The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-12
BtNNIE BEESON
Tells HOW He
MADE 22O BUSHELS
CHAMPION CORN RAISER OF THE
NATION WRITES SECT.
sTocKMAN.
GlFtS FULL DETAILS
no" Land Was Broken, Fertilized
And Worked. Meridian Home Mi,:.
'uFe Fertilizer, New Era Corn and
Energy,

In response to letter from Secre
tary Stockman of the Hattiesburg
commercial Club, Bennie Beeson, of
monticello, Miss, the champion corn
raiser of the United States for the
year 1911, has written the following
communication as to how he cult
Vated his corn and giving other de-
sirable information,
HOW MADE MY CORN.
More than a score have asked bv
mail for my plans, etc, of working
my corn and every mail brings let
ters of the same nature. Thus. I have
thought ii wise for me to write a COM
position on, How l made my corn"
giving details as minutely as possi-
DIE in condenced form, type write
same and inclose a copy to interested
inquirers.
1t is more than a pleasure to me to
tell how I made 227 and 1-16 bushels
of corn on one acre. In 1909 I Joined
the Boys Corn Club of Lincoln coun-
ty, Mississippi, and won the first in
1909 a gold watch given by the Com
mercial Bank of Brookhaven, Lincoln
county, Miss.
In 1911 lead in my county, in the
state, and in the nation. In the ma
tional contest every paper came out
in large head lines, "Bennie A. Beeson
of Mississippi, leads the prize win
ners in the contest" I've won both
years in county, this year in the state
and in the nation.
NY land is upland, with black top
soil and red clay sub-soil, and has
been in cultivation for eight years.
being alternated with cotton and corn.
For the past three ears this land has
received special treatment, breaking
little deeper every year, (this year
epect to break is inches). 1t was
broken in December, 1870 ten inches
with steel-beam two-horse plow. In
March I broadcast eleven loads of
barn-yard manure, and cross broke it
with the same plow, following immedi-
ately with a sub-soiler. This break
Ing was fiften inches deep. 1 then
narrowed it, and laid off my rows
three feet apart with an eight-inch
middle-lister. Then my fertilizer dis
tributor was run In the same fur
row. putting 200 lbs. of Meridian
Home Mixture fertilizer. ! then threw
two burrows back with small one
horse turn pillow. (The narrowing,
laying off the rows, and running the
fertilizer distributor was just before
planting) The corn was planted
April 18th, on a level with a Lulu
planter. My planter puts the corn
about twelve inches apart. left gen
orally two Stalks in hill! (Did not
check rows.) At first working 200
mounds OF same fertilizer was used as
A side dressing At second working
one hundred pounds of same fertilizer
and when in full silk two hundred
mounds Of Nitrate of soda 1t was
narrowed in the middle worked my
corn regularly once a week with an
ordinary cultivator, running very
,p,lIow. ! think so much corn is ruin
al bv deep plowing. l used a culti-
vator altogether and run 1t very shall
Allow.
have planted New Era corn both
wars and it has given satisfaction In
oyerv way. New Era corn has led in
overv contest, so far as ! know, for
, .ho mast three years in this state. It
dvss on an average of about three
s.r to the stalk, depends on how
thick it is left in drill. 1t is proiihc
corn. -,
NV land and corn was measured oy
pr0f Martin Hemphili and n. =.
H,uphiv under rules Of Boys eorA
contest. 90, 90 coa.
:, ,anor and fertilizer. $685. Cost q
manure. s1l. !, NV
vas worked under the In
s-suons Of my f.thss s...r ~ 49, :,
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