The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-05
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Np't'Ft u - All tus9~ made 4 bsi 81
corn crop than usual last year. but IL
they do not look out they will lind
Their com crib usxt fail in the West.
anu the money made OIL cotton going
away 10 o;hef States 10 pay fof tho
necessi''.z OF life.
One OF the inost successful farmers
We c'er met attributes his good for
fnre largely TO the fact thai while
Ills tenants made cotton. lie devoted
his attention on his wages farm To tho
] growing something with which ="
/ iced them and their animals. He made
corn. wheat. oats, potatoes and meat
| which he sold them OF credit and AZ
| the end cf the YEAR h. owned nearly
! All an" "otton these people had worked
All me suiHmtr 10 make aid gather
| he grew some cotton also. to be sure
out lac sraw IL as q surplus crop and
'h regular rotation. Now. il they do
not mind. great many OF our farm
ers viii find themselves next fan IN
the condition OF this gentleman. fen
ants; some one else will own tbn cn,-
ton. "r what amounts ~ the same
'hih;. some one else wifi get most Of
The money The cotton brings. in ex-
change for corn. meat. flour. hay etc.
There is tendency right now 10
plant ak The best land in cotton and
Slick the corn in anywhere around
the edges
Now, frienis. this will not do, The
price OF corn i advancing as well as
inc price OF cotton. It is already worth
seF"n'! cents d hushel III Atlanta. and
gong higher, We must lax pui plans
io make what rcrh we will need for
nome Consumption at least. then We
sfiiil ne able To keep some Of our cot
1on money when We get it. We shonld
therefore. divide un our land md mako
Il Good corn crop as well as cotton cror
MI through the upper part of Gcor-
sia and adjoining States the practice
- 10 plant corn on the river and creek
n"i'oihS year after year. and with lit
lie OF no fertilizer: Where the land is
oNefH"wE periodically by creek or river
the fertility Of the land is fairly waIl
maintained and even iuc,fasef. but
there is very large amount of hot.
TOM land that does not become over
"""h, ana on such land the Weld of
corn is becoming lighter year by wear,
IL SUI grows Il fairly good stalk bnt
the ears are nothing like SO heavy ms
formerly.
This falling OF is undoubtedly dine
I" the exhaustion of the mineral .lo.
hiehis OF plant food in the sell. bios
rhoric acid and potash. There is sill,
Il laii amount of organic. or yeoata-
"ie matter IN most of these soils which,
'he growth Of grass and weeds. after
the crop is laid by, helps to keen mn
me growth Of stalks also jndic,teS
mat there is at least 4 fair supnlv of
ahili"'iia- The ear. however, IS de-
hcieht, and ears are what we want,
When We realize that crop OF tifty
bushels of corn per acre actually re-
moves from All acre of land sixtv.
seven pounds Of nitrogen thirty-one
p'uiiu> " phosphOric acid and eighty
IeAhGs Of potash. We can better under. |
stand why. it the supply of plant food
is not renewed, the ears Will grow
smaller from year to year. II our Weld
Per acre Is only twenty-five bushels, |
the drain upon the soil will be halr |!
the above amount, and to meet this |
ana increase our WELD Of corn from |
year TO year, we should use on such !
'"ld at least six hundred pounds per |
acre OF a fertilizer Analysing nitrogen |
I'VE and half per cent, pllosDhoric !
fcid seven per cent. and pota sh eirnt !
per cent. To make this fertilizer TAXI, |
cottonseed meal JS> pounds. acid phos.
phafe 1000 pounds and muriate OF not
ash 30 pounds to make A ton Mi,
thoroughly together until the whole
mass Is an even color, pounding ND all
Jumps as they roll down around ill.,.
ca.es OF the pile. BY using 600 pounds
OF such q fertilizer per acre on YOUR
bottom lands, together with proper
'illage and the planting of cowpeas in
the hlddles. When laying by. YOU will
be able 10 grow corn steadily on This
land and find Your crops constantly
increasing i'll size every year, Instead
or diminishing. Very little nitrogen
Will be needed in the fertilizer, as this
Will be supplied by the pea vines DIV.
ing on the land
Now. don't fall into the mistake OF
the fertilizer is going to
make the corn by itself. or that it will
make up for poor tillage; on the con-
tfarF, the fact that you have spent
money for fertilizer is another reason
why You should take extra pains in
the preparation of your land and the
after cultivation Of the crop. 1 know
notliing which will go further toward
fine Germ crop than the thor
oush preparation of the seed bed. A
great many people recommend fall
blowing. but we have always made
better corn to break the land thorough.
y in the spring, when it was in the
right condition, put in our fertilizer,
Stir it we'll into the soil. and plant
our sesd in the freshly prepared land.
We always break all the land before
we plant. You cannot expect to mako