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secured by Z. J. Drake of Marlboro Co., South 

 Carolina, who grew 239 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 : 



1,000 bushels stable manure $50.00 



867 lbs. kainit 7.80 



867 lbs. cotton-seed meal .• 10.80 



200 lbs. acid phosphate 2.00 



1,066 lbs. manipulated guano 13.32 



200 lbs. animal bone 4.00 



400 lbs. nitrate of soda 12.00 



600 bushels cotton seed. ., 120.00 



Cost of application 7.00 



Total cost .$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. 



