The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-13
BOY FARMER TELLS
HOW HE WON PRIZE
Joseph Stone Describes
Way in Which He Raised
Corn Crop.

Master Joseph Stone, II years old
who won the boys corn growers prize
of the state of Georgia by raising 102
So bushels of corn on one acre of
land, spent one day last week in At
lanta with his father. as the guest Of
Governor-elect Hoke Smith He was
invited here specially for the purpose
of getting him to give a detailed state
ment of how he cultivated the acre
from which he made over 100 bushels
OF corn that the statement might be
given to the press of the state so that
all the boys in Georgia might have an
opportunity of reading just how it was
done
Here is the boys story of how he
did it.
The land on which ! made 1902 SIS
bushels Of corn this year is two miles
from Chester, in Jackson county, Ga
II is upland and has been cleared
about eight years. My father cult-
waited it before this year, blowing
about nine inches deep, and he had
raised bale of cotton to the acre on
it, 1t was a clay land that had been
we'll cultivated and fortified before
and had a mulatto color
Il took the acre Of land on March 8,
and broke it with two mules, an aver.
age of 10 inches deep | then broad
cast the acre with six tWo-horse loads
Of stable manure and narrowed, break
ing up all the Jumps with a cut-away
harrow. Two or three days later ].
broke it again with two mules, going
down this time ID to Is inches deep
and pulverized it again 50 that there
was no Jumps left in it. The pillow !
used was a four-horse pillow but the
land had been well cultivated before
AID two big mules pulled it.
u laid off my rows IL feet wide
~rth a middle burster and put 400
pounds Of Red Star guano in the drill
and SUBSIDIZED the drill. This subsoil
went down inches deeper than had
gone before with the big pillow, making
% inches deep in the drill.
I planted my corn on March % and
used Hastings prolific seed thinned
the corn out with my hand, leaving the
stalks IA inches apart in the drill. May
B ! ran a Weeder over it. May Is |
ran the weeder over it again, and on
May 20 ran a reversible harrow over
it June l / plowed it with a ripper
and scrape, making two burrows. On
J-ae 10 | ran out the middle with one
furrow, using a big scrape.
"On June 20 ] put 200 pounds of the
same guano | used before on one side
Oh the row and ran a harrow over it.
o.. June 30 I put 200 pounds more Of
O. same guano on the other side of
row, covering it with a harrow On
ju'y E | broadcast with Is pounds Of
nj ate of soda and ran two burrows
TIN ough the middle of the ground be
tween the row. / scattered my guano
with my hand
My corn stalks averaged four ears
to the stalk | saved 200 bundles of
fodder and gathered S,2l0 pounds of
corn in the shack
ALLOWING S. rent for the acre of
land and 10 cents per hour for my
time and 5 cents per hour for each
males time, and 81 per load for the
stable manure, and adding what guano
and nitrate of soda cost me. the en-
tire cost of making the corn was %
cents per bushel.
Home-raised corn is worth 81 a
bushel at Center l have agreed to
sell my corn at So bushel for seed.
nut at 81 bushel for ordinary use.
would have cleared on my acre from
the corn $72.29 and from my fodder
at $3.50 per hundred $l775, making a
total clear profit of $1,000 from the
acre. Selling my corn as | have for
seed, make SCOOPS more and my net
profit on the acre is $29529"
Gov. elect Hoke Smith invited young
Mr.. Stone to Atlanta and requested
the interview because he is exceeding
~ anxious that stories of this kind of
work should become familiar to ev.
cry Georgia farmer, young and old.
They should he read in every rural
school in Georgia and the boys re
quired to stand an examination on
methods of farming which make an
acre produce such splendid yields. "
say Mr. Smith.
Mr.. Smith hopes that all the news
paners Of tho state will continue to
ca y similar information to the farm
= ere with the hope that a revolution OF
pre- ress may be begun almost at once
in orn producing and hog, stock and
cat raising
aster Joseph Stoae, by the way. is
pla ming to plant his acre in wheat
ne year TO compete for the wheat
pri. 2; he says he expects to raise 81
but els; and when the wheat crop is
EAa e, he says he will put the land i'm
me lately in peas for peayine hay