The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-23

until the growth has been 80 retarded
and the stalk SO hardened that it will
never grow too large. This Is the most
difficult Point In the whole process.
and iudgssnt r required
to know just how much the stalk
should be situated, and plenty OF
nerve, is required 20 hold back
your corn whe1 your Ieighb rs.
who fertilized at planting time aud
cultivated rapidly, have corn twice
the size OF yours. (Thoy are having
THOR fun now. Yours will come at
harvest time The richer the land
tho moro necessary ID 10 shst asunting
proc IS should be. thoroughly done.
When your arc convinced tnat your
corn has tosn sufficiently Inundated,
you may begia 30 make tho ear. II
should DO from twelve TO eight0aa In
oheB high, and lock worse than you
navo over had any corn look before.
Put half your mixsd fertilizers,
(shis being tho FIRST ussd 40 ally In che
old sweop furrow on both aides of every
other middle and cover by, breaking
out this middlo with turn pillow. About
one week later tresS ahe other middle
she some way. Within o few days aid.
corn In frat middle with sixteen inch
sweep. Put ell your nitrate Of aeda Ia
his furrOw, IL less than 1850 pounds.
II more, use 0no-hslf Of Ii now. Over
With ca furrow Of turn plow, then
SOW ras in this naiddle broadcast az
the rate OF at least ONE bushel TO the
acre aud finish bresk,Hg out.
In o few days side corn La Other
middle with aame sweep, put balance
II nitrate Of coda In sh.s tarroW IL ID
has been divided, cover wibh turn
pillow, BOW peas, ana brock out. This
lays by your crop with o good bed and
nlenty OF dirt around your enalk. This
should be from juno 10bh TO goth, I'M.
les0 season Ia very lato. and corn should
10 hardly punching for tnsaal.
Lay by oarly. More corn 10 ruined
by late blowing than by lack Of plow.
ing. This ig when tho eur 10 hurt,
The good rains after laying by should
making yeu o good oEop Of corn, and
~ will certainly make With much less
rain than II puahed and ferbiltz ORB In
ahe old way.
The stalks Hthus raised are very
small, and do not require any ching
like the moisture even in proportion
DO Rlze, that ~ necessary for largo Tsp.
py stalks. 1'his NAV, therefore, be
left much thiokar inbthe row. This
is no new process. Ii has long been
q custom to out back vines and trees
In order TO inoroaso the yoild and
quality to fruit, and 80 long az you
do not hold back your corn, i6 gill 90,
like mine sc long won't, all 10 stalk.
Do net be discouraged by the look
of your sorn during the process O,
cultivation. Ii will yi0ld Out CT all
proportion 10 its appearance. Large
stalks cannot make LARGO Yields, OK.
oepo with extremely favorable Bea.
sons, for they cannot stand o lack OF
moisture. Early applications Of ma
aure go TO mako large stalks, which
you do not want. and bbe plant food
Is all thus used up bsfore the car,
which you do want, Is made. Tall
stalks, not only will not produce we'll
themselves, but will not allow you to
make the pea vines, 80 necessary to
hhe improvement OF land. Corn raised
by this method should mover grow
over Il feet high, and the ear should
be near TO the ground.
l consider the naal application o!
nitrate Of aoda an essenblal point in
shiB ear making process. 1t should
always be applied at last blowing and
uum!xed With other teroilizers.
| am satisfied with one ear 10 tho
stalk, unless o prolific variety is
planted, and leave a hundred stalks
for every bushcl thai I expect TO
mako l find the elk foot row the easi-
est to cultivate without injuring the
corn. For fifty hushalB to the acre, I
save Ii sixteen inches apart; for sew
enby five bushsls to the acre, IL in.hts
apart, and for M hundred bushels
eight inches apart. Corn should b.
planted from four to six inches below
she level, and laid by from four to six
inches above. No hoeing should be-
necessary and mid6les may be kept
clean until time to break out, by using
narrow or by running one shovel fur.
row In center OF middle and bediing
on that, with one or more rounds of
turn pl~ W.
l would advise only a few acres
6ried by this method the frat year, or
until you are familiar with It's appl!ca.
blon. Especially Is IL hard, at first,
go fully carry out the stunning process
~here O whole crop is involved, and
6hiS Is the absolutely essential parb of
the process.
This mebhod l have applied or 1901
applied. successfully, to all kinds OF
land In hnis section exsspb wet lands
and moist bottoms, and I am conf.
denb IL can DO made Of great benefit,
6hrOughout tho entire South.
In the middle West, whore corn ia
70 prolific and profitable, aud whore,
unfortunately for US, 80 much of ours
i'aB baan produced, che atalk does not
naturally grow lasgo. AS We como
South It's Bizo increases. ct the ex-
penso Of tho ear, until In Cuba and
Mexico 1t is nearly all stalk (1itne1
Mexican varietiea.)
The purpose Of this method 10 to
eliminate this tendency Of corn 10
oVergrowth at the expense of Yield,
In bh1s Southern climate.
BY this method [ have nasde my
corn crop moro profitable than my
cotton Drop, and nay neighbors and
friends who hava, without exception,
derived great benefb therefrom.
Plant your own seed. 1 would not
advise a change Of Beod and moshod
6he same year, as you will mob know
from which you have derived the
benefit. l have used three varitios,
all have done we'll. l ha va never used