Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-11-23
WORLD CORN YIELD BROKEN.
Marlboro County Boy is the Clam-
pion, Making 258 Bushels.

ported yiold Of 258 bushels Of corn
on one acre of land by boy Of
Marlboro county. Mr.. Williams re-
port has not been made public. The
name of the boy will not be an
nounced until an official statement
is prepared. Mr.. Williams will
carefully investigate all Of the rec
ords as submitted by the Marlboro
boy.
The announcement that, the
worlds record for corn production
had been broken has caused much
discussion. There are many who
doubt the large yield. Should the
announcement be made by the State
agent Of the farm demonstration
work the records can be accepted as
absolutely correct, as most thor
ough Investigation of every detail
Of the work will be made.
This State has led the worlds rec
ord for growing corr. for many years.
During the year 1906 the last cap
ture Of the first prize in such aeon
test was made.
The first record yield Of corn in
South Carolina was made in the year
1867, when Dr. j. w. Parker, at that
time superintendent Of the State
Hospital for the Insane, on piece
of land then known as the asylum
( Farm" about one mile north Of Co
R,mbia, made the largest crop per
acre lever obtained anywhere"
From Two acres he gathered $50
bushels and one-half acre gave 200
bushels and two quarts.
The Parker record stood unchalz
lenged until 1889, when The Ameri-
can Agriculturist's contest in corn
growing, open to the world, took
place. In this contest H. l.. Drake,
of Marlboro county, in this, State,
won the grand prize. The "Book on
Corn the standard authority in the
United States on corn growing, tells
the following story which is Of great
interest just now because of the
large yields that are being secured>
in this State:
'From a single acre Mr.. Drake
grew 225 bushels Of shclled corn,
or $50 bushels OF crib cured corn
Late in February, ! 900 bushels Of
stable manure and 500 pounds each
: OF manipulated guano, cotton seed
meal and kainit we're broadcasted on
the acre and then plowcd under
En1l ,in, No
whole cotton seed were strewn in
the furrows. A subsoil plow was
run through depth Of 12 inches
The land was we'll narrowed and the
rows planted alternately March 2,
three and six feet apart. An i'm
proved strain of the common gourd-
seed variety Of Southern white dent
corn was planted, five or six kernels
being dropped to each foot Of the
row. 1t was planted in the burrows
FIVE inches deep, but covered only
one inch. At the first hoeing the
plants were thinned to one stalk
every five or six inches, the missing
spots replanted. On April 20 the
d
mixture, composed of 200 pounds
each OF guano, kainit, cotton seed
meal, acid phosphate and bone was
applied and hoed in. On May / 5 the
three-foot places were plowed and
300 pounds Of nitrate Of soda sown
and worked in. On May 25, 200
pounds of guano were applied in the
wide places. Another application Of
500 pounds Of guano, cotton seed
meal and kainit was put on June II.
The crop was harvested November
before several reputable witnesses.
1t yielded 17,407 pounds OF corn in
the ear, OF which 40 pounds was
sort corn.
Several tests showed that 100
pounds Of ear corn shellcd so
pounds Of shelled corn, which made
the yield 254 bushels. 40 pounds OF
shelled corn at sc pounds to the
bushel, which If kiln-dried would de-
preciate only 10 per cent for water,
leaving 239 bushels"
Capt. brakes yield contained so
per cent Of shelled corn, had S5 per
cent of dry matter In the corn and
81 per cent Of dry matter in the cob.
The weight in bushels Of shciied
corn was 255 bushels, the cribbed
weight 239 bushels and the chemi-
caliy dried weight PIT bushels The
total expenses incurred by the pro-
duction was 1894, and value of the