The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-01-28
South Carolina Boy Grows 228
Bushels on Single Acre.
FIfteen-Year-old Lad Kept Diary,
Knowing Public Would Want De-
taIls-Wins Quite Bunch OF
Money in Prizes.

Charleston, s. C.-Jeremiah Moore
10 the champion boy corn grower in
the world, and his record of over 22S
grown on q 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
4 several years ago grew 255 bushels on
one acre.
Jerry Moore, who is an orphan, is
not yet Is 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
CARNATIONS will aggregate over $500,
while the profit from the corn itself
will amount to $130.70.
Jerry knew he was going to make
bid for championship honors, and
though he is nothing but poor little
South Carolina farm boy, he has the
H news instinct and realized that il he
did win, the newspapers would want
to know how he did 1t, 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
success and encouraged to follow his
example. Here is the diary in part:
Light, gray, sandy upland" the
diary starts off, with top soil about
three or four inches deep. Old land,
nearly level, with just enough drain
for the water to run Off. During first
part of March, 1910, spread 800 one
horse wagon loads of rich dirt on my
acre, and followed 1t with so one
horse wagon loads of fertilizer, the
latter scattered broadcast"
March 25-Land broken with Dixie
blows One Dixie following the furrow Of
the other and with the two breaking
about 70 or L inches deep po+ The h soil was
broke like 1t was the first time.
March 29-HarroWed and laid off In rows
3sa feet wide with Dixie plow Distributed
of phosphoric acid, 8 per cent of am
1nonia, and 5 per cent Of potash, in Dixie
tuTroW ana covered Win burrows uahlug
March sO-opened! ridge with shove!
plow and dropped three gallons OF
hapd snd Utmost pr seWn s0 sGRge
with small shovel pillow ~ inches deep. -,
Notion this same day sowed 500
narrowed surface all over, leaving 1t
level.
April 1o-No rain since land was broken,
and ground SO dry the rusty corn did nol
come, up readily. Replanted for fear /
W April nSe ga a good and weather con-
April IA good rain.
April 25--Sowed 100 pounds kafnit along
rows and narrowed with Little Joe har-
how narrowing twice to the row. Barred
off with Dixie pillow.
May 81 made 81 mixture of 600 pounds
of cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of acid
phosphate, and 200 pounds of kainit, and
with a cold distributor sowed on each side
or the rows. and narrowed, going twice to
the row. leveitng the surface as near as
MAY Io-Repeated the work of May .,
but distributed the mixture of cotton sead
meal, phosphate. and kainit four inches 1
sowed 200 pounds of nitrate of soda along
the rows.
row; tflinned corn to Six Inches in row.
May. M-HarroWed, going twice to the
row.
Nav 27-Using cold distributor. sowing
In the center of middle 1000 pounds $50
guano and narrowed with Little Joe har-
row, going twice to the row.
! Same day-Sowed 200 pounds Of nitrate
of soda along the row.
June Narrowed. going twice to the 1
row.
Tune and 6-Good rains.
June S--Sowed 800 pounds OF nitrate of
soda and narrowed twice to the row.
June 1G--Storn and corn blown down.
June fl-Set corn up: corn about six /
feet high and beginning 70 silk.
June f5-Harrowed very lightly with |
Little Joe harrow, going twice to the |
row.
June aa--TIarrowed lightly: corn now in |
fun silk; ground perfectly Clean
Since June rains have been frequent.
Corn doing It's best. No sign of firing or
failure of any kind.
b y,siy 4-No lack OF rain so far and corn I
almost matured Almost every stalk has /
M ear and n.sAy Of them two or fhrae