The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-19
GREATEST 1918 CORN YIELD.
GEORGIA BOY MADE 1912
BUSHELS OF CORN ON A
SCANT ACRE.
Authenticated Figures Certified and
Accepted by Local, state and Fed
eral Authorities.
Augusta. Ca. Chronicle. Nov. 1s.

NusuSta' pd'' CnrOncle, Nov. 13.
The worlds greatest yield of corn
fer 1918 has been made by Edward
Jackson Welborn. a boy under II
years OF age. of Morgan County, in the
Augusta district.
Authenticated figures, certified to
and accepted by local. state and fed
eral authorities yesterday, definitely
placed him at the head of the corn
growers OF the nation. He made
1912 bushels of corn on a scant
acre of land, exceeding his yield of
last year by approximately twenty
bushels
The corn was grown on upland, on
lot used for dairying about ten years,
and was planted in rows three feet,
four inches apart. and an average OF
live inches in the drill. The acre con-
tained about $4,000 stalks of corn and,
according to the authorities. it aver
aged one and one-half ears of corn
per stalk.
Prof. j. X. Giles. as assistant State
agent In charge of the field work for
the State and federal departments OF
agriculture. states that nc is of the
opinion that. with one more rain, the
yield would have gone to ESQ bushels
per acre. Professor Giles. who Is head
OF the work under Prof. j. Phil Camp
bell. acting under instructions receiv-
ed Tuesday, went into the report with
the most minute detail and last night
authorized the statement that the
yield would sand as official with his
department.
Corroborating the report Prof. w.
q. Acree. principal of the Eighth Dis
trict Agricultural College: Prof. E. s.
Bird, superintendent OF schools in
Morgan county; Il. s. Bradley, sec
retary OF the Chamber of Commerce
at Madison; +. n. Almand and ]. A.
Rogers. formerly OF the bureau Of
surveys, have sttested the figures and
certify that they are correct. Prof. ].
Walter Hendricks, district demonstra-
tion agent, and Prof j. X. Giles both
declared they were personally satis-
fed with the figures, and Professor
Hendricks stated he was officially sure,
but Professor Giles withheld his Of
hcial confirmation until he carried
out specific instructions from Mr.
Campbell. who is In Washington, and
last tight he put official approval
on the figures by a message trans
mitted through Professor Acree TO Mr..
McAuliffe. manager OF The Chronicles
Corn Show.
Highest 1913 Yield I'm the World.
This establishes the highest yield
scored up to date in the world for
1913 and there is no doubt i'm the
minds of officials but that this will
stand against all other figures for this
year Three other boys, all i'm Pick
ems county. Georgia. scored above the
100-bushel mark for the year. their
yields being 161 bushels, 163 bushels
and 1s5 bushels respectively.
Edward j. Welborn. winner of the
nrst prize I'm The Chronicles Corn
Show-"Miss Georgia" and Miss Car
olina." the handsome pair OF 5000
mules. through Il. j. Lyon &c Co., and
the 800 Chatts nooga wagon and set
OF harness. through Lyon & Kelly
will also undoubtedly be awarded the
fine Percheron mare. offered by
the Central OF Georgia to the corn
club boy making the largest yield OF
corn In Georgia. However, this will
not be awarded until the last corn
show is held In Georgia.
The winner is not quite II years OF
age. is student i'm the Eighth Dis
trict Agricultural College. and has
been studying the most approved
methods In corn-growing for the past
three years. Last winter he attended
the short course at the state College
or Agriculture. and during the Ma
uonal Corn show he attended the corn
school lectures there. This year ne
worked under direct supervision OF
the best authorities and captured the
worlds record for 1913.
Today he will be at the Chronicles
Corn show from 10 o'clock until late
In the afternoon and will be glad to
uIk with any one interested I'm the
WORK He is "A bright young man. and
he VIII be the cynosure Of all eyes at
the corn show today.
His hgurcs show that Il cost him
-''o' cents per bushel To grow the
corn basing his figures on the gov.
ernments ratio. Had ne been cog