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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1915)
WBmmMmwmmsmtm kKJidMutfiuutoku. wrnna MBfoWUflin""""" 10 Growing Corn in BY C. U SMITH, O.-W. It. & N. Agriculturist, mm EARLY every Blngle corn pint nun In tho Northwest was visited mm during the- 19M Browing Reason by myself or my ngBlstant, In most cases accompanied by the County Agriculturist. At tho time of harvest tho yields were certified to by two or more disinterested pnrtles, nnd cither the Superintendent of Schools or 'County Agricultural Agent, In tho 'case of boys' contest, nnd tho con testants generally wero well satis fled with the correctness of weights nnd measures. ; The following statement from the Malheur district, certified to by tho master of Malheur County Pomona Grange and by a cointnltteo of thrco members of the Orange, Is as exact In detail as It Is possible to secure: nUBhels Shelled Corn Acr's i tipici nor in Contestant Prize. Weight K. L. Tnte, sweepstake 8210 Bert lloblnson. first... 79C0 O. W. Swlgcrt. second. 7C1G !ll. It. Hatch, third.... 710G 'Alex Wade C90G Acre. Fid 121.CS 0 112.no 108.70 102.13 98.97 92.32 A. Brndney "Go Njoon District. I A. M. .TnlniBnn. first... 77G7 112.95 102.38 98.75 102.14 107.11 107.S7 91.14 71.40 77.G0 73.20 78.34 8 ?l 28 8 12 3 7 8 30 11 T f!. t-'rvi". second 7050 iW. B. Van Dyke, third 0913 'W. T. Connnt v.... 7'CO William roltx 7790 13. S. Butler 7700 Cnlro District. Henry Johnson, first.. 0SG0 Frod Bnilcr. second... 6385 L. D. Gordon, third.... 5610 T. C Johnson 5191 D. D. Barney GG7G t T Ta.i1.Imm K3K4 7C.J0 8 There wcro 12 others in mo con test who had yields of from 40 to 00 bushels. Without Fertilization. Thcso wonderful yfohls wcro mndo on land that had been six or moro years In alfalfa without fertilization. It took an avcrago of less than 70 pounds of com to mnko a buBhol of fuelled corn. Tho nvcrngo cost of growing nnd cribbing a buBhol of corn wns about 12 cents. Tho com plete data regardlug tho method of growing, tho yields, and tho cost of production, etc., nro tabulated and arc n matter of record In tho office of tho County Agriculturist, whero thoy may bo consulted nt any time. Tho following Btory of Hnrvey It. Hatch Is n samplo of tho reports re ceived from growers: Pnmple neporl. In presenting my report of tho acre of corn entered In tho Malheur Corn Contest. 1 hnvo thought pcrhnpn a brief history of this particular aero of growing would bo or Interest. In Its natural Mate Damo Nature had covered It with ti denso nro win of sagebrush, the soil being of ix Bandy nature, tho winds of years had blown the surface up In small sand dunes or hillocks. In tho early Hummer of 1893 tho bruh was denied and tho i;round Joveled with u slip scraper with Its accompanied back aches nnd heart aches. Land waH seeded to alfalfa Btpt'iinbor 1. 1893. remaining In nt falfu for 17 years, yielding on on average of 7i tons per aero per year, or 127 tons for this particular acre. In the Spring of 1911 tho nlfulfa sod was plowed nnd sown to wheat, yield ing 07 V, bushols per ncro. In tho Spring of 1912 the ground was again plowed and sown to oats, which yielded 90 bj.hols per aero. In the Bprlng of 1913 tho grouna wns again plowed nnd sown to clover with oats us u. inirso crop, oats yield ing 05 bushels per acre, u stnnd of clover being secured on only a por tion of the land, It wus decided to plant same to corn In 1914. Tho portion or tho aero not having a stund of clover was given a dress ing of barnyard manure applied with an International inanuru spreader In the early Bprlng. On the 20th or April ground was Ir rigated, on April 2Gth tho clovor had grown to ii height or about a root and ground plowed seven Inches deep, fol lowed by doublo discing und harrow ing with u splke-tonth harrow three times, leaving tho soil In freo condi tion for planting. Hunted May 7, medium