The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-01
SsoF. IRsY's wEKKLY LhTTRR.
,ov TO GROW CORN OHHAPEY N THH
SOUTH.

,ov TO GROW CORN CHHAPEY IN THH
SOUTH
The day has passed WhOa il will pay
n raise cotton or tobacco and buy corn
the South When cotton sold for
m cents per pound and corn for 81 per
husheI there was ROme excuse for the
outhern farmer buying corn from the
eople of Illinois. Then they could
lear about 10 cents per pound on cot
Een, but clTton at 5 cents 10 really
made &C q loss. The cotton farmer has
,ottsn down so that he is afraid TO
,ount his own time, and he has cut
EGges until there is oRly bare exist
nee for the laborer.
Nov If ne has 70 bay feed for his
tock TO au0slat on while they are
naking thi. 8 cent cotton, then low in
Iced will be his income. It is true that
hres bushels of corn can DO grown IN
Me corn belt 90 one here in the South,
Is far as expense goes; bat that same
,orn has to pas through the hands Of
hree mIddiemeB, and fre'ghted several
hundred miss. All OF this costs hsaV
II and tne consumer has TO foot the
i'll.
The question naturally arises how TO
sise the corn cheapest,
Trv to have q sod Of some kind for
he corn 10 grow on; O clover sod is
reterabIe. Pea Btubble ia excellent
nd can b. had by any farmer.
Il cotton lanes are SoWOd with Grim
On clover in September, the lasd will
occupied during the winter and
rve for early pasturag0 and then can
turned uud-r early enough 70 make
fine corn crop the following season.
The clover or the pess insure an
lbundance of organic matter in the
oil and plenty Of nitroEenous matter.
thus ths most expensive element Of R
artiliH.r can be supplied ehesPly, aud
ot only with little cost, bus made TO
lev for itself IN food stuff grown
II We will look on any fertilizer sack
be see only three elements enumerated,
amely: nitrogen, phosphorus and pot
Gh. II the nitrogen has been supplied
abundance by the clover, the re.
AsiniDg two can be easily supplied, a.
hey srs she least expensive.
The corn crop requires O good supply
nitrogen, as this crop, like all of trG
ASS, has rather poor faculty Of col
betting nitrogen from the soil Hence
il bRst TO supply it N q readily Rolu
y form, and there h no better form
ban IN dtcaying plants rich IN nitro
n II ths ferGiIIBsr hAs 10 - de-
ndsd on entirely for al these eSDoa-
L sisments, thea il would b bS8t %
Se SrTnd with at least D 10 0 per
nt Nitrogen, Q 70 10 per Ccat. PhOS
norua' and X 3 per cent potash. 10
20 to Use q good grade Of foRtiIiDar
costs juat Hs much In freight TO
u ole q low grade 90 high grade,
40 IL costs ss much 20 diatributO o
grade aa . high grade.
II your dealer haa no hirb 0ra6o.
len get him 20 order ii, and If he OAn't
It, then do your own mixing.
VI course 1t goes without saying that
he manure on the farm should bO
fetuIy saved and put On the land.
70 Ier''llz7r is simply 10 be used as a
pplement. It 10 best TO break corn
~ IN the fall or winter. This, of
e' esnnos be done if the land 10
Eupled by clover crop.
o,s bs', clay soils, especially, should
S,OA9a deep and early. It is usually
plAns and cultivate on q level
''A'r Sd ud be drilled about
boa, 'Eo Weeks bsfore planting. 1t
IT, ~ put the terUti.zsr about two
Uba eoes where the corn grain
- 'O' Two reasons, namely: that
on. oo'n roofs will have TO search
bn-o 0u0 then she young plant is
NJ '"' oy the fertilizer. By the
:, 'oo's ct down to the fertili-
IN 7' become Incorporated in the
gss tig all the manure possible. use reno
i,,I, as crops and supplement with fer
q, We wilt no longer need to
a. '"7 Western farmer for corn. as
esn buy. ou0~peE 'n"n
something to haul corn out,
e7'S the farmer in bad habits TO
'"n' with an empty wagon and