The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-07-22
WIDE vs.. MARROW CORN Rows.



Farmer. ~ this vicinity frequent
" pl ant tn ir corn, for one stalk in
a hill. four I-et each way, thus CIV
ing au averag. If about sixteen
square feet for each stsk of corn.
TINS arranged. COUNTING 100 stalks
for a bushel of corn. an acre Will
pr muce little over ~ bushels.
Now if h. rows be eight feet
apart and the ut TX, one foot apart
in the drill ae have q stalk for every
eight square feet. Consequently
there will be double the number OF
stalks with capacity for over 40
bushels per acre.
1t has heretofore been shown that
corn, planted in drills three feet apart
and seven Inches in the drill on
land that was heavily fortified and
thoroughly broken to sixteen inches
deep, cared well producing ll9
bushel land z quarts per acre.
There was q stalk here for every
l "a square feet not feet square.
At this rate an acre will contain
over four and q half times as many
stalks AS the s feet rows. Con-
sequently corn should never be 30
planted Us To con'ain more than 3
square feet for each stalk OF corn.
As the land becomes richer the dis
lance in the drill may be reduced to
q inches, thus raising the capacity
of an acre to l0S bushels.
An important advantage of the s
feet rows is that at least three
times that quantity Of loose earth can
be prepared for each stalk of corn
that can be If the same number of
stalks be planted in ! feet rows. A
strip from two to three fest wide
midway between the wide rows may
be plowed deep at every plowiug,
thus aifordihg a much need protect
ion against drouth. Consequently
other things being equal, the wide
rows will produce more corn than is
possible with the narrow rows
Another important advantage is
that peas can be drilled and cul-
tivated, there deing alternately a
row of peas, which will reduce the
rows to four ie;t.
IL the corn be planted early in the
season and the peas not later than
the l0.h of June they will, at most
be in each others way but very little
and conse quently very nearly, OF
quite, u full crop of each can bt
grown. In the fall proper measures
should be adopted for turning under
the corn stalks and pea vines.
The corn of course will have to b.
properly fetilized. All of the avail
able stable manure on the farm
should be utilized for this purpose
It must be remembered though tina
stable manure while nexcellent ferti
lizer is not properly balanced. b,
this we mean that three essentia
fertilizer ingredients, Nitrogen, Phos
phoric Acid and Potash are no
present in the proper proportions
there is too much Nitrogen as com
pared with with Phos. Acid ant
Potash. This. however, can b
remedied 80 as to make a splendi,
fertilizer by applying in addition t.
the stable manure about 800 pound
Acid Phosphate and 300 pound
Kainit to the acre. Another poin
to be mentionediinsthis connection i
that stable manures when not pro
perly taken care of become heate,
aud during the process of fermenta
ton the ammonia escapes in the forr
of a gas, which of course great
lessons the value of the pile. Thi
escape of the ammonia can be pre-
vented by sprinkiing Kainit over tn
zap. The idea would be to &c
about . or 3 pounds of Kainit fl
the manure of each grown horse {
COW per day. In this way the an
monia is saved and the value of til
manure heap enhanced by reason {
the potash added in the Ksinit.
The improvement of the so
should be the objective point of tt
farmer. No farming amounts
anything unless each succeedin
crop leave the land in better col
dition than found it. Kainit an
Acid Phosphate, added as aforesai,
will increase the value of the m
nure immensely and consequent
the plan can safely be relied on as
basis for FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
TO TURN PEA VINES.
Secure, preferably by clasping,
portion of scythe blade to either sit
of the a pillow beam, the right si(
believed to be best. The blat
should stand backward slightly: Il
point should crook forward and e.
tend into the ground sufficiently
gather the vines. If more CO..
venient the blade may be construc
ed of steel and confined as aforesai
1t is necessary to slant it backwal
to prevent the vines from slippir
up to the beam and choking. Vine
however rank the growth, can tn
readily be cutand turned. The pl,
he's been thoroughly tested.
BRYAN TYSON.
Long Leaf, N. C.
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