stnnd secured, seed not tested. Harrowed twlco uftcr plant ing. When corn had become largo enough to bo Injured by harrowing It wns cultivated once with a horsu C-tooth cultivator, followed by two cultivators with two. homo. G. shovel cultivator. Corn was thon furrowed out with single shovel plow and Irrigated when well tasseled out. When ground was dry enough to work, It was ngaln cultivated with tho one lioro cultivator, being loo largo for tho two-horse cultivator. Then lot lowed another furrowing out with a second lirlgutlnn when tho ears had well formed: third Irrigation given when konmU wuro In tie milk, which completed the operating to Inmost. Plowing. U'.KO; discing, 90o: har rowing, $1; manure, i; pluming, 40c; ? . ,. u ...,..... ..... . ., HOME ANI? FM the Northwest cultivating. $2.60; furrowing for Jr. rlgfttlon, 30c; cost of seed, GOci gath ering corn. 5; estimated rent or land, 810: estimated cost, 82G.10. , Number bushels corn harvested. 97.13, nnd number bushels seed Com, 6. Total bushels. 102.13. Malkct . value, $1.2G per hundred. nespectfully submitted, (Signed) HARVEY R. "A!". Forty boys with an nvcrngo y old of over 90 bushels per ncro Indicates tho possibilities of corn growing. Following Is n report from one of them: How I Orerr My Crop of Corn. By Adolphus Weathers, Touchct, Wash. A Corn Club was organized of the boys around Touchct In March, 1911. Mr. Willis, the Superintendent of our school, porfected the organization. Wo signed up contracts for our seed corn and It was sent to us by Lou B. Smith. Assistant Agriculturist of tho Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company. A circular wns sent to us by Mr. Smith Instructing us how to select nnd test seed corn. The seed v,tis tested by the agricultural class In a rag doll tester nnd showed n high pcrcentogo of vitality. My acre or ground was good bot tom land, topsoll about 10 Inches deep with clny and. sand subsoil. This had been planted to timothy liny the year before. It was land which had been cropped for many yenrs. Tho land wns plowed In November. 1913, with a 14-Inch walking plow to a depth of nbout four Inches. Then It was disced twice and harrowed thrco times. I did not use any manure or other fertilizer, but the soil was well pulverized nnd in good condi tion for planting. I planted my corn, which was or tho yellow dent variety, on the first day or May, 1914. I planted the seed two feet apart In the rows and tho rows thrco feet apart. When it wus. about 10 Inches high I noticed that u hill htro and thero wns dying, i examined It and round that wire worms were bothering it Sometimes there would be as many as sis worms In ono stnlk. They only worked on It about n week, then I replanted It und all went well until It was nearly matured, when the beavers started In on It. Thny only worked nt night. They would cut tho corn off nbout six Inches from the ground nnd drag It Into tho creek. I had n ralrly good stand of corn nnd I cultivated It four times, using a one-horso flve-nhovel cultivator, cultivating three inches deep. In good lime tho corn ripened nnd early In October I began husking It. Whenever I round u first-class ear 1 lnycd It asldo for seed, choosing those curs which were well matured, well rilled out nt ends nnd which seemed to be true to typo. This seed I hung up to dry in a wurm, dry place for uso noxt year. Sevornl or thoso Interested In the Roys' Club work visited my corn field during tho Summer as well an some or my friends and neighbors. Tol lowing Is tho cost or my acre or corn: Team Seir , hrs. hrs. Plowing, dlsclnir and harrowing 9 0 Hoeing ucro or corn ... 19 Planting l'i 14 Cultivating ncre of corn '..21 21 Work in gathering corn 32 Estimated rent or land 8 2.20 1.90 .30 3.C0 3.20 5.00 Total cost or pro ducing ono ncro or corn (10.20 Kstlmated value of orn rrom ncre: Number of bushels common corn made on my prlzoacro 08.21-70 Number of bushels seed corn 22.20-70 Total number of bushels on my prlzo ncro 90.