The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-13
MISSISSIPPI HAS
A PLANT WIZARD
DOES WONDERS WITH CORN
AND DEVELOPS COTTON TO
THREE BALES TO AN ACRE.

Jackson. Miss. July california
has her Burbank, the man who
startled the world by cross breeding
and developing fruits and flowers.
but Kinds county has her Jones,
the man who is developing cotton
and performing marvellous feats with
corn.
Taking a common variety OF corn
fourteen years ago, when corn cult
ure was practically unknown in this
section, Mr.. Jones has crossed and
developed it till he now produces
more corn to the acre in Kinds
county. three miles from Jackson,
than any farmer in the world. He
makes his corn proiuce from six
| TO fourteen ears TO the stalk, and
the yield is at the rate of from
| $50 to 200 bushels an acre.
This has been done on ordinary
Mississippi land, without using more
than the usual quantity of ferti-
lizer, but it is done by a man who
has made a study of corn culture
Not only is the yield large, but
the weight of the grain. after il
is shelled, is far above the average,
showing the corn is not only well
fruited, but fully developed.
In addition to performing wonder
full feats in the way of corn cult.
ure, Mr.. Jones, by crossbreeding
okra with short staple cotton, has
produced long staple of finest tex
ture and endurance. His achieve
ment with both corn and cotton are
attracting a great deal of attention
He has been taking off all prizes at
the Mississippi state fair since it
was organized with his corn This
| year Mr.. Jones expects to add one
more ear to the stalks in his corn
field. He has added an ear, every
year for fourteen years, and believes
he will increase the yield this year
again.
Eastin c. Jones, after several
years, has discovered method
whereby he can increase the pro-
duction OF corn one ear to the stalk
each year. He tells the story of his
achievement as follows:
Beginning fourteen years ago
with one ear, taking the ordinary
corn grown in the state at the
time, have by method, added an
ear each year. Last year | had
fourteen ears and this year | ex-
pect to make it fifteen. | have
land that produces at the ratio of
200 bushels to the acre. but this
Is only small piece of land, though
on 90 or 90 acres | produce an
average of $50 bushels to the acre.
My entire farm averages over
100 bushels, but the best yield |
have secured thus far was on about
a quarter of an acre of land. which
gave me a little over 80 bushels.
making the yield a little over 200
bushels to the acre. This piece of
land produced from three to eight
ears to the stalk and it was new
grain. too"
Mr.. Jones method of planting is
different from that of other farm.
ers, but he gets better results. as
experience has shown. His corn is
heavy, weighing fourteen pounds
more to the bushel than ordinary
western corn.
I have done some experimenting
with cotton said Mr.. Jones. u
took the ordinary short staple cot
ton. cross-bred it with okra and
produced the finest kind of long
staple. With this cotton I planted
40 acres and produced 80 bales.
Some OF this land producei about
three bales to the acre, and if !
don't get two bales off the poorest
kind of land l feel that | have lost
money"
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