The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-08-06
How 10 Raise Corn.

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North Carolina, thus tells in the Pro-
gresslve Farmer the way TO raise corn:
AS | have been travelling in North
Carolina this yenr and have watched
with interest the way in which the
farmers raise or try TO raise corn,
now wish, in your valuable paper, TO
make some criticisms; these will. Of
course. not be in harmony with all
farmers views,
In the first place, the majority OF
farmers do not break their land deep
enough in the spring before planting.
Next they plant about one-third 100
much corn TO the acre. The rows for
the average land should be at least
four feet apart and the corn three feet
apart In the drill anG only one stalk
in a place.
The first time II is piowed. !. shorll
be done with a long plow next TO the
corn, In some sections this pillow is
called "calf tongue" Let this plow
run deep The other plow or plows
should be wider and should run shall
lower.
The second blowing should be done
with shorter plows nm should not run
as close TO corn as first plowng. The
third blowing should be done with
still larger plows. which should be run
shnllower still than the second plow-
Ing, and should be run far enough
away from corn as not 10 break any Of
the little corr, roots, which by this time
have spread out six or eight inches
from the stalk. ta...
The fourth blowing should be done
with q turning pow o. sc.2e kind in
order that you lay run far enough
from the corn as 10 not cut the roots,
and still be able TO cover up the large
roots around the stalk, so that the
hot suns'of july and August win not
cook them and turn the corn yellow
or burn 1t up. .....
IL you have time after This blowing,
before the corn tassels, take q long
shovel pillow and run it through the
centre Of each corn middle as deep as
one horse can pull it, This pillow should
not be over five or six inches wide.
know that my idea OF raising corn
is different from a great many tho
oretical farmers, but It is moi theory
that we want If II does not put corn
in the crib. was raised on n farm
and know from actual experience that
this way Of cultlvating corn IS all right,
no matter what kind Of land you may
be cultivatlng. l have also Travelled
over seversl Of the, Southern States,
and have observed chat farmers who
cultivate their corn in this way always
have plenty Of corn to do them. /
wish ! could Impress on. the farmer
~ how very important it is not 20
plant their corn too thlckly on poor
land; (2) that they should never run
close enough to the corn with a pillow
TO break the small roots OF the corn;
~ that the last blowing should be done
with turning plow in order that the
large roots around the corn could be
covered up without running close
enough TO the stalks to break those
roots.
l am satisfied that there has been
at least $4,000 bushels of corn de-
stroyed in North Carolina this year
by the farmers laying their corn by
with sthat old-fashloned double shovel
pillow, or some similar cultivator.
The above description as to cultiyat-
ing corn does not apply where the corn
is planted on a ridge or bed or in the
water furrow, but only when planted
on a level, as most farmers plant it.