SB 1*1 .MZ 56Z5" Complimentary to the Exposition at Columbus, Ohio, 1911 m£*m EMBKSSKIMMa South Carolina's Invitation TO THE National Corn Show AND New Corn Belt Facts U "And tell the world That since the world No fairer land, beg* Hath fired Or given a poet's lays, ME to man. £ ~.^-. ISSUED BY The South Carolina State Department of Agriculture E. J. WATSON, Commissioner c ^ ^ Boone County White, Acclimatized. ♦> * AAAAAAA ►♦« A A »*• A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A V V V V V V 4 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V* *♦*. v State of South Carolina Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries E. J. WATSON, Commissioner Columbia, S. C, January 31, 1911. To The National Corn Exposition : This Department, in order that the representative delegation, leaving for Columbus to attend your Fourth annual National Corn Exposition, and for the purpose of extending to you a cordial invitation to hold your next annual Exposition in 1912 in the Capital of this State, in the very heart of the NEW CORN BELT, presents to you this small pamphlet setting forth the invitations from the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, the State Department of Agriculture, the State Corn Breeders' Association, the State Corn Exposition Commission, the State Corn Contest Com- mission, and other organizations, all supplementary to the invitation of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and the municipal authorities of their Capital City. I have deemed it proper also to append some con- crete corn facts about the wonderful records made in corn growing in this State, and some facts about the phenomenal growth of this branch of the agricultural industry in the South as compared to the old corn belt, which I feel sure will be of interest to all corn growers. Bespeaking for our representative delegation to your annual Exposition at Columbus, all possible considera- tion of the cordial invitations they will present to you, and assuring you of a whole-souled welcome to the Palmetto State should you accept this ivitation, I am, Respectfully yours, E. J. WATSON, Commissioner of Agriculture. ♦:♦ * ►** A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A ♦ ♦ • VVVvVVVVvVVVVVVVVVVVWVVVWVVVW A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A £♦ »t« V *? V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V > . ♦ V <♦ ♦:♦ .> ! THE INVITATIONS. I * ♦> ♦> ♦*♦ * Concurrent Resolution by the General Assembly: ♦:♦ I A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. J V »:♦ To extend an invitation to The National Corn Expo- * % sition to hold next annual convention in Columbia. *:* *:* Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the ♦> * Senate concurring: ♦:♦ % Section 1. That an invitation be, and the same is, *:* *:* hereby extended to the National Corn Exposition of ♦ <* the United States of America to hold its next annual % % convention in Columbia. £ *:* Sec. 2. That a copy of this resolution be sent to the * * President or Secretary of said Exposition. ♦> *:* . . ♦♦♦ *:* Resolutions of the State Corn Breeders' Association : *> Resolved, That the South Carolina State Corn *& ♦> Breeders' Association, in annual meeting assembled, *:* * heartily indorse the invitation of the City of Colum- * * bia, and the State of South Carolina, to the authori- ♦ * ties of the National Corn Show to hold the next annual * % corn show in the Capital of our State. *:* * Resolved, second, That this Association pledges its ♦:♦ ♦:♦ earnest and active support to all efforts to bring this <* t show to the NEW CORN BELT of the South, and its * *:* members individually pledge themselves to do all in ♦:♦ * their power to make the show a success and the stay % *& of those who attend it a pleasurable one — one typical *:* *:* of true Southern hospitality. *> * Resolved, third, That a copy of these resolutions be <♦ * furnished to the authorities of the National Corn £ $ Show. % ♦j. ♦:♦ ♦:♦ City Council of Columbia: ♦:♦ % The City Council of Columbia has not only endorsed % and seconded the invitation of the Chamber of Com- ♦ * merce, but by resolution has instructed the Mayor of % the City to accompany the delegation to Columbus, % * and urge the acceptance of this city's invitation. * ♦:♦ ♦ % Resolution of the Chamber of Commerce: % % Whereas, South Carolina has now taken rank as one * * of the greatest corn growing States of the NEW ♦:♦ % CORN BELT, and % ♦:♦ f * ♦:♦ <. * HANNAH PI.nWDEX, The World's Champion Girl Corn Grower, Whose Record in 1910 Was 120 Bushels On One Acre. t 5 % * % Whereas, we have recently held in this city the first *♦* * Corn Exposition ever held 'in this NEW BELT, with # ♦:♦ conspicuous success, now, therefore, be it !