The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-03
DETAILS ABOUT
BIG CORN CROP
Clarnce Bixby Of Chandler Tells How
lie Prepared Ground and Raised
Eighty. eight Bushels on Acre

My father gave mt an ucre Of land
on which to plant corn for the demon
stration WORK. This ground WIS
In cotton lust year. 1t u
first class bottom land. Ii Is what /
made land. Ii wac %paBtuned
through the winter with horses and
cows. When they were taken of, l
hauled four loads Of b~aruyHrd mnuur
aud put on the places that | thought
needed II most. This vac done the lAth
Of February. then plowed It about ten
Inches deep, the 18th Of February,
with u three horse riding pillow. l
then left II until the oath Of Febru-
airy, when there had been some freezes
and bad weather, ! narrowed It to
Keep all Of the moisture that 1 could
for the plants. | narrowed II again
the Dist Of March for the same pur-
pose Then l waited until "A day b.
fore l planted 1t, and narrowed h
again. This was the 10Th OF April
Now my ground WA I'm good shape
to plant corn the next day. The
ground was thoroughly pulyerlzed and
nice and mellow for u seed bed.
On the 10th Of April | planted It
with a twO-row corn planter wnh
furrOw openers on IT, | used the fur
row openers ON the planter 80 that /
could harrow the corn while II wNa
little, and ahead Of the weeds and
grass, and ave work, but | was
afraid that a hard rain would come,
which would cover the seed 30 deep
that It wouldn't come up; II was
sandy, or sandy loan. A pretty good
rain did come, and | thought It had
damaged II some, but I'm a few days
there was Il perfect stand. ! planted
the seed just deep enough so thsy
would be sure 10 come up.
About the time the corn was wen
up, the little grass and weeds began
to come. Then / used my harrow. /
killed Just about all the weeds and
grass, and gave It Il good cultivation
at the same time. | did this on the
2nd " May. After | narrowed my
ground ! was ready for my first cul
t@iyation the 18Th Of May. I used the
walking John Deere o~ultiyator. i
plowed deep and close 10 the corn. 80
that the roots would grow deeper
down I'm the ground. The second cub
tyation was Just about the same as
the first, deep and close 10 the corn,
not 80 close that II would hurt II.
This was done the Pond Of May. My
next cultivation was the lgt Of June.
This time | did not pillow 10 deep as /
did the first and second time. II was
about three inches deep. The last
cultivation wa on the 10Th Of June.
II was Il shallow blowing 70 make n
good dirt mulch 10 hold the moisture.
| could have cultivated II again, but
| was afraid / would break some Of
the stalks down, and besides / intend
ed to drug II with al old moving ma
! chine wheel to keep Il good mulch.
On the 18th Of June | went through
and chopped out the few remaining
punches Of weeds and grass and then
| went through II once with my NOW
Ing machine wheel drag. This was
OF the 18th Of July, and this did my
corn more good than l thought It
would. The reason I did not go
through It more with the wheel was
that q wind storm blew some Of the
stalks down, aud / was afraid Of
hurting them. | waited until the 20.
9th OF August, then | cut the corn
and shocked II. On the l0-ll-14th NJ
September II was gathered and this
was the end Of the work on my acre
OF ground.
I do not feel that I have lost any
thing by trying, but have gained
something, for have learned better
methods " farming. The club II what
started me, and II IL one Of the best
things for farmer boys and girls, II
they will try. II they will do their
best. they will learn something that
will he worth while. II also points
out the social side OF life, and this is
one Of the great things that Ia lacking
among the farmers. The business
men OF the towns IN Interested I'm t.
They helped along, too, and n can
get help all the way through II they
try. | have tried II for three years
and haven't lost anything, and next
year | am going to try to do more u
help the club work along.
Since | have belonged to the Boys and
Girls club, | have read the farm pa.
pers more, besides the help | got from
the county and state agents. In thes,
papers you get the Ideas Of 50 many
different people, and 81 many NJ thes,
Ideas are good common Ideas about
farming. Anyone who viii read thes,
papers will get something that will
he Of some help 10 him sometime
feel that | have been repaid FOR my
work by my experience and the ~
bu. ~ lbs NJ nice corn that | raised
Clarence BlNby, Chandler, Okla.
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