Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1917 — What an Oklahoma Boy Did With an Acre of Land [ARTICLE]

What an Oklahoma Boy Did With an Acre of Land

The production of 100 bushels of corn on an acre of land is by no means common in any state, and especially In Oklahoma, where climatic conditions are none too reliable, writes a correspondent of the Country Gentleman. This feat was accomplished during the

J nast rear, however, by Kari koss. a . fanner boy of- Oklahoma county. Okla. Earl’s father, a renter, gave him an 1 acre of land on what little creek bottom there was on the farm, and the boy went to work. The land bad been in potatoes the year before and weeds had overgrown it to some extent. In (he early spring the land was plowed about eight ipches deep, and then the disk harrow and the smoothi ing harrow were run over the plot | three times t»efore the crop wgs planted. The stand was pretty good and cultivation began immediately, even before the corn came up. In addition to being harrowed twice, the corn was cultivated five times, In fact, the county agent said Earl almost lived in that corn witch. up to the tune the crop was laid by. ■ ■ But the work paid, for the yield was slightly more than 100 bushels to the acre. Along with that 100 bushel corn yield came other benefits. There is a father who sees more value in what be used to term “book farming.” and there is. a wide awake boy who sees more in the future of fanning than be was ever able to see before..