£ % Resolved, by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, * *:* that we extend to the management of the National ♦:♦ ♦ Corn Exposition a most cordial invitation to hold the <♦ ♦> fifth annual Exposition in the Capital City of South j£ *:* Carolina — the State holding all authentic world's ♦ ♦ records for corn growing, and that this organization * ♦> pledges all the support that may be necessary to make *j* *:* this fifth annual show a success, ♦ *> Resolved, second, that the President and Secretary ♦> *:* of this organization, together with others to be named *:* *:* by the President, go to Columbus, Ohio, to present this * * invitation. ♦> a Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture * January 12, 1911. ♦> * % Mr. Geo. H. Stevenson, Secretary and Treasurer *> National Corn Show, Columbus, Ohio. ♦:♦ * ... ♦> % My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of January ♦> ♦:♦ 7th, enclosing programme of and a complimentary % % ticket to the Fourth Annual National Corn Exposition, * *:* and beg to express to you my thanks for the courtesy. ♦> ♦> I shall use my ever endeavor to be with you in per- % ♦> son at your coming exposition, but should I not be able *:* *:* to attend this Department will be represented, as will ♦:♦ * our State Corn Breeders' Association and the South % ♦:♦ Atlantic States Corn Exposition organization. It is *;* *:* likely also that the Chamber of Commerce of this City ♦:♦ ♦♦♦ will be represented, and our entire party from this % ♦:♦ State will be accompanied by Prof. A. G. Smith, Scien- *£ % tific Assistant of the Office of Farm Management, j£ *:* United States Bureau of Plant Industry, who is sta- ♦:♦ * tioned in this State, and who has done so much for the % % marvelous development in corn growing and breeding *:* *:* that has characterized this section in the past three ♦:♦ ♦> years. Our delegation will also be accompanied by % % representatives of the State of North Carolina and *;* *j* possibly of Georgia. ♦ ♦:♦ I would suggest that you send programmes to Presi- % t* dent A. D. Hudson, Newberry, S. C, of the State Corn *:* % Breeders' Association, and L. L. Baker, in charge of ♦> ♦♦♦ the Boys' Corn Club work, Bishopville, S. C, and it % * might be well for you to communicate with A. McP. ^* ♦> ♦> * »> ♦ A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V *♦' * * % Hamby, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Co- ♦> * lumbia, S. C. ♦ ♦:♦ In December of this year, following the harvesting * %. of the most remarkable corn crop that has ever been * * raised in the South Atlantic States, we held in Colum- ♦:♦ ♦:* bia the first South Atlantic States Corn Imposition, % X and it proved such a success as to command attention *;* *:* all over the country. This effort has so stimulated ♦:♦ * our people in this NEW CORN BELT that they have $ % determined to come to Columbus to your Exposition *:* *:* bearing an invitation for the next National Show to ♦> * be held here in Columbia, South Carolina, which is in ♦> ♦:♦ easy access by rail from the Middle Western States, *:* *:* and is in the direct geographical center of the South ♦> * Atlantic Corn Belt. I believe that we can most sue- % <♦ cessfully handle the National Corn Show, and with *£ % the Southern Railway extending directly into St. * * Louis, and assuring us of its heartiest cooperation in ♦> * such an undertaking, we are satisfied that it can be *£ % done at a minimum of inconvenience, but with a tre- * * mendous cumulative result for the cause of better and ♦> ♦:♦ higher corn breeding and an increase of production. % % I bespeak for the delegation coming up from the * *:* South for the most thoughtful consideration of your ♦:♦ <* association. Very truly yours, % | E. J. WATSON, t Si Commissioner of Agriculture for South Carolina. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦> ♦:♦ ♦> <. ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦:♦ ♦:♦ <* <♦ t * t ♦:♦ t ♦ t ♦ f * t * ♦> ♦:♦ t ♦> ♦ ♦> <* .