MISCELLANEOUS. 901 
secured by Ζ. J. Drake of Marlboro Co., South 
Carolina, who grew 2539 bushels of crib-cured 
shelled corn on one acre of land, or 217 bushels, 
free of all water. This the writer believes to 
be the largest yield of corn from one acre of 
land on record. 
The land on which this crop was grown was 
sandy in character, the original growth on it 
being oak, hickory and long-leaf pine. It has 
a gentle slope, with northern exposure, and was 
well drained naturally. The soil “was a fair 
specimen of much of the poor land in the 
South.” In 1885, planted to corn, almost no 
crop was secured, and in 1887 not over five 
bushels per acre was obtained. 
The following table gives some facts as to 
how this acre was fertilized for the crop of 
corn: 
eOCO;bushels stablesmanures..s2..2250.¥. S38 de. dees $50.00 
NE ?: JN CSRS τα πὰ το te aay Se ee eg Cee SEO Bre ee 7.80 
Beh. COULOM=SCCGMMERE 5 aro ποτοῦ «ic Bale oo eats POR a lace e 10.80 
ΡΞ αἰ ΞΡ ΘΕ θυ 2.02 5 νον des a 2.00 
ΠΕ ρθε ΘΠ απο. ΣΟΥ ΡΣ ὦ 13.32 
πα ϑ aiid. DOME... 6.2 Siok cit soe ele Ae Si o's PF 4.00 
ἘΠ LESS BROWS 5 eH ECO) 7S 0 Fee ee τι an A ον ς ς 12.00 
HAEPUSHEIS*COLLON SECO... ὠς. τον πτν 0 Oda diac e ore 120.00 
Tene ον PC AIBUOM site ben 3 38>. «2s <a: (eles e 418) ay2-shcin wae vlote's oom 7.00 
MOT ACOs τ τορι τ τ|ὺ s she er Os x oasis Celis « $226.92 
There were other items of expense, such as 
labor, interest on land, etc., amounting to 
$37.50, bringing the total cost of crop to 
$264.42. 
