The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-12-27
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PROF. NEWMAN. ENDORSES TEE
WILLIAMSON PLAN.

he Urges Farmers to apartment
With It Next Year, as
it Makes Corn
/ Prof. C.L. Newman, of Clemson
College, who recently vlsitad Darling
ton County and the Pee Dea sec.
tion for the purpose of Investigating
tha plan CT growing corn originated by
Mr. McIver Williamson, has COM
pleted his report on the subject. In
part 1t is as follows:
The peculiar or essential William
SOL plan features are:
i l. Deep and thorough preparation
Of seed bed. The soil ia not only brok
en- to fully twice the depth to which
1t is usually broken. but is broken
much more thoroughly than 10 the
custom.
2. Daep planting of the seed. The
seed are placed four to six inches b.
low the soil level, and almost or quite
Ia con tast with the suhsoll, but GOV
cred to tho usual depth. This aida In
stunning" OK retarding the growth
Of the young corn and Of grasses and
weeds as well, sincs very nearly all
the soil proper has bsen ploughed
away from the corn row and into the
middles, and no fertiliz sr has been ap.
piled.
3. Infrequent and partial sultivs.
tion in early stages of growth. This
Is contrary to popular belief and prac-
tice, and Mr.. Williamson styles 1t
1.-THE most diff cult point In the whole
process," requiring experience and
Judgment ITO know just how much
the stalk should hs stunted, and plen
ty Of nerve Is reg 1ired TO hold back
YOUR corn when your neighbors, who
fertilizs at planting time and cultivate
rapidly, have corn twice the size OF
yours."
4 An increase of 200 per cent or
more In the number Of stalks psr acre
With rows 6x1 feet the Williamson
plan has little moro than 300
stalks per acre against q little more
than 2 900 il planting is done 513
feet, in acc ordance with the ordinary
practice. Theoretically, this would
give 73 and 20 buEhels per acre. re-
spestively, and it seems, from evi.
dencs at hand, that it is born out In
practice, assuming thsIt each stalk
will produce an ear, and one hundred
ears will shell bushel Of grain.
s. Po5tponding application Of fer
tilizsrs until corn is given it's second
cultivation. In ordinary practice this
would be about the time corn should
be worked the third time. The stalk
has been checked or "stunted" as do.
sired, aud tho fertilizer is applied
when the plant needs 1T for the de7el.
opnenG Of tire ear.
6. Intentional retardstion Of early
growth Of the stalk until it's size is
reduced one.hslf OF one'fourth it's nor.
NAL development.
| I. Augm snted development of the
ear (fol'o wing retardstion In stalk de-
velopmelt,) by cultivation and heavy
applications of fertslizsrs made at ap-
'propriate intervals.
! Sinoa the Williamson plan CORN iG
\ planted 4 to 6 inches balow the level,
land Is laid by 4 to 6 inches above tha
| level, 5here iS8 to IL inches Of the
stock below the soil surface. The stalk
roots or brace roots are below the sur
face when the crop is laid by, and
tprobably perform their nutriGive func'
tions bstter than would be II part
Of them ware exposed TO the air.
! Mr.. Williamson recommends the
following amounts Of fertilizers ap.
piled to an acre:
For so bushels of CORN per acre: Two
hundred pounds Of cotton seed meal,
200 pounds of acid phosphate, 400
pounds O. kainit, 1875 pounds Of nj
trats Of Eoda, 925 pounds, costing
about 80
1 For lou bushels of corn per acre:
Four pounds Of cotton seed meal, 400
pounds OF acid phoaphsts, 800 pounds
OF kainit 300 pounds OF nitrate Of
soda, l. 900 poundn, costing about $40
The aotal cost OF fertilizers. guilty..
ation, etc.. producing so bushals on
one acre would vary from els to $40,
and for producing 100 bushels on cne
acre from s25 to $50. These Valua.
5ionB ere based on tho market price
of the Fertilizers (sssumtpg the acid
phosphate to be IA per cant gcods)
and the average prics of labor. The
cost of labor varies in different Darts
of the Stste and even On Caiscint
farms.
If the COW pea crop grow with the
coru produces one ton Of hay, this
crop, If left on and in the. ground,
would add to it about s12 worth OF
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.
Il the COW pea crop would produce
two tons Of hay, this crop left on and
in the ground would add s24 worth
Of these fertilizer ingredients. How
ever, the value of the cow pes for
feeding purposes is double its value
for fertiltzing purposes. If judicious-
ly fed to animals this hay will have
feeding value of about 924 per ton,