Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-01-15
HOW TO GROW
BIG CORN CROP
lO3 Bushels Per Acre
Produced Near On
tario, Oregon

Jesse Johnson of the Big Bend dis
trict, who won the 500 sweepstakes $
prize at the Ontario corn show held
November II and II, kept complete
record of the methods, time labor,
etc, he used in growing 1888 bushels
OF Iowa Silver Mine corn this year
on a measured acre of land ON his
splendid farm, says the Parma Review.
Mr.. Johnston lives in Oregon south of
Nyssa but gets his mail ON Parma
r. F. D. 3.
1t doubtless will prove of interest
to those farmers who are already
growing corn and to those who are
planning to do so to get Mr.. john
stons recrd of how he prepared
planted and managed his corn field
this year. 1t is as follows
.Iy soil Is loan. 1t lis 3la feet
deep from the top soil to the subsoil.
The subsoil is gravel. Alfalfa was
grown on this land last year This
land has been farmed eight years.
The Land was plowed March 10, 1915.
1t was plowed eight inches deep.
After plowing the land was irrigated,
then diSced and narrowed.
The soil was in good condition
when planted. Manure was applied
to the land March /, 1915. The land
was irrigated before corn was planted
and the corn received its first irri-
cation at the time it began to put
out shoots. This was July Is, 1915
Subsequent irrigations We're given 10
days apart. did not cultivate be-
tween irrigations.
"The corn was planted April 20,
1915. l drilled in the corn. The
space between the corn rows is AZ
inches. The space in the corn rows
Is IL inches. l planted Iowa Silver
Mine corn. l did not test the seed
before planting it. The stand of corn
was good The corn was cultivated
four times. The first cultivation was
five inches deep, the other three cul-
tivations were about four inches deep.
used a P. & O. row cultiyator. The
corn was Slightly damaged by wind
storm, but received no damages from
disease or insects. bought my seed
corn. ! grew eleven acres of corn
this year. corrugated with single
shovel in order to irrigate when the
corn was about 18 inches tall. 7 cul-
tivated two times after adjusting the
cultivator so as to keep the burrows
open. This was done so as not to
disturb the corn roots like it would
later, and I believe this method has
a tendency to make deeper rooted
plant.
In making up the cost of the acre
of corn time of man was estimated
at 90 cents an hour, the time of each
horse at 5 cents an hour, and the
cost OF harvesting at cents per
bushel. Barnyard manure was fig
ured at so for a two-horse load.
Based upon these figures the cost
of my acre of ground was as follows:
Flowing, myself and horses :. $ 2.45
Other work in preparing ground 1.5O
Planting the acre of corn :. 80
Cultivating the acre Of corn, ..1.SO
Lrrigat1ng :. ~
Hoeing acre ofcorn... :. =. LOO
Cost of harvesting :. =. :. :. All
Cost of barnyard manure. :. 2.50
Cost of seed corn at pounds
acre.. ............ ~
Total cost of producing acre
corn. :. :. :. :. ...... 1892
Value of Corn From Acre
Pounds of corn raised on con-
test acre. :. :. :. :. :. 1926
Market value of corn per hun
dred when harvested :. :. 100
Value of corn. >. 1926
Profit on acre of corn :. 58.03
Cost of my corn per bushel .146 cents
c. l.. Smith, expert agriculturist
for the o. W. r. & NJ, who lectured
at this corn show, said the corn
shown here was the best he had
ever seen at any previous corn show.
MT. Smith advises less irrigation and
more cultivation of the corn. He ad-