The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-01-28
BOYS HISTORY OF CORN CROP
How ! Made Seventy-Six Bushels of
Corn ON One Acre.

Early last spring / decided to joir
the Boys Corn Club. l selected q
plot Of upland new ground that had
just been cleared for my club acre
The soil of this plot was deep, black
ioamy type with q yellow clay sub.
soil. As this was the first year that
this land had been cultivated, there
were s0kCgeat many roots in the
grousxs7 q; prevented me from
breaking 1T very deep. On April II
broke my lind about seven inche.
deep with special new ground pillow
The soil was dry and pulverizeC
fine. April 16 | disced the land thor.
oughly with two-horse disc, and or
April 9th | narrowed the land GOOD
with section harrow, and on the
same day | took horse and laid
the rows of about four feet apart
for planting, which was again fol-
lowed by the harrow, putting the
seed bed in an ideal condition. On
Ithe evening of April 9th l planted
my corn, putting it about twenty-one
inches apart in the drill. The seed
used was tie Meals Paymaster va
riety, corn that in 1914 made the
highest yields out of fifteen differ
ent varietiss at the Tennessee Ex-
pertinent Station under like condi-
ton.
-Four day after I planted my corn
drag was run over the ground,
which filed up the trenches made by
the planter and pulverized the
ground more thoroughly, warm
sunshine and ample moisture quick
ly brought The corn up. The stand
was about medium, and the young
stalks had q good rich color. May
9Th | cultivated the young corn with
a section harrow, which broke the
crust, and killed all the young weeds
and grasses. On May 9Th l cultiva-
ted the young corn with a five tooth
cultivator, putting fresh dirt around
the roots. A little later, May oath,
| put a heel sweep through the mid
dies, and on June 7th l narrowed the
corn, using v harrow. Five days
later, June 2, ] again put the heel
sweep around the corn, and June 10
| used the v harrow again, followed
one week later by a fourteen-tooth
cultivator. Ny corn was now tas-
sling, and beginning to silk, but
continued to stir the soil. On July
z ! gave my corn the last cultivation
by again narrowing the middles with
fourteen tooth harrow.
| cultivated my corn ten times, the
first cultivation being given about
four days before the corn came u
and the last was given after the corn
was in full silk. My motto was
shallow and frequent cultivation. .
| used no stable, manure, nor COM
mercial fertilizerrof any kind on my
crops, While the season OF 1915 was
good in most respects for corn grow
ing yet at times my corn suffered
for rain, and at one time it was
blown fiat down by the wind, dam
aging it | consider around ten per
cent, / estimate that the average
yield Of corn on similar land worked
by the ordinary methods in this
county was about thirty bushels per
acre. Mr.. G. H. benson, the depart
ment agent in charge of Haywood
county rendered me valuable
assistance at all times during
the year He visited my corn four
times, and instructed me as to how
to cultivate according to govern
ment methods. / worked only one
acre strictly according to govern
ment methods, but | used this meth
cd to some extent in all my crop.
carefully selected my seed in the
field for another year and win plant
some kind Of cover crop on this land
for winter. I produced seyenty-six