The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-17
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NOTES OF THE FARM 5:
By W. F. MASSEY, Of A. & M College,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ea Observation-Disclosures
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Granville county friend writes: i
ave a field tlat without help will
,,aIle about % bushels Of corn per
acre. 1t is now in herbs grass sod.
Land rather wet, gray with red clay
subsoiI | wish to plant t III corn
This wear. and have applied 20 roads
Of compost per acre broadcast. com
,.n~t made in stable and hog pen kept
u.H Uttered with pine straw and oak
.ra1e~. What fertilizer should | use
and i'm what quantity to make ),
nu-hrl~ Of corn per acre? Had
thought Of using Il mixture OF 10 per
cent. phosphoric acid and , per cent.
nct.-h which | can get ready mixed
.. ~r2 per ton. or would it be better
f., u~e ?. s. goods at SIS per ton:
latton seed meal not aFailable here IN
.Mal quantities. Have another tleld
which was in wheat last summer Peas
s<.rc planted after the wheat was cut
and fertiiized with a fertilizer contain
-ro . per cent nitrogen. per cent.
pGoSphoric acid and , per cent. pot
ASH. Crimson clover was sOwn among
the peas in August. There is about
one fourth of Il stand of clover look
mo rather badly as it was grazed
closely all winter by sheep. What
should | use on this field of corn:
The Experiment stations have done
SO much IN the study OF the manuilal
requirements of the various crops ana
have given so many formulas for TINS
and that crop that farmers nave come
TO the conclusion that on every crop
nIantc0 there must of necessity be
some commercial fertilizer used. We
have for wears been wornn@ hard 10
show that i'm our SOthern red clay
soils we can Get regularly increasing
crops WItnOUt this constant depend-
cnce on the fertilizer mixer. 1t Is
not ALWAYS the largest crop OF any
thing that IS the most profitable. The
great corn crop OF over Poi bushels
per acre that was raised in South
Carolina wears ago would have
brought the farmer in debt but for
the liberal premium he got for grow
iu@ it. Good farming does not al
ways mean the biggest crops, but the
crops that are grown by reason OF
Good culture and good management
ut the least expense. We have eN-
perimented year after year with com
mercial fertilizers on the corn crop
and never succeeded in getting back
the cost OF the fertilizer in the in
crease Of the crop at the ordinary
price for corn. The same result has
been demonstrated at Experiment
Stations in other parts OF the country.
fhe principal manurial requirements
"f the corn crop are nitrogen and
potash. while nearly every ready mix
cd fertilizer on the market gives the
largest place to phosphOric acid. It
paws the mixer better to do this than
to use a larger per centage Of nitro
cen and potash. which costs them
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