The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-03

with other years. Rain followed fire.
queItly and no irrigation was neces-
sary. In fact as Mr.. Drake says tn
season was The mot faVora bic for
corn / ever saw. TIE fame Of the
contest acre spread far and W ide, and
farmers and Planters came from ali
parts Of Marlboro and adjoinin,
! counties to behold it =. J.. Breed
en-. great cotton planter and one of
! the most progressive farmers In the
state, says it was "a wonder 20 be
| hold. s. A. Brown, editor Of the
/ Marlboro Democrat. writes: The
! harvest was indeed curiosity. One
! aborer told us that the corn, when
pulled wa knee deep on the ground.
! The yield was not much Of a surprise
to those who visited the crop while
growing and some Marion county
/ farmers put the estimate at 800 bush
! els.
e, The Harvest and It's Correctness.
The acre was surveyed June % by
Nm. +. Afford, a legal surveyor. ana
also trial justice, who takes oath
that the plot was measured by an &C
| curate Gnnter's chain and was 29s
4S-147 feet long and LAT feet wide.
containing 43.O00,560 square feet, or
precisely one acre. The boundaries
| were marked by stakes firmly driven
in the ground, but this precaution
was hardly necessary, as no other
corn was grown in the vicinity, the
acre standing alone by Itself. The
harvesting was done in the presence
of a large number OF gentlemen
representative farmerS-including j.
c. Campbell, as the official represeD
tative Of the American Agriculturist,
and c.. Y. w. Dunn. j. w. Reynolds
and John J. Tart as Mr.. brakes three
witnesses. The acre was first re
measured and found TO be Of the d.
mensiOns just noted In order that
the harvest might be completed III
the presence of the witnesses in one
day. about 80 hands were employed
to pluck and shuck the ears and weigh
them Mr.. Dunn personally attend
ed to the gat erins, the weighing WAS
done by Mr.. Reynolds on Fairbanks
tested scales and the tally was kept
by MI. Tart. Mr.. Reynolds ais"
kept a tally, which corresponded with
Mr. Tart's record. Mr.. Campbell
supervised the whole affair. IN adj
dition to all these precautions the
number and character Of the Specta-
tors made any cheating impossible.
had it been thought OF. and the fact
that no other corn grew IN the neigh~
borhood rendered impossible the ad-
ditson OF any grown outside the con
test acre, Mr.. Drake and his wit
nesses certified bewore Justice Afford
that the crop. as harvested NoVens-
Der 25, was 17,407 pounds Of corn in.
!
soft or poor corn Each witness set
lected from different parts Of th3
efild, an average lot OF ears, and fronf
100 pounds OF ears so gathered Mt:s
/ Tart obtained 80 IL pounds Of ker q
mel and 10 IL cob Mr.. Reynolds
pounds OF cobs, and Mr.. Dunn got
4 SO IL pounds OF kernels, Is Il
pounds Of cobs Averaging these
tests shows that 80 per cent Of the
total crop was kernels. or 14,2!s
pounds Of shelied corn. equal to 25+
bushels, AZ pounds Of shelled corn.
at 56 pounds TO the bushel. This, X
kiln-dried until it contained only 10
per cent Of water. would shrink To-
23e bushels, and II the water IS al
allowed to the crop would be ~
bushels Of actual dry matter in the
| shell corn grown on one acre.
Verifying the Record.
! In addition TO all the safeguards
narrated to Insure faithful accuracy
we have made several independent
firm the honor and integrity OF the
parties concerned Not only Mr.
| Drake. but the surveyor. justices anu
witnesses are men OF unfmpeachable
standing in their community. While
the American Agriculturist is fully
| convinced of the correctness OF Mr..
| brakes report from beginning to end,
we have deemed it wise to explain the
basis Of our opinion; 50 that every
farmer may be equally convinced OF
the absolute fact that within a frac
ton Of 255 bushels OF shelled corn
! have been actually grown on one acre
| in single crop. in one season.
This being the largest crop Of corn
/ ever made on one acre in the history
! OF the worlds agriculture, the Aneri-
! can Agriculturists deems itself for
! tpnate in having made it a matter Of
| record! beyOnd dispute
The Cost of the Crop.
! This was heavy. Look a tfa
! items Of manure and fertilizer alone