*♦ ft. A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A V* V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 4 .*4 A A A ♦*. A A .♦. A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V* V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V* V V V V V V y ♦> ♦> t \Vhat the Tables Snow t •:♦ (All figures being those of the Federal Government.) % %. That in the New Corn Belt the average value per *♦* *t* acre of the corn crop, at prices prevailing December ♦:♦ 1, 1910, is $14.98 against $13.36 in the Old Belt. % % That, even including West Virginia, which should * *| properly not be included, the twelve States of the New ♦:«■ *> Corn Belt, not including Texas, Arkansas or Okla- % ♦> homa, show an average net increase in yield per acre *:* * this year over 1910, of 1.9 bushels per acre — practically ♦> ♦♦♦ two bushels in one year, against a net average decrease !> ♦;♦ for the Old Belt of 1.4 bushels per acre. *:* % That every State properly belonging in the New f * Belt show a substantial increase in yield of corn per I> ♦> acre in 1910 over 1909, West Virginia alone falling *:* % behind. * * That only four out of the twelve States of the Old * ♦> Belt show increases in yield per acre, all the others *:* % showing decreases running in one instance as high as ♦> *:* 17 bushels. ♦:♦ * That in 1900 the Old Belt showed an average yield % % per acre of 30.1 bushels per acre, while in 1910 the * *£ average is only 30.4, or practically no increase, and 8 ♦:♦ ♦> of the twelve States show decreases in average yields % ♦> per acre. * *:* That the Old Belt is just 3 bushels above the average ♦:• ♦> yield per acre on corn in the whole United States, while % ♦> the New Belt lacks only 5.2 bushels of being up to the *;* *:* average, notwithstanding her large body of ignorant ♦:♦ * negro farmers. * ♦> That the New Belt has jumped from an average yield *:* $ per acre of 16 bushels in 1900 to 22.2 in 1910, while * *:* the Old Belt has added but .3 of a bushel in the same ♦> ♦:♦ period. *:* % That the area in square miles covered by the Old <♦ *£ Belt is more than a quarter of a million greater than * ♦♦♦ that covered by the New Belt. t> !> That the Old Belt produces in bushels three times as *> *t* much corn as the New Belt, on over twice the acreage ♦:♦ ♦> devoted to corn, yet the New Belt gets in cash for its *:* ♦:♦ crop of corn more than one-half as much as the Old *♦* % Belt, using prices prevailing on December 1, 1910. ♦:♦ *j* That the average price per bushel in the New Belt % ♦:♦ on December 1, 1910, was 67.5 cents against an aver- *j* '♦' W V W V '*- V W V V '♦' ' * * <♦ ♦:♦ £ age in the Old Belt of 44 cents, and 48.8 cents for the * * entire United States. ♦:♦ «♦ That corn is not the staple and whole reliance or *£ % crop of the New Belt, these twelve States raising aside * * from all other crops, many millions worth of cotton, ♦> * the commodity that now represents more than half of * % the agricultural exports of the country. * £ That in the Old Belt corn is the principal crop. ♦:♦ That in the New Belt the advances in wheat growing <♦ % and production are even more rapid than in the case *t* *j* of corn. ♦♦♦ That the New Belt feels that it is fully warranted % % in extending an invitation to the National Corn Expo- *j* % sition authorities, in view of the facts above stated, * to hold its next annual Corn Show in the Capital City % % of South Carolina, the State that holds all authenti- % % cated world's records for corn production per acre. ♦> ♦ <♦ ♦ ♦:♦ ♦ ♦:♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦;♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦> ♦:♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ <* ♦> I * * ♦ t * ♦ * t * ♦ * ♦ ♦:♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦:♦ ♦ ♦:♦ ♦ ♦> t * Champion Ear of 1910 in South Carolina. x z H ° £ s ^ IS I 5 El » - jo H a . «|5 is « * s £ H § g H ©' ^^^»fr4M^»^»^»»»»»0 $ » » »4^»»»»»$»»»+»j cc*ini05'M,-05CICl O^l; Ift 1(5 CO HN W-OO* edoi"*o5 of coos os of ooisaecnooooo t 01 OH- 00 O 50 1(5 i- C 00 © i- ■* w o; to ** k c_ oi -r i- f od o' od i- od oi so' of oi c' ■* in tCCIOK5KStTt * *> ♦ * CO ♦> ♦ * **^*******^^*^^**«+$*^M*+W**+*+4^$***4**^*«4^|S At the Orangeburg County Corn Show. PTj jBP «Kl«^dL fin if '; - f >* < v '"• I ^1 A Boys' Corn Club. JERRY MOORE, The Champion Boy Corn Grower of the World. Who Raised 228 Bushels and 3 Pecks on