The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-17
CORN RECORDOF WORLD.
JERRY m00AE or FLORENCE PRODUCES
OVER 22S BUSHELS.
ONLY FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
SoungBoy Writes Story of How He
Secured the Large Yield For
The State.

how he produced over 22S bushels
OF corn on one acre of land. The
yield is substantiated by affidavits.
He made a profit of $130.70 on the
acre. 1t cost him $12S.05 to Sc
cure the yield. The story gives a
complete description and full ac-
courts of the care of the corn. He
is n member of the boys corn club
aid was under the direction of the
United States farm demonstration
work and A. ii. Gasque, county sup
erintendent of education of Florence
county.
IN a clear manner Jerry Moore
tells the following story:
Light gray, sandy upland, top soil
about three or four inches deep,
with yellow subsoil. Old land near
ly level, with just enough drain
tor the water to run off. Cotton
was grown on the land in 1909, pro-
ducing about 200 pounds OF seed
cotton.
Preparation.
During the first OF March, 1910,
spread 800 one-horse wagon loads of
rich dirt on this acre. Followed
this with so one-horse wagon loads
of stable manure scattered broad
cast
o.. March 25 land was broken
with Dixie plows. One Dixie follow
! ing the furrow of the other, and
with the two breaking about 10 or
| IL inches deep. The soil was so
we'll pulverized did not harrow, re-
broke like it was first time.
March 20, narrowed and laid Off
in rows three and one-half feet
wide, with Dixie plow. Distributed
500 pounds Of guano containing 8
per cent of phosphoric acid, per
cent. of ammonia and 3 per cent in
Dixie Furrow and covered with fur
rows making a small ridge.
March 80, open ridge with shovel
plow and dropped three gallons of
Bates Four-Ear prolific corn, drop
ping by the hand and almost SOW
ing. Covered corn with small shov-
eli plow 214 inches deep.
Fertilizer.
Or the same day sowed 500
pouLds of acid phosphate on rows
and narrowed surface all over, leav-
ing il level.
No rain since land was broken
and ground so dry and dusty corn
did Lot come up readily. Replanted
for fear | would not get 4 stand.
Stand good by April 20.
April 20, weather continues dry.
April "a, good rain.
April 25, sowed 700 pounds
kainit along rows and narrowed
with Little Joe harrow and going
twice to the row. Barred of with
Dixie plow.
May S, ! made mixture of coo
pounds cotton seed meal, goo
pounds of kainit and with cold
Il trfI fI,,t
rows, and narrowed with. Little Joe
harrow and going twice to the row
leveltng surface as near as possible.
May 10, made a mixture of 600
pounds of cotton seed meal, 200
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 in the row.
Also sowed 200 pounds of nitrate
of soda along the rows.
May IT, narrowed, going twice to
the row: thinned corn to six inches
III ow.
May "a, narrowed, going twice to
tie low.
May 25. good rain.
May 81, using a cold distributor.
sowing in the centre of middle l.
rowing with Little Joe harrow, GO
ing twice to the row.
Same day, sowed 200 pounds Of
nitrate of soda along the row.
June 4, narrowed, going twice to
the row.
June and good rains.
June 3, SOwed 500 pounds of nj
trate of soda and narrowed twice to
the row.
Frequent showers and corn grow
ing rapidly.
June 10. storm and corn blown
down
June IL. set corn up; corn about
ST. feet high and beginning to silk.
June Is, narrowed very lightly
with Little Joe harrow, going twice
10 the row
June 22, narrowed lightly: corn
now In full silk; ground perfectly
clean
Since June rains have been
frequent Corn doing its best. No
Sign OF firing or failure of am
kind
July 4, no lack of rain so far.
and corn almost matured. Almost
every stalk has an ear and many of
them two or three. There is on
the acre about 24,000 ears. Gath
cred fodder middle OF August
Corn Is at time very ripe.
Gathered Fodder.
Gathered off the acre 1900
bushels of fodder, weighing 5000
pounds, worth $50.
Corn Gathered.
Five men-J. NJ. Leach. H. p
Haselden, w. E. Bailey, ]. T. Bal
ley and Roger Williams--measured
the land and weighed the corn.
whose certificates are in the custo.
dy OF the county superintendent