The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-11
MILTON man WINS
CORN CHAMPIONSHIP
OF WAYNE COUNTY

championship of Wayne county,s
corn growers was won this year by
william Vessel of Milton, with a
Yield OF 1857 bushels, a record that
enttles the grower to one Of the gold
medals awarded by the Indiana Corn
growers association, to all contes-
tants IN the i've acre club. who grow
more than 100 bushels to the acre,
Three other Wayne county men,
Theodore Davis of Green's Fork, Al.
bert Ferris of Milton, and Charles F.
Williams of Boston township, also
were gold medal winners, while six sill
yer medals and four bronze medals
will come into the county this year.
Wayne county this year will nearly
equal the record of Henry county last
year, when six gold medals were won
Only one gold medal goes to Henry
county this year.
ne record for this year far eclipses
previous club records in the county,
only two bronze medals having been
awarded in 1920, and one silver and
one bronze in 1921. Never before has
Wayne county taken even one gold
medal.
Years Big Yields
Yields on which awards were made
this year were as follows: William
Vessel 1857 bushels; Albert Ferris,
1929: Theodore Davis, 1925; Charles
F. Williams, 1907: William Dorgan,
Fountain City, 1913; D. W. Scott, East
haven Farms, 90.6: Wood Eliason,
Centerville, 90.2; V. 3. Wilson, Green's
Fork (silver medal winner in 1921,
1874; Gaar Eliason, CenterviIle, 50;
Joseph Helms, 85.6; NJ. Hill, Bethel,
S2.5; Arvel Daley, Centerville, 81.9;
Charles Weadick, Webster, SIG; E. J.
Reynolds, Centerville. rs. Silver med
ale are awarded for yields from IS to
100 bushels per acre, and bronze for
yields Of from rs to SIS bushels.
Deep blowing, use of high analysis
fertilizer, with corn planted on ground
that had been in clover sod, was the
report OF the influences aiding in the
yield in most cases. The two highest
yields, of William Vessel and Albert
Ferris, close neighbors on the south of
Milton, were grown on second bot
tom" ground, plewed to a depth, re-
ported by Mr.. Vessel, at nine inches,
and only an inch snaifower for Mr..
Ferris field.
Process of Work.
Il fall plowed my ground said Mr..
Vessel. then double disced and
dragged it in the spring. 1t was
planted with Reid's Yellow Dent,
drilled in on May Z. Fertilizer of the
l-13 analysis was drilled in with the
corn, so pounds to the acre. The corn
was given three civilizations with a
two-horse cuftivator, and was gone
over once with a spring tooth cult
vatOr run between the rows After
that the weather did the rest"
Mr.. Ferris obtained his results in
practically the same manner, but
used slightly different fertilizer, and
higher analysis than usual among
the contestants, 100 pounds to the
acre of 20 per cent acid phosphate.
Il always favor high analysis ferti-
lizers," says Mr.. erris. 1.-THE cost per
unit of fertility value is much less, so
that in spite of the apparent high cost
per ton, the high analysis is cheaper
than the cheap fertilizer. An anaIy-
sis with one per cent of ammonia, for
instance, has 10 pounds of nitrogen
fertility, and when one tenth of
ton is spread over an acre, 43,5GO
square feet there is not much for
each hill"
''My ground was spring plowed,
dragged and disced twice. said Mr..
Ferris. Il drilled in Reid's Yellow Dent
Corn on May IS, cultipacked after
planting, and then went over the
field four times with a two-horse cul-
tivator"
The plot which Mr. Davis of Green's
Fork, entered in the contest this year,