The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-03-14

rapidly, have corn twice the size Of
yours. {They are having their fun
now. Yours will come at harvest
time.) The richer the land the more
necessary it Is that the stunting pro-
cess should ha thoroughly done,
e. When YOU are convinced that your
corn has been sufficiently hurniliated,
you may begin to make the ear. It
should now be from twelve to eighteen
inches high. and look worse than you
have ever had any corn to look be-
fore.
Put half your mixed fertilizer {this
being the first used at all) in the old
sweep burrows on both sides OF every
other middle. and cover by breaking
out this middle With turn pIow.
About one week later treat the other
middle the same way. Within q few
days side corn in first middle with
sixteen-inch sweep. Put all your nj
trate of soda In this fufrow. If less
than ,1b0 pounds. II more, use one
half Of 1t now. Cover with one Surrow
OF turn plow. then gow peas in this
middle broadcast. at the rate OF at
least one hushel to tie acre, and finish
breaking out.
In few days side the ecru in other
| middle with same sweep, put balance
OF nitrate of coda in this furrow II it
has been divided, cover with turn
plow. SOW peas. and break out. This
lays by your crop with a good BED and
:len:y of Dirt around your stalk.
! This shnmlL be from June 10th to Goth,
unless season Is very late. and corn
| should be hardy, punching for tassel.
Lay by early. More corn ia ruin
! ed by late plowing than by lack OF
plowing. Two good rains after laying
| by should make you crop of corn,
and 1t will certainly make with much
less rain than If 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
| suppy stalks. They may. therefore.
| be left much thicker in the row. This
| is no new process. 1t has long been a
Gu tom to cut back vines and trees in
order TO increase the yield and quail
/ ty OF fruit. and SO long as you do
! not hold back your corn, 1t will go,
like mine went SO long, all TO stalk.
do not be discouraged by the looks
| Of your corn during the process OF
| cultivation. It will yield out of all
| proportion to its appearance. Large
| stalks cannot make large yields, ex-
cept with extremely favorable sea-
sons. for they cannot stand q lack OF
moisture that gees 6 make taTse stalks
| which you do not want, is made. Tail
| stalks not only will not produce well
themselves. but will not allow YOU to
| make the peavines, so necessary to
| the Improvement of land. Corn rais-
| ed by this method should never grow
| over tx feet high, and the ear should
be near the ground.
consider the first. application OF
| nitrate OF soda an essential point in
this ear making process. It should
always be applied at last plowing and
| unmixed with other fertilizers.
| I am satisfied with one ear to the
stalk. unless a prolific variety is plant
err. and leave a hundred stalks for
every bushel that expect to make. ]
| find the six-foot row easiest to cult.
vs.e without injurins the corn. For
| fifty bushels to the acre, 7 leave 1t
| sixteen inches apart; for sevent. five
bushels to the acre. IL inches apart
and for one hundred bushels t. the
| acre, eight inches apart. Corn should
be planted four to six inches below
the level, and laid by from four to
/ SIX. Inches ebove. Mo hoelng ehou!d
be necessary. and middles may be
kept clean until time to break out by
using harrow or by running one shovel
! fn-rc% III center OF middle and bed
ding on that with one or more rounds
Of turn plow. -... ....+
= I. would advise only q few acres
! tried by this 1nethoza the ars. zea=, oi
until you are familiar With its applica.
| tton. Especially Is It hard at first e
fully carry out the stuntIng process
| where whole crop il involved, and
this Is the absolutely essential part
of the process. .'.... -...
This method have applied or seen
| applied, successfully, to all kinds OF
land In this section. except wet lands
and moist bottoms. and Tam confident
1t can be made q great benefit
throughout the entire South.
In the Middle West. where corn is
go prolific ana proHtahis, and where
! unfortunately for US, 40 much OF ours
has been reduced, the stalk does not
naturally, grow. large. Al. we come
South fts tize increases, at the expense
of the ca E. until in Cuba and Mexico
It. Is nearly all stalk (witness Mexi-
can yyac!As!.es.> -. -. =
| The purpose Of this method is to
eliminate this tendency Of corn to
overgrowth at the expense OF yield, In
! this Southern climate. ~. - a.: . -;
" BY this method have made my corn
crop more profitable than. my cotton
crop, and my neighbprs and friends
| who have adopted 1t have; without ex-
ception. derived great benefit there.
I from. : ;s,..: =; y =. H. r IL. -.
plant youur own. seed: + would not
advise q change OF seed and method
the same year, as you win not then
knoW from which you have derived the
benefit I have rfaed thron orio%yau