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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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The Mapes Corn Manure Distances All Competitors, 
Shelled corn grown at less than twenty cents per hushcl. Crops, 213, 1(9 and 95 bushels each; grown on one measured 
acre exclusively with the Mapes Corn Manure. 
1st. 
;‘d. 
ShcHcd Corn, 
liii-sh. 
Where 
Grinrn. 
South Carolina, 
Marlboro Co. 
Cost of 
(^nlUvntion. 
Hoir <'ost of 
^^(W 11 red. M(i n nriinj. 
.50 load.s stable manure. $226,S>i2 
5000 pounds fertilizers. 
000 “ cotton-seed. 
31.1 New York, 
Yates County. 800 “ Mapes Corn Manure. .$18.50 ^10.50 
Of this crop grown with the Mapes Corn Manure exclusively the American Agriculturist says, page 12b, March number ; 
“ If we allow only $15 as the value of the tops for fodder, and make no account of bottom stalks, the cost comes within twenty 
cents a bushel (shelled corn).” 
[Extracts from the American Affriculturist, March 14, 1003.] 
The Biggest Corn Crop on Record. 
Keterriug to the above two crops ot Corn. 
While making some investigations at the experiment station at Knoxville, I made the statement that Col. Z. J. Drake, of 
Marlboro County, S. C., raised 255 bushels of corn on one acre in one year for which the American Agriculturist paid him a 
premium of $500. There seems to be some doubt in the minds of many about the reliability of this yield and I would thank you 
to give me the facts.—[J. M. Graham, Senate Chamber, Nashville, Tenn. ] 
The general statement about the yield of corn on Col. Drake’s place in South Carolina is correct. As a matter of fact, this 
is the world’s greatest record of a single crop of corn produced on one acre in one season. 
This was an elaborate experiment to prove how much corn could be actually grown on an acre, the cost of production 
having been a secondary matter in this case. The second prize in this contest was won by Alfred Rose, of Yates County, N. 
Y., who produced 313 bushels of Early Mastodon corn. He planted one kernel every foot in rows three feet apart and fertilized 
with bOO pounds Mapes Corn Manure. The soil was a sandy loam. The third prize was awarded to George Gartner, Pawnee 
County, Neb., who raised 171 bushels of Early Mastodon on a black, rich loam, fertilized with 90 loads of barnyard manure, 
planted in hills 3 by 3 feet. The average weight of the entire 45 crops raised and entered in this contest was 104 bushels shelled 
corn per acre. In every case the crops were well fertilized. It pays to feed crops intelligently. 
The Great Corn Contest of the American Agriculturist. 
Crops 213, 119 ami 95 Bushels each; Grown on One Measured Acre Exclusively with the Mapes Corn Manure. 
Of this great crop, 313 bushels shelled corn, grown in Yates County, N. Y., with the Mapes Corn Manure (800 ])Oun(ls per 
acre) exclusively, the American Agriculturist says; “If we allow only $15 as the value of the tops for fodder, and make no 
account of bottom stalks, the cost comes within twenty cents a bushel (shelled corn).” 
The largest crop grown with fertilizers other than the Mapes (45 crops in all) was 84 bushels (chemically dried, 00 bushels). 
Some Large Crops Grown with the Mapes Corn Manure and Reported in the Agricultural Press. 
Season of 1888—1040 bushels of corn—ears-on less than 4 L-3 acres, equal to 333 1-3 bushels, or 110 3-4 bushels shelled corn jicr 
acre, grown on farm of Rural New Yorker, with the Mapes Corn Manure. 
Ninety bushels—shelled—with 500 pounds per acre. 150 bushels—shelled—with 000 pounds per acre. Value of the grain 
alone over five times as much as the cost of the fertilizer.—American Agriculturist. 
Eight hundred and fifty-six bushels—ears—on four acres. 159.37 bushels on one acre. 135.37 bushels on one acre. Nothing 
used but the Mapes —Rural New Yorker. 
On two acres GOO pounds of Mapes alone, broadcast, 198 bushels shelled corn. On three acres, same fertilizers, same quantity. 
Four hundred and eighty-nine bushels—ears—grown by Dr. Henry Stewart.—New England Homestead. 
One hundred and eighty bushels of ears per acre; shelled, 98.45 bushels. 3058 bushels—ears—on sixteen acres. Only Mapes, 
800 pounds per acre, used.—Connecticut Farmer. 
How to Make Poor Farms Good Dividend Payers. 
In Rural New Yorker, November 33d, 1899, Mr. H. W. Collingwood, in his account of bringing up a poor farm, by Mr. 
Newton Osborn, Newington, Ct., says: “Mr. Osborn thought at that time that the ability to feed a soil was measured by the 
supply of animal manure. He first proved that a high grade complete fertilizer will fully take the place of manure. That point 
settled, he had the key to the situation, and appHed it. Instead of being a soil loafer, that field began at once to pay a profit. 
It was so poor that it had never paid even the interest on the taxes. In six years it was paying dividends of 5 per cent, on a 
valuation of over $4000 Where can one find, outside of a gold tnine, an instance where poor soil has gained proportionately 
greater earning capacity in six years?” “Corn the ‘key’ crop.” 
Corn is King. 
Eastern farmers should raise more corn. Beef and pork are high, corn is high. There is every inducement to raise corn. 
You can raise corn at a cost of twenty cents per bushel. 
Land for growing corn need not be as strong as that required by some other grains. Prof. Charles V. Mapes luis proven by 
many years test that with judicious manuring corn can be made a renovating crop and not an exhausting crop. Almost any 
crop may follow corn. It may follow itself for a term of years by properly fertilizing the ground. 
Corn culture does not require a fertilizer rich in nitrogen, Mapes Corn Manure alone will give a profitable yield on 
moderately rich soil. We have seen fields of corn in which the luxuriance of the stalk diminished the yield of grain. By the 
use of Mapes Corn Manure you raise grain instead of leaves and stalk. 
In the East corn culture is far more profitable than wheat culture. With the use of Mapes Corn Manure you may take a run 
down field, raise profitable corn crops, put your land in excellent condition for most otlier crops, and at the sann; time bring your 
farm up In value and fertility.—From The American Cultivator, 1903. 
The Mapes Corn Manure heads the list of all the corn manures analyzed by the Connecticut 
Experiment Station, for cheapness to the Farmer. See Official Report, 1901, page 75. 
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