St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-02-26
FARM NOTES
easily have won the 1o-acre con-

easily have won the 10-acfe con
test.
After winning these prizes / de
cided to enter the 10-acre contest
for 1915, also the i00-bushel con-
test, with the result as stated il
the first paragraph of this nara
ton. Besides winning first hon
ors in the i0-acre contest, | was
fortunate in winning with my best
ten ears of Mosby's corn first prize
in the ten-ear open contest for pro-
life varieties at the 1915 Louisiana
State Fair.
Owing to the unfavorable season
of last year, it happened that no
contender in the 100-bushel contest
attained the required production of
a thousand bushels corn on the 10
acres, hence 40 award was given
in that contest. However, had the
corn season been more favorable |
am sure that my ten acres would
have averaged 400 bushels or more
per acre, as about three acres of
my 10-acre plot averaged no
bushels per acre.
As for the cultivation of the 10
acre plot, on the 20 of March /
began breaking the land flat, using
a No. 10 steam beam Rose Clipper
pillow, breaking it s or 10 inches
deep. I then scattered barnyard
fertilizer on the poorest parts.
April Il | ran a 4-horse disc over
the land one way. April 20 | ran
the disc crossWays and followed
the disc with a 4-horse section har-
row and planted the plot On a level
April rs in rows 4 feet apart.
| planted the corn with a corn
planter with a fertilizer attach
ment and used 800 lbs. of cotton
seed meal on the 10 acres; dropping
te corn IL inches apart in the
drill.
May 6 I cultivated it with a sec
ton harrow, running it across the
rows. May IL I cultivated it again
angling across the rows with sec
ton harrow. May IL | went
through it and pulled the corn out,
leaving one stalk to a hill where
the stand was regular; where T.
found the stand broken left 2 or
3 stalks to a hill to make up for
the open space. Then followed
this with a 5-foot Planet, Jr., cul-
tlyator which cultivated the mid
die and drill both, leaving the corn
about on a level.
May "a | cultivated the corn,
using the same cultivator with an
8-inch horse hoe on the zeal tooth
left the corn on a narrow
June 4 I drilled cotton seed
meal in the bottom of the furrow
using 200 lbs. per acre. I then put
he middles out with the same
sultivator, using an 8-inch middle
breaker OF the rear tooth, and this
covered the meal well.
June Is went through the plot
With cane knives, cutting out all
talks that were not perfectly
ormed. June II I swept the corn,
wo burrows to the row, with a 20
nch Brindley sweep. In the bot
ON of the burrows / drilled nj
rate of soda, using 200 lbs. per
ere. | then used the 20-ineh
'rindley sweep to cover the soda, !.
unning two burrows to the mid !,
lie. This was the last cultivation !.
5 the corn was beginning to tassel. .
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