The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-18

there is no use trying to make big cro,,
i on poor land. pS
We actually made this crop with las-,-
/ Dor than any crop we ever made in "a, "a
| lives, but the necessary plant food for tSr
] production of a large crop Of corn us
, present. and this was the secret ~ -
| large yield and fine specimens obtsinas9
| and this is the secret of large Yields e,orr-'
where, the commentators were right VIII
| they said that no such corn sould rossitJ1t
have been grown on poor land.
But why plant corn on poor land al OH,
Well, II l don't plant corn on poor laTd
won't plant corn al all for | have ~
other sort but poor land.
| We are we'll aware that this Is q ~
common excuse, but it is an excuse tba.
does not excuse; if land Is not farme1 ar =
! profit 1t is farmed at a loss; there can ~.
no middle ground.
If we farm at loss it is Just sirnni,.
question of time as to how long we cao
keep the sheriff from closing us out
We are acquainted with individuals v,b,
own land that is so desperately Door tba,
corn cannot be grown on it at all. tbs7.
keep their stock fat, sleek and sauov ii,
the time by raising and feeding to then,
| cowpeas peanuts, sweet potatoes and chr
fas. ''''-
A liberal dressing of phosphate and not
ash. coupled with the sowing of coVrea-
or clover, will enrich lands, let them 10
ever so poor; the profit to be obtained h.,
their use is both immediate and sure an3
| no farmer is so poor but that he can MS.
them to both advantage and profit II =
a trio which forms the foundation Of al
successful agriculture.
Now as to how we made our prerni,,,
corn: First, we planted an extra prc.inc-
tive variety-Welborn' Conscience. soo.
I "a
rally good to start with, then made if sin
more fertile and productive by applving
500 pounds of high grade complete fer.
tilizer, ana 100 pounds of muriate of NOT
ash in conjunction herewith per acre =.
cost of $3.50 per acre; We usually oh.
tain from forty to sixty-fve bushels nor
acre without fertilizer; hence the increase
in yield of from fifty-fve to eighty bushels
must be attributed to, first. variety of corn
planted, and, second, fertilizer employed
1t certainly could not be attributed to arv.
thing extra favorable about the season
for the season for US has throughout been
most remarkably unfavorable for both cot.
ton and corn, as well as all species of gar
den vegetables.
Our ground was broken, reduced TO Nns
filth. by free use of harrow, one-half AZ
fertilizer distributed in drill and two sid.
ing burrows; and corn planted by hand in
rows four feet apart, and one grain every
twelve inches in drill the first week IN
May; Land creek bottoms, anuvial soil.
Bud worms did not poster it. but tn,
birds did, interfering considerably with
the stand, but decided not to replant
June 1, run around corn with side cuI.
tivator 1.-TWO furrows); 10th, run middles
out with Planet Junior Zone furrow); 18th
gave 1t a genteel hoeing and laid it by:
the three burrows and one hoeing being
all the work it ever got; the cultivation
ton before the seed was put into tina
ground, though this preparation, fertza-
ton and planting was all done on the
same day; no fall preparation or sub-soil-
ing.
The second half of fertilizer was applied
in middle, broadcast; June 10th worked
into the soil with the Planet Junior; we
prefer this second application for that rea-
son that in making a single application it
oftentimeS happens that the nitrogenous
part of the fertilizer becomes completely
exhausted in making the stalk; an over
grown stalk is the result, with but very
little plant food left in the soil to form
the ear, hence the final yield is less than
if no fertilizer had been employed.
This is no fault of the fertilizer. but the
fault lies with the individual making the
application, in failing to learn the pecu-
liar characteristics and functions perform
ed by each element employed as fertil-
izing agent
A corn fertilizer should analyze about
Z per cent cent. phosphoric acid per
cent. potash, per cent. nitrogen.
In the making of above crop, we have
said little about tillage and this for the
reason that but little of 1t was done; our
tilage consisting mainly in thorough prep
aration and liberal fertilization, with good
seed and the little amount of work put
in the way of culture. put in at the right
time, in the right place, and in a right
manner.
This done, it is much easier, cheaper,
more satisfactory and far more profitable
to gather large crops than it is to gather
small ones. 1t is both easier and cheaper
to furnish plant food direct than 1t is to
undertake to liberate it by tillage, and
this is especially the case when 1t is not
there to liberate but a judicious union
of both plans is still better, and cannot
fail to be productive of best results, first,
last and all the time.
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