Wednesday, January 29, 2014

North Carolina's Top Corn Growers in 1949

Yellow metal signs with the above lettering soon will be dotting the rural countryside throughout North Carolina. The signs, 9 1/2 by 12 inches in size, are being awarded to all farmers who have produced a yield of 100 or more bushels of corn on one acre. Dr. E.R. Collins says total membership in the State's 100-Bushel Club reached 1,200 last year and may go beyond the 2,000 mark for 1949. Eligible farmers should see their county agent to obtain the signs, which are being donated by the North Carolina Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.


From Extension Farm-News, January, 1950

E.O. McMahan recently announced the following winners in Scotland County’s three-acre corn and five-acre cotton contest for 1949.

John M. Mclaurin of Laurinburg was declared corn champion with a yield of 132.5 bushels per acre. W.W. Thompson of Laurinburg was second with a yield of 109 bushels, and Fletcher Walters was third with 107.3.


C.S. McArthur of Laurinburg won the cotton contest with a yield of 761 pounds of lint per acre. Gilchrist Brothers of Laurinburg was second with 734 pounds, and Z.V. Pate, Inc., and Will McLeod of Lauren Hill were third with 717 pounds. 

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