The Green Forest tribune., 1911-01-06
South Carolina Boy Grows 228
 Bushels on Single Acre.
Fifteen-Year-oId Lad Kept Diary, Knowing Public Would Want De- tails-Wlns Quite a Bunch of
 Money in Prizes.

Charleston, s. C.-Jeremiah Moore the world, and his record of over FPS bushels of corn of the finest quality, grown on a single acre, is the second greatest acre yield in the history of corn production, the only record that tops Jerry's being that of Farmer Drake, also of South Carolina, who several years ago grew 255 bushels on one acre.
 Jerry Moore, who Is an orphan, is not yet 15 years old, yet on his one acre he has made more money than thousands of farmers with 100 acres will clear this year. His prizes from agricultural Societies and kindred or ganizations will aggregate over $500, while the profit from the corn itself will amount to $13070.
 Jerry knew he was going to make bid for championship honors. and though he is nothing but a poor little South Carolina farm boy, he has the news instinct and realized that if he did win, the newspapers would want to know how he did it, and so, In or der that the story would be correct, Jerry kept a diary.
 The diary, it is said will pass into the keeping of the Department of Az riculture in Washington, which will see to it that other boys in this coun- try are given the secret of Jerry's uccess and encouraged to follow his example, Here is the diary in part:
 Light, gray, sandy upland, the iary starts off, with top soil about hree or four inches deep. Old land, early level, with just enough drain or the water to run off. During first ,art of March, 1910, spread 800 one qorse wagon loads of rich dirt on my 4cre, and followed it with 50 one lorse wagon loads of fertilizer, the utter scattered broadcast"
 March 25-Land broken with Dixie iows One Dixie following the furroW of he other and with the two breaking a5aut 10 or i2 inches deep. The soil Was so well pulyerized, did not harrow; re- broke like it was the first time.
 March 29-Harrowed and laid off in rows BE- feet wide with Dixie ploW. Distributed 800 pounds of suano containing Der cent of phospRorie acid, 3 per cent of ann monia, and per cent of potash, in Dixie fuIrow and covered with furrows making 8 small ridge,
 March 30-Opened ridge with shovel blow and dropped three gallons of Batess four-ear prolific corn, dropping by hand and almost sowing. Covering corn with small shovel blow 2la inches deep. Note-On this same day sowed 800 pounds of acid phosphate on rows and narrowed surface all over, leaving it level
 April 10-No rain since land was broken and ground so dry the rusty corn did nol rOmG up readily. RePlanted for fear l would not get a stand.
 April 20-Stand good. and weather con ttnues dry
 April 2l-A good rain
 April 25-Sowed 700 pounds kainit along -ows and narrowed with Little Joe har- ow. narrowing twice to the row. Barred f with Dixie blow.
 May 5-I made mixture of 600 pounds
 cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of acid loAvhate, and 200 pounds of kainit. and ina cold distributor sowed on each side the rows, and narrowed, going twice tu row. leveling the surface as near as ssible
 May 10-Repeated the work of May B. distributed the mixture of cotton seed al, phosphate, and kainit four inches 'ther from the rows. On this day also yed 200 pounds of nitrate of soda along
 rows.
 V 17-Harrowed, going twice to the
 hinned corn to six inches in row
 24-Harrowed. going twice to the
 Good rain.
 Using a cold distributor, sowing
 enter of middle 1000 pounds 8:3:3