The Colfax chronicle., 1904-12-31
FARMER AND PLANTER.
NEXT YEARS CORN CROP.
NJ Judfcfous Foresight the Yield
- OF Next Years Corn Crop May
BE Materially Increased.

portant than with the corn crop. w
have time and again said that in, al
the experiments we have made W,
could never make it profitable to use
high grade complete commercial fertil
lzer on the corn crop. OF course, W,
can through the use of such fertiliz
er greatly increase the crop of corn
But II a test plot, without fertilizer, Il
planted for comparison it will usually
be found that the increased crop has
hardly paid for the fertilizer used. The
best. preparation for the corn crop il
alegume crop grown the previous sea-
son, either clover or cow peas. II
these have been literally dressed with
acid phosphate and potash and a
strong growth made, you will have the
best possible place to prepare for the
corn crop the following season. Either
the peas or the clover will have LETT In
the ground large amount of nitrogen
In the form of organic matter that will
soon become available to the crop. It
is the costly nitrogen in the complete
fertilizer that makes its use on & the
corn crop lottery, and If you can get
lne nitrogen more cheaply it will pay
you to use the mineral elements MOS
phoric acid and potash literally. THE
chief manurial needs of the corn frop
are Tor nitrogen and potash, forx the
nitrogen forms the strong stalk and
the potash is largely concerned in the
formation of the starch that is such an
important part of the corn Grain.
while SUFFICIENT amount of phosphoric
acid will assist in the transfer OF
starch in the plant. There is no crop
grown on the farm where the home
made manure from the stables. barn
yard and hen house can be more profit
ably applied and nowhere will it tend
more towards the permanent Improve
meat OF the soil and the production of |
the succeeding crops. Having pea
stuble, 1t will. be well to start in No 4
Vember and plow and subsoiI the land.
Tor the deepening of the soil can be
better done while the subsoil is COM
'arativcly dry than in the spring.
Therefore break the corn land as deeplI
y as the soil will admit In November
md run either regular subsoil pIow>l
II In its absence bull tongue in the1
'ottom OF each furrow to loosen the3
ubsoil. Then SOW and harrow In .
ushel or more of rye per acre as q
Finter cover to prevent the loss of MI.
rates during the winter, by having
reen growing plants 10 take It up. Il
Now, wfienever It Is practicable td
aul on the land during the Winter, getl
ut all the manure as fast as made andf
pread IL broadcast On the rye. This,
Ill give you a denser growth OF tha1 ,
1e and stiil more organic matter td
lpply nitrogen the next summer in3 :
decay. Late in March plow the rye / :
ID manure under together, and pre-1
ire the land for corn. For fertiliz- s
for the corn mix 1900 pounds OF II
i'd phosphate and 200 pounds OIL :
uriate of potash and of this mixture .
e 400 pounds per acre in the furrow1 !
lder the corn and 200 pounds per
re broadcast. Then when the corn
arts to grow it will have food right
hand, and when its roots spread far .
d wide 1t will still find food in .
mdance and the amount of organic +,
alter plcwed under the pea roots or a
'ver, and the manure and the rye I,
u create conditions in the soil that it
II retain the moisture and prevent a,
mage from drought. Then after che m
ep preparation and liberal fertiliza- m
n OF the land, do not go to work fe
tn big plows and turn the soil up be- w
cen the rows and bank it to the w
n to dry out, but let the first work. h,
be done with the smoothing har- of
and weeder and let the cultivator to
shallow and often, keeping the fe
as level as possible to enable it to
ain the moisture. and supply it to
roots of the plants. The decaying
anic matter will not only furnish
the nitrogen needed by the corn, gr
! will, as we fnay4 said, keep the az
Isture toIthe. ROOTS and the. corn will te:
Q an abpndance te dissolve to the tn
ut food and to keep It flourishing
the driest time. Then SOW peas fir,
in between the rows at last work. in
and when the corn is well glazed, wi
it of at the ground and cure in II
cks, NOV the peas. If heavy, and :
pare the land for winter wheat or brt
! with the disk alone. Then the fre
luring and fertilization will tell on sw
wheat crop and there will still be II
ogen enough SO that the wheat are
need only 800 pounds per acre of =
same mixture Of acid phosphate tre'
potash. On the shock rows in the dis'
ng you can sow oats and then fol- cen
all with peas for the cotton crop. tres
the cotton country, or for tobac- 70
a the tobacco section. moving the stei
for hay Of course, as the great
as for making more home manure. pou
he meas may no nowr ond ,ha in
Die again disked finely and sowns ing
, tn wheat and that saoaad +o circ
II or followed by peas in prepara- are
for anotber corn cron All is n
b means that through the liberal
Of the mineral elements of plant ieu
aided by the legume crops, we snp /,
rapidly increase the humus con- .eIo
in our soil. and be able to use the. ~. !. :
izers with greater profit in q lib -
because Of the moistura