The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-16
THE REVOLUTION Of CORN
GROWING IN THE SOUTH

row six feet; number of rows per
acre, 35; length of row in inches
1,5ZO; stalks II inches apart. 1850;
alloWlng n ear per stalk, 1850; al
lowing 100 ears per bushel, 1850
oushels; cost Of fertilizer, 1858.
Saturdays Wilmington Star contains
the following leading editorial:
Corn Campaign.
The campaign to the pro
auction Of corn on a larger scale in
North Carolina has become an ex-
ceed1ngly interesting feature in the
agricultural life of the State. The in
telligent and systematic efforts of the
State Agricultural Department are
the result has become a matter Of
great enthusiasm throughout the
State.
The corn-growing contests alone
will largely increase the corn yield
throughout the State, for every
county has it's corn clubs and con-
testants vieing with each other for the
prizes offered by the department.. It
is said hat in Robson county alone
z0o farmers are engaged in this
years corn contest. and that every
contestant a his prize acre along
side the public roads so all passers
can behold something fine. 1t is soid
NAAoI b1So0 1oliLCSl L 1uII u cIlFtD
and that the State is going to smash
some more c~orn-groWing records this
year.
Last years contest was sufficient to
bring fame to a young man named
Bats, in Wake county. He produced
226 2-3 bushels of corn on an acre,
and his name has been spread abroad
in the newspapers throughout the
United States and Canada. The pub
licity which he received resulted II
bringing him $4,4OO for the crop from
hat one acre of land. Young Bats
not only secured q big yield from his
prize acre, but it produced sucn q fine
quality Of prolific corn that he sold
the entire crop of seed. His corn
vas sold to farmers in many states 1T
the North, South and West, and in
Canada, while Inquiries concerning his
corn and his method Of cultivation
were received by Farmer Bats from
all over the country.
The State Agricultural Department
began the campaign with Il view to
inducing the farmers Of North Caro-
lima to grow plenty Of corn ana to
grow more Of it to the acre, In order
to reduce The cost of production.
These co~rn-growing contests nave
shown that corn a be raised at q
big profit by our farmers. and that
North Carolina would become q great
corn-growing State if they VIII quit
getting their supplies from the West
and raise them at home. Thousands CT
farmers throughout the State have
now become Interested in c~orn-gr0w-
ing, and it is estimated that North
Carolina has in corn this year nearly
200, 900 acres more than she had in
800. and 100000 acres moro than IN
1908. With an acreage Increased on
that scale, better cultivation methods
followed, and enthusiasm created, the
I~- I'LL ~>a~ --o urTn NJ N fe -
DINA will net only qui tdrawinS her
corn supplies from the West tout VIII
produce corn to supply all the homes
demand and have seue to sell: Ihe
seller, instead Of the buyer, is the fell
low who make the profit.
1t is being demonstrated that Germ
can be produced economically in
North Carolina, and 81 a profit that
will compare with most cropS. When
the production Of corn IN the state IS
ST efficient to supply the einal1d or
home pt;on and an o~verpfus IS
produced. it will mean the raising Ct
more stock and hogs, and the conse-
quent home production OF OFF meat
supplies. The day that we can keep
in the State the millions or doiEafS
sent out Of it for corn, hay, ne2t aHo
other food supplies, our people VIII
begin to feel the impulse and effects
of a prosperity they have neVe rex
perienced before. That is a Gay me
Star longs to see.
For years it has been the custom
Of armers of the South TO raise ccI-
ton and spend vast sums OF money
for Western corn, hay and meat. 1t
is gratifying, therefore, that not Only
| North Carolina, but the entire South
has determined to put an end to such
a ruinous custom. The corn growing
movement prevails throughout the
South, and it is estimated that Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Kentucky, tennessee, Ala
bama and Mississippi have 26,777,U00
acres in corr this year. This IS an
increase over the 1909 acreage Of
more than one million ana a half
acres. and moro than two and a half
million acres than in 1908. The South
is not only increasing its acreage in
| corn. but the farmers are adopting m