1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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THE TWO WORLD’S RECORD CORN CROPS. 
Bushels, crib cured 
239 
Total Expense 
$264 
Net Expense per Bushel. 
44 cents. 
Described in ** The Book on Corn.” Orange Judd & Co., 1903. Under direction of Herbert Myrick. 
First crop, Z. J. Drake, Marlboro Co., S. C.: 
Bushels, Green Weight 
YIELD, One Acre, 255 
Fertilizer and manure used on one acre: 1,000 bushels stable manure ; 4,800 lbs. Manipulated Guano ; 1,800 
lbs. Cotton Seed Meal; 400 lbs. Bone and Acid Phosphate. Top-dressing in May: 400 lbs. Nitrate of Soda. 
Total, 7,400 lbs. fertilizer in addition to the stable manure. Variety corn, Southern White Dent. 
Second crop, Alfred Rose, Yates County, New York: 
Bushels, Green Weight 
YIELD, One Acre, 213 
Fertilizer used on one acre : 800 lbs. MAPES CORN MANURE alone. No stable manure. Soil, 
Sandy Loam. Variety corn, Early Mastodon.— From the American Agriculturist. 
Bushels, crib cured 
191 
Total Expense 
$62 
Net Expense per Bushel. 
16 cents. 
Extract from the American Agriculturist , January 27th, 1906, page 96, “The World’s Record Corn Crop. 
Please give the largest authentic yield of corn for one acre of ground, variety, etc., etc. (Dr. W. L. Davenport, 
Washington County, Virginia.) 
The largest corn crop yet recorded was grown by Capt. Z. J. Drake, of Marlboro County, South Carolina. 
Not only is this the largest grown in America, but in the world, in one season and 
on a single acre he produced 255 bushels, and thus s cured the American Agriculturists prize of $500.00. This was 
an elaborate experiment to prove HOW MUCH CORN COULD BE ACTUALLY GROWN 
ON AN ACRE, THE COST OF PRODUCTION HAVING BEEN A SECOND¬ 
ARY MATTER EN THIS CASE. 
The second prize of this contest was won by Alfred Rose, of Yates County, New York, who produced 213 
bushels of Early Mastodon corn. He planted one kernel every foot in rows three feet apart, and fertilized with 800 
pounds MAPES CORN MANURE. The soil was a sandy loam. 
The third prize was awarded to George Gartner, of Pawnee County, Nebraska, whc 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 Great Corn Contest of the American Agriculturist 
(-43 Crops in All) 
Crops 213, 119, and 95 Bushels Each; Grown on One Measured Acre Exclusively With the Mapes Corn Manure. 
Of this great crop, 213 bushels, shelled corn, grown in Yates County, New York, with the MAPES CORN 
MANURE (800 pounds 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, 60 bushels). 
Some Large- Crops Crown with the Mapes Corn Manure and Reported 
in the Agricultural Press. 
1,040 bushels of corn (ears) on less than \ x / 2 acres, equal to 233 bushels, or 11624 bushels shelled corn, per acre, grown 
on farm of Rural New-Yorker, with the MAPES CORN MANURE. 
Ninety bushels (shelled) with 500 pounds per acre. One hundred and fifty bushels (shelled) with 600 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 («ars) on four acres. 159.37 bushels on one acre. 125.37 bushels on one acre. 
Nothing used but the MAPES. — Rural New-Yorker. 
On two acres, 600 pounds of MAPES alone, broadcast, 198 bushels shelled corn. On three acres, same fertilizer, 
same quantity, 489 bushels (ears). Grown by Dr. Henry Stewart.— New England Homestead. 
One hundred and eighty bushels of ears per acre; shelled, 98.45 bushels. 2,058 bushels (ears) on sixteen acres. Only 
MAPES (800 pounds per acre) used.— Connecticut Farmer. 
The MAPES CORN MANURE alone was used on the large crops recently described in Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist , but such yields are possible only by an exceptional combination of season, sunshine, moisture, soil, 
texture and fertilization, and by the use of seed that will produce two or more ears per stalk. Corn is a compara¬ 
tively sure crop, and Prof. Mapes says that, with judicious fertilization, it can be made a renovating crop and not an 
exhausting crop as is generally supposed, bringing up the land in good condition for grass or general crops, besides 
making money from the start, and having the field left clean and free of weeds.— American Agriculturist, 
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