(7-70 Market value of common corn nt tlmo or putting In crib, SGc G8.05 4 Market value or seed corn at thut time at So 40.98 Market value or all my corn both common nnd seed.... $105. njvj Total profit on my acre corn KS.83H Cost or corn per bushel 178 (Signed.) ADOLPHUS WKATHHRS, Age 13 years. ItoportB from two other boys will bo printed next week. Why Not Join Club of Top-Notchers ? TUB renders of tho Oregon-Wash-Ington-Idaho Farmer nro Invited to roport to tho secretary of tho Na tional Top-Notch Farmers' Club, which has Its headquarters nt Spring field, Illinois, tho names of farmers who have obtained tho high yields of produco thnt entltlo thorn to mem borship. This moans 100 or moro bushols of corn or oats to the acre, CO or moro bushols of wheat to tho acre, 400 or moro bushols of potatoes MAGAZINE SECTION I to tho acre, or six or moro tons of alfalfa hay per acre. ,,, Thero Is t pxpeuso nltoniiliiR membership In the Nutlonul 'lop Notch Farmers' Club. Up to tho present time 1017 men with records of growing moro than 100 bushels of corn pur aero hnvo been reported to tllo Sprlngf o d of fice, six men hnvo reported yields ol over six totm of alfalfa hay pot- ncre, 10 men have reported yields of moro than 100 bushols of oats to tho ncro, 18 men have reported ylolds of over 400 bushols of potatoes to tho hero, nnd SO men hnvo reported ylolds or, 00 or more bushels of wheat to tho "C Somo Washington fnrmors with tights to membership nro Lea Albln, of Prosscr, with 104.5 bushc a of corn to tho acre; Pearl HlghflU. of Prosscr, with 100.4 bushels to tho acre; Basil Sutton, of Prosscr, with 107.C bushels; O. K. Horry, of Walla Walla, with 184.4 bushels of corn per ncro (prUewlnner for MSBCSt yield at Wnllu Walla show) l M Starker, of Prosscr, with 11 1 bush ols, nnd Grant MoKce, of Sclnh, with 110 bushels of corn to the acre. T The Call of the I. nnd. It Ihrobs through tho uuontldo crushes Where tho gaunt Mtrccl amyous yawn, It thrills In the traffic's hushes In tho dark bofore the dawn: Now -vibrant and tense with pity. Now ringing with sluirp commuml, Summoning souls from the city Hark to the Call of the Land! "1 have fed your mouths from my bounty .. . , Hlncc the days when you tolled nlono And turned up my virgin meadowu With your spndc.i or wood and bono. 1 have watched your eyes grow restless I hnvo seen you pause and part, Drnwn rrom your ancient mother By tho lure of the court and mart "Kngulfed In Ihe sordid city, And dear to my warning cry. I have seen you reol nnd stumble, 1 have seen you faint and die; I have heard your sobs of nngulsh, I have heard your groans or pain, And I raise my voice to warn you, 1 reach you my urms again. "Are you broken In heart and body? Are you shrunken In mind and soul? Hasten back to me. your mother, And my enro will make you whole Aro you shaken In rulth and dlscour nged? Are you buffeted, bruised and sore? Creep out to me from tho gutters And I'll make you men oucc more. "Come out 'to mo In tho open l'roin the lnrk whero you cringe nnd grope; v Let your Jhewn grow big wllh labor, While your hearts grow great with hope. You shall stand with your heads In the sunshine. You shall stand with your feet on tho sod. And your fattti In me shall lend you To a surer (alth In God." Lewis It. l'icciiiuii. . Osago orange wood Is n sourco of dye nnd can be used to supplement the Imported fustic wood, as u perma nent yellow for textiles. Wilsons Auction House 1UO-8 1'lrst SI. (.Vein- Mi.rrlnon St.), I'OHTL.VM), OIll'.CO.N. Largest Auction House on the Coast Drnlrr In 1'lniio. Orgnus, Crnplio. phones, All Kind of Ilmmrbold Furniture, Carpets, llnuurs, i:te. AUCTION SALES Held t:rrr jiond.vv, avi:i).m:si)av, fiiiday AT 10 A, 5l. Call or Write for Our Prices. J. T. 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