The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-11-05
LARGE CORN CR0EP|l |! J b 81 !,
THIS STATE PRODUCED I FIEtTY lIt!:
MILLION BUSHELS. /: !:
Means Much for the Farmers, and
Puts South Carolina In the:FFList
of Great Corn States. s9 S, 3

South Carolina has produced, IS o.
100000 bushels Of cern for 19tAi ac-.
cording to an estimate issued! bsS he
department Of. agriculture, which
places the corn crop for. South Caro-,
lima for this year at 4s,74O.o00bnsh
els. This estimate has, been furnish
ed the United Staten, department Of
agriculture. 4: ~
The most gratifying feature Of
| the estimate is that5aVerage. ptRduc-
tion Of corn. to: the acre inSth1s
State has increased from Is. Z bush
els to 81 bushels within q: gear
There was a marked increase iF>the
acreage Of corn, the greatest ii the
history of the State. The exact sta
ltistics on the. acreage have nottbeen
prepared.
The Columbia State says this5 tre-
!mendous crop Of corn mean that
South Carolina farme ers will be- able
to ship corn out of the State to 9TH
er sections and that more than S6.-
100000 spent on corn and corn! pro.
ducts will be saved To the people
AS has been stated railroad. m en-
familiar with the movement of9corn
say that the shipments into thia
State from the est have fallen off
materially during the past year and
that they expect to haul corn out OF
South Carolina next yelr.
The corn crop last year for South
Carolina was estimated at 37,000,-
900, which was an increase Of g.
100000 bushels over the year 1905.
The entire increase of corn sproduc-
tion in the Southern States lastyear
was 13, 100000 with 100000 of
that accredited to this State. S} aS}:.
There were over 8 1000 boys on the
farms of this State to plant an: acre
OF corn this year. Several hundreds
Of these boys have produced over 5
bushels Of corn on enc acre OF land
and have been awarded certificates
of merit By the State superintendent
OF education and Gov. Ansel.
More than 100 Of the boys have
produced over 100 bushels ;on.., one
acre, and there are several to pro-
duce over $50 bushels. These boys
will be the farmers OF the future
and the indications point to-, South
Carolina becoming one of the!slead-
ling, corn State in the United States.
r. r. ,fhJss Work Of the '5,U00T boys~ha
been under the direction of the
United States farm demonstration
workers, OF. which Ira w. Williams
Is at the head in this State.
The champion boy corn grower ,of
the world lives in South Carolina
and he has produced 22S bushels on
one acre Of land The boy Ia not
known. He lives in: the Pee Dee
section of the State and Is son OF
a minister. The marvellous yield
was secured on the parsonage land
The records Of the boy are in Wash
ington and are being considered by
the national department Of agrlcul.
ture, and his name will be announc.
ed from there within the next sever
al days. ,.'-
The boy has written story OF
how he produced the great yield
which will be published. He has de-
4 veloped a new plan of corn CROWN
4 which may be helpful to all Soutr
Carolina farmers.
/ The agitation for corn production
4 commenced in this State several
years ago and there has been stea.
1 dy In crease. No longer Is the far.
mer of South Carolina contenteo
with 20 bushels to the acre. The
| 100-bushel to the acre farmers ii
South Carolina are numerous. Te
stimulate: the interest in corn pro-
duction over $4,000 In prizes vii
be given this year. The climax vii
be the South Atlantic States corr
exposition which is to be held II
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