One Acre in 1910. JERRY MOORE'S PLAN Jerry Moore, the Florence county lad, who produced 228 bush- els and three pecks of corn per acre, breaking the world's record for the amount of corn produced by a boy under 15 years of age, thus describes for The State his methods and the cost of pro- duction: Light gray, sandy upland; top soil about three or four inches deep, with yellow subsoil. Old land nearly level, with just enough drain for the water to run off. Cotton was grown on the land in 1909, producing about 1,200 pounds of seed cotton. PREPARATION. During the 1st of March, 1910, spread 300 one-horse wagon- loads of rich dirt on this acre. Followed this with 50 one-horse wagonloads of stable manure scattered broadcast. On March 25th land was broken with Dixie plows. One Dixie following the furrow of the other, and with the two breaking about 10 or 12 inches deep. The soil was so well pulverized did not harrow, rebroke like it was first time. March 29th, harrowed and laid off in rows three and one-half feet wide, with Dixie plow. Distributed 500 pounds of guano containing 8 per cent, of phosphoric acid, 3 per cent, of ammonia and 3 per cent, potash in Dixie furrow and covered with furrows making a small ridge. March 30th, opened ridge with shovel plow and dropped three gallons of Bate's Four-Ear prolific corn, dropping by hand and almost sowing. Covered corn with small shovel plow 2 1-2 inches deep. FERTILIZER. On the same day sowed 800 pounds of acid phosphate on rows and harrowed surface all over, leaving it level. No rain since land was broken and ground so dry and dusty corn did not come up readily. Replanted for fear I would not get a stand. Stand good by April 20th. April 20th, weather continues dry. April 24th, good rain. April 25th, sowed 700 pounds kainit along rows and harrowed with Little Joe harrow and going twice to the row. Barred off with Dixie plow. May 5th, I made a mixture of 600 pounds cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of acid phosphate, 200 pounds of kainit and with a cold distributor sowed on each side of rows, and harrowed with Little Joe harrow, and going twice to the row leveling surface as near as possible. May 10th, made a mixture of 600 pounds cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of acid phosphate and 200 pounds of kainit, and with a cold distributor sowed on each side of the rows, but four inches farther from the corn than the other application, and harrowed with Little Joe harrow, going twice in the row. Also sowed 200 pounds of nitrate of soda along the rows. May 17th, harrowed, going twice to the row ; thinned corn to six inches in row. May 24th, harrowed, going twice to the row. May 25th, good rain. May 27th, using a cold distributor, sowing in the centre of middle 1,000 pounds 8:3:3 guano and harrowed with Little Joe harrow, going twice to the row. Same day, sowed 200 pounds nitrate of soda along the row. June 4th, harrowed, going twice to the row. June 5th and 6th, good rains. June 8th, sowed 300 pounds of nitrate of soda and harrowed twice to the row. Frequent showers and corn growing rapidly. June 10th, storm and corn blown down. June 11th, set corn up ; corn about six feet high and beginning to silk. June 15th, harrowed very lightly with Little Joe harrow, going twice to the row. June 22nd, harrowed lightly; corn now in full silk; ground perfectly clean. Since June 5th rains have been frequent. Corn doing its best. No sign of firing or failure of any kind. July 4th, no lack of rain so far, and corn almost matured. Almost every stalk has an ear and many of them two or three. There is on the acre about 24,000 stalks and more than 30,000 ears. Gathered fodder middle of August. Corn at this time very ripe. 10 GATHERED FODDER. Gathered off the acre 1,200 bushels of fodder, weighing 3,000 pounds, worth $30. CORN GATHERED. Five men— J. M. Leach, H. P. Haselden, W. E. Bailey, J. T. Bailey and Roger Williams — measured the land and weighed the corn, whose certificates are in the custody of the county superin- tendent of education. The corn was weighed in the shucks and weighed 16,388 pounds. They took 200 pounds of corn from the acre, at sundown, shucked and shelled, and got 155 pounds of shelled corn and 45 pounds of cobs and shucks. This shoAvs 77 1-4 per cent, of corn and 22 1-2 per cent, of cobs and shucks. This percentage makes a yield of 228 