Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-07
A GOOD CORN RECORD.

Early in the spring of this year the
Bank of Edwards, Kinds County, Mis-
sissippi, offered a prize of $50 for the
best acre of corn grown in the second
district of Kinds County. Mr.. ". '.
Montgomery won the prize. The Bank
of Edwards is to be congratulated upon
the interest it has taken in the develop
ment of the agricultural resources of the
country surrounding the city in which
it is located. A number of Institutions
in Mississippi have done likewise during
the past few years. 1t is gratifying in
deed to note this encouragement for de-
veloping an interest that means almost
everything for Mississippi. Here is the
letter from Mr.. Montgomery, acknowl-
edging the receipt of the $50 in gold and
explaining how he secured the yield. 1t
is reproduced for the benefit of others
who might desire to do something of the
same kind in the future:
"In thanking you for the twenty dol
lars in gold which l received from you
for the best acre of corn in the second
district of Kinds County, l have the fol-
lowing to say: The seventy bushels of
corn measured by your committee does
not represent the full yield of corn
raised on this acre of and in the year
1909. There were two crops of corn
raised on this acre during the year 1902
and there was really a yield of about 1l5
bushels of corn on this one acre of
ground.
For the benefit of those interested l
will explain how l raised it, also the
- $ ao-, -1,,AoJ Tho 1ya ,N-oa
fertilized with barn-yard manure, no
commercial fertilizer used. The ground
was plowod good and deep about the
first of February and planted in four
foot rows the last week in February.
The first corn planted was Golden Dent
Field corn; / got the seed from ID. Nj.
Ferry, Detroit, Mich. The corn was
worked shallow every ten days, and by
April goth it was waist high anc plowed
the last time. On April 21st l planted
Jones Prolific corn in the water turrow.
BY May 25th the Golden Dent o'jrn Sas
hard enough to feed on, so l gathered
that corn and fed on it, cut the corn
stalks and run them through a feed cut
ter and fed them. l now had nothing
left on the ground but the Jones Pro
life corn.
"On account of the wet season | did
not get to work the Jones corn until
about the 9th of June, the ground had
been so well worked with the Golden
Dent corn that it took only two good
plowings to make the last crop of corn.
When | plowed it the last time | planted
peas in it. The yield of peas was light,
the vines were heavy, making about ORG
and One-half tons of hay to the acre.
The crop and pea vines were gathered
in plenty of time to have planted the
same land in either winter cabbage or
turnips; thus making four crops on the
same acre in twelve months. The first
yield of corn was not measured, but all
who saw it Judge it would make 45
bushels to the acre. The Jones corn was
left thick in the drill; did not use the
hoe in either crop. The cost of max
ing the two crops of corn and the one
crop of peas was $3.50"
The following is taken from the Ellis
Vile News:
Mat Jordan, a prominent farmer re-
siding in the Pine Grove neighborhood,
was in the city Tuesday and sold four
bales of cotton for 1905 cents per pound.
lie Is d POI blOH VI a CICP VI oLH D'f''
grown on six acres of land. The cotton
and seed will average $500 per bale,
making a gross yield of $4,000 on the
six acres. And it should be borne in
mind that Mr.. Jordan's farm is not an
exception, being no better than the Az
erage pine lands Of Jones County when
he began to use fertilizers and scientific
methods Of rotation and cultivation.
What he has lone and is doing can be
lone by any intelligent farmer in this
section"
A country is largely what the people
make Of it. Surroundings nave some
thing to do with it, Of course, but the
people themselves have a great deal
more. Concerted effort by an energetic
and enterprising citizenship will rams
form almost any kind of a country into
a prosperous one. There are many com
munities in Mississippi that are good
from every standpoint, where the nat
ural surroundings would seem very poor
indeed, but tina have been made excel
lent by the efforts of the people.
Amite county farmers are providing
the best breastwOrks for fighting the bolt
weevil. Hogs, cattle, brood mares, hay,
chickens, potatoes, syrup and such are
the best protection to be had, and they've
got 'em, sure.
The Farmers Union stands for every
thing better in the way OF producing and
marketing agricultural, horticultural and
live stock products. The organization
deserves the sympathy and help OF all