The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-03-01
LARGE CORN YIELDS
Palmetto Farmer Gives His
Method
DEEP AND CLOSE CULTIVATION
He Obtained Phenomenal Yield by
Proper Cultivation and Use Of
Fertilizers.

la Inc HartsviIle Is. c. Mcssen-
yer recently Mr. +. McIver William |
son Of Darlington County, gives to
it- public most valuable paper on |
ro.1l culture. In view Of the fact |
.Ia, the Southern Cotton Association |
al the last meeting held in New |
Orleans adopted resolutions Of vital |
Importance to the Southern farmers
among the most important % which
wds that urging the farmers to diver
sify their crops and to plant corn and
other grain crops sufficient ut least
r"r hons consumption. This article
on tho subject of corn cuIture by Mr..
Williamson is all the more important
and interesting. Mr.. Williamson
-Iy~:
For a number of years after | be
gan 10 farm / followed the old time
method OF putting the fertiIized all
tndcr the corn, planting on Il level or
Il.her, six by three feet, pushing the
plant from the start and making a
bio stalk, but the ears we're few and
frequently small. | planted much
corn in the spring and bought much
more corn the next spring. until I'm
ally / was driven to the conclusion
luat corn could not be made on up
.tuIs in this section certainly rot by
the old method except at a loss.
/ did not give up however, for |
,.uaw that the farmer who did not
axe his own corn never had sue
rrcded and never would, 50 | began
10 experiment. First, l planted lower,
and the yeield was better, but the
stalk was still too large, so I discon-
tiuucd altogether the application of
fertilizer before planting, and know
iu% that all crops should be fertill-
ned at some time used mixed fertiliz-
rras a side application and applied
he more soluable nitrate Of soda
lat"r, be guided i'll this by the excel
Iant results obtained from its use as
a top dressing for oats. Still the
WELD though regular, was not large,
ana the smallness of the stalk itself
u"w suggested that they should be
,tantcd thicker in the drill. This was
done the next year with results so
satisfactory that | continued from
wear to year to increase the number
ii stalks and fertilizer, with which
Io sut8in them, also TO apply nitrate
I'll soda at last blowing, and to lay by
carly sowing peas broadcast. This
ncthod steadily increased the yield
until year before last. 0904) which
rows ard $11 worth Of fertilizer to
lie acre, ! made So bushels averaging
tn thc acre, severel Of my best acres
making as much as 12J bushels.
Last year. Q905) [ followed the
same method, planting the first week
j.. April, 20 acres which had produc,
rd The year before 1000 pounds seed
rotton per acre. The land sandy up
land, somewhat rolling. Seasons very
lHfayora5Ie. owing to the tremendous
rains IN May and the dry and eXtrem-
y h05 weather later on. From june
l1.h TO July 10Th, the time when i
,aus5 needed moisture there was 5.s
ri IN inch of rainfall here: yet witt
>7GT, cost of fertilizer, my yield was
= bushels per acre, Rows were siz
i,ct and corn sixteen inches III drill
With this method, on land that vii
nidiniarily produce 1000 lbs. of sect
eottcn with 500 pounds OF fertilizer
~ bushels Of corn should be mad
~ using 300 pounds of cotton seet
neal, 900 pounds of acid phosphate
and 100 pounds Of Kainit mixed .
their equivalent in othcs fertilizer
and 125 pounds of nitrate of soda. al
to be used as side application as di
rected below.
On land that will make 4 bale an
one half Of cotton per acre when fel
tilted, q hundred bushels of cor
should be produced by doubling til
amount of fertilizer above. cxcer
that 800 pounds of nitrate of sod
should be used.
In each case there should be left o
he land IN corn stalks. peas. vine
and roots, from $12 to SO worth {
Iertilizing material per acre, beside
the great benefit to the land from S
large amount of vegetable matte
The place Of this in the permanel
Improvement Of land can never
taken for commercial fertilizer. for
Is absolutely impossible to nal
lands rich as long as they are a,
lacking in vegetable matter.
Land should be thoroughly al
ticeply broken for corn. and this
the time in a system Of rotation
deepen the soil Cotton requires
more compact soil than corn, al
while deep soil is essential to
best development, il will not produ
rs well on loose open land, while &c
does best on land thoroughly broke
i deep soil will not only produ
Ioore heavily than shallow soil wi
coed seasons, but it will stand n,o
wet as well as more dry weather.
In preparing for the corn ere
land should be broken broadest dr
iEs the winter one fourth deeper th
i has heen plowed before, or if mu
feeeiable matter is being turned L
Ter, It may be broken one third dee
CT. This is as much deepening