The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-07-04
The Williamson Corn Stunting Plan.

the most fashionable plan of tho
day. All over the country we SEQ
the stunning process on the crops.
Corn and cotton, too, are looking
yellow for tho lack of work and
sunshine; too much rain and the
scarcity of labor has forced this
stunting process upon the farmers.
It is not in the plans Of tho farmers
to thus stunt their crops! 1t is the
force of circumstanccs-thc weather
and labor; this condition ls un-
avoidable. But why not now ap~
ply nitrate Of soda Of high grade
ammonlated fertilizers to the side
Of these crops and test the value of
late application Of the moro volatile
fertillzersq
There is no doubt in our minds
but what all the ammonia or avail
able nitrogen in commercial fertili-
zers havo been washed out by the
recent heavy rains. and is now gone
out Of reach Of common crops, and
If we expect the bcst results from
these soluble heterogeneous fertilizers
we should apply them to crops in
the latter stage Of its growth, when
the soil is filled with tho focdcrs-
little rootlets-then ready to con-
sumo volatile plant or soluble food
We would not have our readers
to misunderstand our position or
opinion On this stunting plan Mr..
Williamson, we think, has done a
good thing for the farming interest
of tho whole South by calling our
attention to his stunting plan in tho
cultivation Of corn. He has put tho
progressive farmer to thinking
along this line Of retarding the
growth of stalk, the less valuable
part OF our crops, and increasing
the grain or .fruiting. We farmers
have a great deal to learn along
this line. We have known Years
ago that the best fall cabbage were
grown by retarding tho growth in
tho earlier stage; that is, transplant
the plants in July or August and
not work them out until the first
OF September, when a good applica-
tion of fertilizer applied along with
late cultivation insures Of fine cror
Of fall cabbage. We havo alse becn
deceived by tho come-out of some
very grassy cotton that was not
worked out until very late when
propltlous seasons and good cult
walton have produced astonishing
good crops. even at this late stage
of the growth Of the crops.
For many years we have stopped
what we think waste Of money by
applying ammoniated commercial
fertilizers to small grain sown in
fall, or to other spring crops when
planting. We are satisfied that
usually about all the soluble prop.
critics of nitrates are gone before
the roots Of crops are sufficiently
large or numerous to take up or ap.
propriato this valuable plant food.
Therefore, we believe more in late
or side application of fertilizers
than we do in the retarding or
stunting of the stalk growth. But,
we do not say that we are sure off
this without we havo demonstrated
this fact by actual comparative test
by measured area and weighed
crops.
we have this side application of
1ertlllzers of both stunted and nm.
stunted crops of both cotton and
cofn--in practical test, this wear
which, we trust, will give us moro
hight on this subject by actual Com.
paratlve test made in a procticol
way on the way.
Organize a Farmers Union Wareboueo
Company.
Our cheap plan for Farmcrs'
Union warehouse seems to have
stirred up no little opposition bv
that class of men that have alwavs
made their jack by supplying tho
farmer with that business manage,
ment of the farmers own affairs
that counts for loss or gain. Some.
thing has been going the rounds
about the price Of cement at 81. IS
being too low, which would render