running from the rich loans
in her valleys to the clay Of her
Piedmont sections and the sandy
lands Of the coast regions. All of
the soils will produce large yields
Of corn when proper methods Of soil
conservation and Of cultivation are
pursued, as has been shown by past
results. In very many sections of
the State all the other grains will
do equally as well. Along with the
grains may be produced the finest
crops Of grasses. All this makes the
State an excellent field for the de-
velopment of large stock interest.
What can be done in this line has
frequently been told in these pages
in the stories Of the practical success
of those who have given attention
to the stock interest.
In the section Of the State from
Columbia to Charleston, a common
soil is the sandy, underlaid with clay.
Much Of 1t IS what is called the
Norfolk sandy loan. This is one of
the most valuable soils known in the
country for the trucking industry
and 1t Is so susceptible OF improve
ment that 1T can be built up to the
very greatest fertility. 1t produces
not only the truck crops most profit
ably, but has been found to be a fine
producer OF cotton, corn and grass
Al st. Matthews, town Of 900 to
1000 people, on the Charleston-Co-
lumbia line Of the Southern Railway
In Orangeburg county, the typical
soil is this Norfolk sandy loam
There the farmers have found it most
valuable in the production Of all
kinds Of crops, and diversiiication has
become the order OF the day among
the progressive men.
1t was farmer Of st. Matthews
James NJ Moss, who won the 1903
prize offered by the South Carolina
Department Of Agriculture for the
best five acres OF corn. The produc-
ton was five hundred bushels. The
report OF his five acre field shows
that it wa Sa most profitable one
The cost Of raising the crop was:
Land value $500, interest at
6 per cent ............$ - G0
PlOughing ...... ... s so
narrowing 90
Fertilizers ............... l35 %
Applying fertilizers ) 80
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