Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-06-30
GROW YOUR CORN
INSTEAD OF BUYING
Much More Than I25 Bushels Have Been
Grown on an Acre for Less Cost
per BusheI Than You Pay
In the Regular Market

IN tne negulaT WarKet
Rollo Cline. son of Prof. ]. s. Cline
Crab Orchard, has an acre IN corn now
that vely likely has never been sur
passed in the state. The editor of the
Chronicle made "trip there Saturday
to see it and learn something of inter
est to Chronicle readers. What we did
learn was so encouraging that we will
try to give in considerable detail what
has been and what is now being done.
1918 CORN CLUB.
1t will be remembered that Cornell
Cline, son of Prof. j. S. Cline, was
one of the contestants in the corn club
launched by the Knoxville Journal and
Tribune, in 1913 The contest was con-
fined to upland soils and resulted in
Cornell Cline receiving the second
prize of $3.50 in gold tor growing 81 1-2
bushels on one acre. The season was
unusually dry and the crop was for
that reason much less than it would
have been had the weather conditions
been favoraiie.
corn CLUB 1914.
Last year Roilo Cline entered the
corn club an took second prize by
growing 1872 nashels on single acre.
His crop wop i AVE been several BUSH
els more had ts not had to go through
a five-weeks drcuth at its most critic
al period.
THIS YEAR.
While there is no corn club contest
on the young man decided he would try
again and see if he could not surpass
the crop of last year. Every indica-
ton points to at least $50 bushels on
the acre, with normal weather condi-
tions. Some nersons think the field is
liable to reach 200 bushels One Of
the interesting points, and the point
that really means most to our farm
ers is, what kind of land was used and
how much fertilizer of all kinds was
used. In order to make the case as
clear as possible we will go back to the
year 1913, when the intensive farming
began, and show what was applied to
the acre and what it has produced:
THE FIRST EFFORT.
In 1918 twenty wagon loads of stable
manure, of about one ton to the load,
was used. The land was powed very
deep and thoroughly prepared. At the
time of planting 1000 pounds of corn
fertilizer was used, part was broad
casted and part put IN the row. After
the corn was about knee high so pounds
of nitrate of soda was broadcasted and
plowed in. AS stated the yield of
corn was 81 1-2 bushels and won cash
prize of $3.50.
LAST YEAR.
Last year the same acre was put in
potatoes, but no manure was used.
One thousand pounds of potato fertil
izer was used when the seed was plant
ed. At the last working the potatoes
were sown in cane and pease. The
acre produced 80 bushels of excellent |
potatoes, in spite of the fact that hun
1reds of persons did not raise any po-
tatOes on account of excessive drouth. /
The cane and pease were cut and |
weighed and there was 13, 845 pounds,
)r nearly seven tons. Owing to wet !
spell that came just as the cane and |
pease were cut they were not hauled !
nto the barn for three weeks after be-
ng cut. That doubtless caused consid-
srable shrinkage IN the hay crop.
THIS YEAR.
Last November this acre was plowed !
With a No. 80 Oliver and followed by ,
subsoiler, which worked the !
ground to a depth of about fifteen
nches. 1t was sown to rye and pas
ured some during the spring. The
We was dlsced and turned uuder and
he ground subsoiIed again to the same
Iepth as before.
April 20 the corn was planted in rows
3 inches apart and the intention was
o have the corn stalks ten to twelve