The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-22
North Cardinals Opportunity
in The Production of Corn
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farm demonstrators are going to keep
the boys in line for an increasing num-
Der of acres Of good corn. The grown
ups are going to try what they can
do with better crops Of corn. The
farmer all over the State has taken
new interest in better corn yields,
and he is helping to get the average
yield to the acre raised above the
present level. You can find farmers
everywhere who are croWding that IA
bushel yield, which is half the yield
the prize acre made last year in this
State, and a fair number of farmers
arc getting above the 100 bushel mark.
Here is another most significant in
dication of the way the wind sets in
regard to corn production. The corn
crop Of 1902 totaled 2,523, ,3l2
bushels That of 1913 reached a
total of little less, or 2,446,9S8, 900
bushels. These figures are near
enough to be taken as practically the
| same. In the big crop of 1902 seven
i States, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ne
| braska, Kansas, Indiana and Ohio
| total crop, and in 1913 these same
States made only 309,000,0sO of the
| total, or a falling off of 800, ,00o, 600
bushels in these seven States. In
1902 these States made over two
| thirds Of the entire crop. In 1a1 3
| they made a trifle over half. 1t is
apparent that the corn crop is shift
ing away from what were the big
corn States.
Tremendous Increase in South.
| Now notice another thing equally
| significant. Of the crcp of 1902 the
six States Of Texas, Alabama, North
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi and
| Virginia made 206, 6,803,0OO bushels,
and the same six States in 1913 made
490, 900 bushels, or almost two
and half times as much. The corn
crop of these six Sout heastern States
increased $50 per cent. and the crop
OF the Northern States fell off over
80 per cent. What the North lost
the South has gained.
Still another important fact shows
how the corn crop of the South is
coming forward. In 1912 the country
, made the enormous crop of 3,124 ,0O0,-
600 bushels Of corn. All the cerr
States made big crops that year. Ir
1918, the year following the crop
fell back to 2,446, ,9SS,00O bushels
\ While the whole country lost 678, 5000,
! 600 bushels the six State of Nortl
/. Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
[ Alabama. Mississippi and Texas gain
ed 34.000,000 in their crop. Will,
: the whole country lost 20 per cen
in it's corn crop these six States O
On the phenomenally big crop of tn
y preceding year. Had the entir
| country held the gain these six State
l. made over the crop of 1912 the cro]
of 1913 would have been a billion
bushels bigger than it was
Now one more fact that will com
s. pei thoughtful men to stop a bit an,
e figure on this revolution. In 100
e North Carolina from 2,7O6,6S2 acre
y harvested 37,622,SsO bushels of corr
q In 1913 the acreage had increase
u by trifle to 2,S35,0 900 acres, but tn
: yield had climbed to 55, ,2S2, 900 bush
els. An increase of three per cent j
7, acreage and fifty per cent in produo
IL ton. In the United States for tn
same period the increase was IL pc
- , cent in the acreage and the increas
In production four per cent. In tn
:. two Carolinas, Georgia, Alabam;
IL Mississippi and Texas the acreage ir
:. creased 4,060,00o acres, and the Gro
= 230, 100000 bushels. In the rest
y the country the acreage increase
nearly twice as many acres and tf
!. crop fell off 10000, 200 bushels il
y stead of increasing.
n Advance Swift and Broad.
10 So it will be seen that by whatev.
re test the progress of corn culture
r. the South is measured the advance
,c swift and on a broad basis. Wheth,
it is compared with the crops of
of dozen years ago, with the big cre
III of 1913, with the average acre il
re crease, or anything that we can mu
Is ter, the same result is obtained TT
lv States Of the Atlantic and the Gu
ed coast where the rainfall is abundar
n are the States in which the corn or,
1k is assuming the increasing propo
ch tons every year, and the States
lie which the corn crop sufferes a retr
lg, gresslon are those farther in the i
un terror where the moisture is in smaI
ed er quantities Even the hovs 30 ~
corn clubs get the same eratifvi,