3-4 bushels. VALUES OF CROP. At the market value, $1 per bushel, the corn from the acre is worth $228.75; 3,000 pounds of fodder, $30. Total value of crop, $258.75. EXPENSES. Cost of rent $ 5 00 Cost of preparation seed bed 4 00 Cost of planting 2 00 Cost of manure 25 00 Cost of commercial fertilizers 6G 55 Cost of cultivation 1150 Cost of gathering corn 8 00 Cost of gathering fodder G 00 Total cost $128 05 BALANCE SHEET. Total value $258 75 Less all expenses 128 05 Net profit $130 70 li REMARKS. "The stable manure used was very trashy (much straw in it) and not worth more than 50 cents a load. As the dirt has no commercial value I did not count it in the list of expenses and the land has been improved at least $50.00 by the dirt and stable manure. What I have done has been more of an experiment than doing what I knew to be wise. "About October 1st Mr. Williams, agent for the State, Mr. Willis, county agent, and Mr. Gasque, county superintendent of education, visited me. To them I am under obligations for help- ful instruction, and I greatly appreciate the interest they have shown in my little enterprise. Hoping to do better in the future, I am, Yours truly, "Jerry H. Moore." A Big Yield on Poor Soil NINETY BUSHELS OF CORN ON AN ACRE OF "SANDY LAND" NEAR COLUMBIA. NET PROFIT, MARKET PRICES, $59.G0. To the Editor of The State : The writer would like to thank "The State for its kindness in publishing the first piece by "Sand Hiller," and in the name of "the one-horse farmer" thank The State for permitting "Sand Hiller" to tell how the corn was made. The acre of land planted has been in cultivation for probably 50 years, and so far as the writer is informed never had had any fertilizer on the land before, certainly not in the past seven years, since the writer has known it. The land was no better nor worse than thousands of acres of land in Richland county and other counties in the sand hill belt. The land had not been in cultivation for three years previous to last year, 1909, nor was there any kind of manure or fertilizer used except that mentioned below. On March 2G, 1910, which was late for breaking corn land, ran first furrow in the old corn middles with six-inch shovel plow as deep as one horse could pull it. After having run this furrow in each middle with the shovel, put two and one-half inch bull- 12 tongue on, same stock, and ran down in bottom of shovel furrow again, as deep as possible. Next hitched to Boy Dixie plow and threw down into this furrow, from old corn rows, two furrows all over field, changing then to bull-tongue and running in bottom of Dixie furrows until acre was broken, two feet deep. This is how to do two-horse plowing with one horse, without losing time. When one acre was finished as above, reverse the beds in exactly same way, only going deeper. Don't exactly know how deep, but as deep as possible, maybe seven or eight inches. Then land was harrowed along beds with Avery one-horse harrow, twice to each bed, and then harrowed across the beds broadcast to level land. The rows were then laid off with six-inch shovel plow, four and one-half feet apart, as deep as possible, and bedded up as high as I could throw them with Dixie plow, leaving about a four-inch balk or list in middle, so as to have fresh dirt in which to plant seed. All of this work was done between March 2Gth and April 15th. It took about six days to break and harrow land before planting, but here is where most of the extra GO bushels of corn were made. On April 22nd broke out balk with shovel as deep as possible and put down by hand in this furrow 240 pounds of following fertilizer, viz.: 16 per cent, acid phosphate, 120 pounds; 7 per cent, cotton seed meal, 60 pounds; 18 per cent, nitrate of soda, 30 pounds; 48 per cent, muriate of potash, 30 pounds. Ran bull-tongue in the fertilizer to mix with soil; was now ready to plant seed. Next day dropped the seed — a small six-eared, small cob, pro- lific corn — by hand, one grain in a place, about five or six inches apart. Covered seed with bull-tongue. Corn came up well, so little replanting was necessary; but on May 10th raked over corn with long-tooth rake, replacing what few hills were missing. On May 28th thinned corn with a hoe, until it stood about 12 to 15 inches in the row, and averaged 189 stalks to row one acre long. On May 31st harrowed in the middle one time. On June 