The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-11-16
FLORENCE YOUTH
STATE CHAMPION
Fifteen Year Old Boy, Member OF
Florence County Boys Corn
hub, Wins Contest.

tht lpoN Wi III NluD Nohltot, vi II lol
ence county, under the farmers CO.
operative demonstration work and un-
der the supervision of Allard II. Gas
que. county superintendent of educa-
ton: Soil, light gray sand upland,
top soil about three OF four inches
deep with yellow subsoil. Old land
nearly level with just enough drain
for the water to run off. Cotton was
grown on this land in 1909 producing
|, 200 pounds of seed cotton. Prepar-
ation-durins the first part of March,
1910, spread 500 onc-horse wagon
loads Of rich dirt on this acre Fol
lowed this with 80 one horse wagon
loads of stable manure scattered
broadcast. On March %, land was
broken with Dixie ploughs One
Dixie following in the furrough OF the
ether and with the two breaking 10
or = inches deep.
The soil was so well pulveriZed
did not harrow. Rebroke like it was
first. March % narrowed and laid
of in rows three and one-half feet
wide, with Dixie ploughs. Distrib-
utcd 500 pounds of guano containing
per cent phoSphoric acid 3 per
cent amonia, and 3 per cent potash in
Dixie furrough and covered with fur
rouShs. making small ridge. March
30, opened ridge with shovel plough
and dropped 3 gallons of Bats 4 ear
prolific corn, dropping by hand and
almost sowing. Covered corn with
small shovel plough l-2 inches deep.
On the same day sowed 500 pounds
acid phosphate along the rows and
narrowed the surface all over leaving
ii level. No rain since land was
broken and ground so dry and dusty
corn did not come up readily. Re
planted for fear | would not get
stand Stand good by April 20.
April 20. weather continued dry APP
ril "a, good rain April % sowed
700 pounds Of kainit along rows and
narrowed with little Joe harrow,
going twice to the row. Barred OFF
with Dixie plough. May > | made a
Il Xture of 600 pounds of cotton seed
nj al 200 pounds acid phosphate, and
300 pounds kainit and with Cole dis
tributor sowed ON each side of the
row and narrowed with Little Joe
harrow going twice to the row levell-
ing surface as near as possible. May
10, made n mixture Of COO pounds of
cotton seed meal 2GO pounds OF acid
phosphate and 200 pounds OF kainit
and with a Cole distributor sowed on
each side of the row. but four inches
farther from the corn than tho other
application and narrowed with Il Lit
tie Joe harrow, going twice to the
row
Also sowed 200 pounds of nitrate of
soda along the rows. May IL har-
rowed, going twice to the row Thin
ned the corn to 6 inches i'm the row
May "a, l narrowed, going twice to
the row. May %, had good rain
May -, using a Cole distributor, SOW
ed in the center Of the middlcs one
thousand pounds of $50 @lano and
narrowed with a Little Joe harrow,
going twice TO the row On the same
day sowed 900 pounds nitrate of soda
along the row. June 1 narrowed
gong twice to The ,uw June and
June 6, good rains june S. 3oOlbs.
Of nitrate OF SODA gong twice to the
row. Frequent showers and corn
growing rapidly. June lo storm and
corn blown down June IL, corn set
UP Corn about six feet high now
and beginning TO silk June 10. har-
rowed very lightly with Little Joe
harrow, going twice to the VOW June
22,harrowed lightly Corn now in
full silk Grund perfectly clean,
Since June 5, rains have been frequent
Corn doing its best. No sign OF firing
or failure of any kind July A. no
lack OF rain so far and corn almost
matured. Almost every stalk has an
car and many of them two and three.
There is on the acre about $4,000
stalks, and more than 10000 ears.
Gathered the fodder middle OF August.
Corn at this time Very ripe. Gathered
from the acre 1900 bundles Of fodder,
weighing 1000 pounds worth 5000.
Five men: j. NJ Leach. Nj u. Hosnlden
w. II. Bailey and Roger Williams
measured the land and weighed the
corn whose certificates sworn to are
in the custody of the county supcrn-
tendent of education The corn was