Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-16

every other middle, and cover by
breaking out this middle with turn
plough About one week later treat
the other middle the same way,
Within a few days side corn in first
middle with sixteen-inch sweep. Put
all your nitrate Of soda in this fur
row, II less than 150 pounds. II
more, use one-half Of It now. Cover
with one furrow Of turn plough. then
SOW peas in this middle broadcast at
the rate of at least one bushel to the
acre. and finish breaking out.
In a few days side corn in other
middle with large sweep, put balance
Of nitrate of soda in this furrow II
1t has been divided, cover with turn
plough, SOW peas and break out.
This lays by your crop with good
bed and plenty Of dirt around your
stalk. This should be from June 10
to IL, unless the season Is very late,
and corn should be hardly punching
for tassel.
Lay by early More corn is ruined
by late ploughing than by lack of
ploughing. This Is when the ear Is
hurt. Two good rains after laying
by should make you a good crop of
corn. and it will certainly make with
much less rain than II pushed and
fertilized in the old way.
The stalks thus raised are very
small, and do not require anything
like the moisture even in proportion
to size, that is necessary for large,
sappy stalks. They may, therefore,
be left much thicker in the row. This
is no new process 1t has long been
the custom to cut back vines and
trees in order to increase the yield
and the quality Of the fruit, and so
long as you do not hold back your
corn. 1t will go. like mine so LONG
went, all to stalk.
Do not be discouraged by the looks
of your corn during the process of
cultivation 1t will yield out Of all pro-
portion to it's appearance. Large
stalks cannot make large yields, ex-
cept with extremely favorable sea-
sons, for they connot stand a lack
of moisture. Early applications of
manure go to make large stalks,
which you do not want, and the plant
food Is thus used up before the ear,
which you want, Is made. Tall
stalks, not only will not produce
well themselves, but will not allow
you to make the pea vines, so neces-
;sary to the Improvement Of the land.
Corn raised by this method should
never grow over seven and a half
feet high. and the ear should be near
to the ground.
1 consider the final application OF
nitrate Of soda an essential point in
this ear making process. 1t should
always be applied at last ploughing
and unmixed with other fertilizers.
| am satisfied with one ear to the
stalk, unless a prolific variety is
planted and leave a hundred stalks
for every bushel that I expect
to make. l find the siX-foot row
easiest to cultivate without injuring
the corn. For fifty bushels to the
acre. l leave it sixteen inches apart;
for :seventy-five bushels to the acre,
twelve inches apart, and for one hun
dred bushels eight inches apart.
Corn should be planted from four to
six inches below the level, and laid
by from four to six inches above. No
hoeing should be necessary, and
middles may be kept clean until time
to break out by using harrow or by
running one shovel furrow in center
Of middle and bedding on that, with
one or more rounds of turn plough
would advise only a few acres
tried by this method the first year, or
until you are familiar with its appli-
cation. Especially Is it hard, at first,
to fully carry out the stunting pro-
cess, where a whole crop is involved,
and this is the absolutely essential
part of the process.
This method 1 have applied or
seen applied, successfully to all kinds
of land in this section except river
lands and moist bottoms, and I am
confident 1t can be made of great
benefit throughout the entire south.
In the middle west, where corn is
so prolific and profitable, and where,