1st ran harrow close to corn, twice to row. On account of too much rain could not plow again until June 17th. On June 17th sided or plowed corn with 18-inch sweep, very shallow, in every other middle, and put down 500 pounds of fol- 13 lowing fertilizer, same quality as above, viz.: 40 pounds nitrate of soda, 110 pounds cotton seed meal, 50 pounds muriate of potash and 300 pounds of acid phosphate, and broke out the middles with 18-inch sweep. Put fertilizer only in every other middle. On June 20th, it having rained on June 18th, ran harrow in other middles. On account of almost daily rain could not plow again until July 6th, but on July 1st put down broadcast in middle which had had no fertilizer last time, 125 pounds nitrate of soda. On July 6th sided every other middle with 18-inch sweep, in the rows which had not been plowed last time, and put down 200 pounds of the folloAving fertilizer: One hundred pounds acid phosphate, 50 pounds cotton seed meal, 25 pounds nitrate of soda, and 25 pounds muriate of potash, and covered by breaking out middle with 18-inch sweep. On account of continued rains this was the last work the corn got. Intended plowing again, but when rain quit, even the surface of the ground was so full of roots was afraid to put the plow in. All the cultivation was done very shallow except the prepara- tion, and that as deep as possible. Would have used two-horse turn plow and two-horse subsoil if they had been in reach, but had to do with what we had. Some lessons the writer has learned by comparing this acre, which made 89.6 bushels, with the three acres adjoining, which made about 30 bushels to acre: 1. The 90-bushel acre got over twice, maybe three times, the plowing before planting that the other land got. It isn't as hot, on horse or man, in March as it is in June. The other plowing, in cultivation, was the same. 2. The 90-bushel acre got over twice as much fertilizer per acre, and yet made cheaper corn. Fertilizer is cheaper than negro labor and twice as reliable. 3. Get good, home-raised, selected seed corn. See the ears if possible. Don't trust the seed house for a wonderful new variety. It's all shelled in a machine and you get the little weak grains from the point of the ear. Am sure we would have made 10 or 15 bushels more corn if seed had been hand-shelled and the points and weak grains had been left out. 4. Plenty of fertilizer pays. 5. Plenty of shallow cultivation, and it's easy when the ground is well broken. 14 6. That there are lots of one-horse farmers who want to make corn and will make it when they find out that it can be done with one mule and no expensive tools. Hoping that the above outline will help the one-horse farmer, who "personally conducts" his mule to and fro across his own acres, I beg leave to sign myself, again, "Sand Hiller." Columbia, S. C, K. F. D. No. 3, Box 95. SOME CORN FACTS SOUTH CAROLINA ALWAYS BREAKS THE RECORDS IN ACCREDITED COMPETITIONS. 1857. The First World's Record of Corn: 200 Bushels and 12 Quarts on one acre, By Dr. J. W. Parker on the Asylum Farm, Columbia. 1889. World's Record Established in Contest By the American Agriculturist: 255 Bushels and 3 Quarts, By Capt. Z. J. Drake, of Marlboro. 1902. South Carolina Exposition: The Williamson Plan of Corn Culture Inaugurated, By E. Mclver Williamson, of Darlington. 1906. Second Contest by American Agriculturist: Best Crop in the World That Year, 182 Bushels an Acre, By A. J. Tindal, of Clarendon County. 16 1909. First Contest for Boys in Corn Raising, Promoted by Department of Agriculture : 152 1-2 bushels, By Bascomb Usher, of Chesterfield. 1910. World's Record for Largest Yield, Produced by Boy Under 15 Years of Age: 228 Bushels and 3 Pecks, By Jerry Moore, of Winona, Florence County. 1910. World's Record for Yield Per Acre Produced by Girl Under 15 Years of Age: 120 Bushels, By Hannah Plowden, of Clarendon County. 1910. Another's World's Record, This for Economy: 177 Bushels on an Acre at a Cost of 23 Cents Per Bushel, By Archie Odom, of Marlboro County. 1910. Ten Thousand Dollars in Prizes Awarded in Columbia for Best Results in Corn Breeding. 1911. December: Second Annual South Carolina Corn Exposition to be Held in Columbia. Ten Thousand Dollars in Prizes. 16 Jerry Moore and His Corn at the South Atlantic Exposition. Boys' Corn Club Work. 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