The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-23
TO GROW CORN.
Az Exc MPLIFIED ny MIR. Will.
EA&SON.

He Obtained q Phenomenal Yield by
Proper Cultivation and Use
Of Fertilizers.
In the Huntsville County Messen.
ger recently Mr.. u. McIvr VIII am
son Of Dar)iogton County, gives to
the public a most valuable paper on
corn culture. In view Of the fact
that the Southern Cotton Assooik-
tion at the last meeting held In Now
Orleans adopted resolutions of vita)
Importance to the Southern farmers
among the na0gt Important of which
was chat urging the farmers TO diver.
sify their orops and to plant corn and
for home sonaumptioa. This ARTICLE
on the subject OF corn culture BY Mr.
Williamson 10 all the more important
and interesting, Mr.. Williamson
says:
For n NUM- ber Of years after 1 DO
gan 70 farm I followed the old time
method of putting the fortil.asr all
uuder tho corn, planting ON o level or
higher, aix by three fest, pushing che
plant frem che start and making o
big stalk, but oho earn were feW and
frequently small. l planted much.
corn In the the spring and bought
much more BORN tho next spring, uk-
bill finally / was driven to che oonolu.
sion that corn could not DO made on
uplanGs In thiB ssotion certainly
not by the old method oxospb at
q losB.
l did mes give Up however, for 1
know that bhe fernaer who did not
mako his own corn never had SUCCEEDED
and never would, DO I began TO expor-
iment. First, l planted lower, and
and the yield was be0tar, but the
stalk was 8 Ill too largo. 90 I discon
binued altogether che application OF
fertilizer before planting, and know
ing that oil crops should be ferbil,zsd
at some time used mixed forbilizor az
q Bido %spplioasion and applied the
more soluble Nitrate Of soda later,
being guided in this by the oxcsllant
results obtained from It's 0 as q top
DIRE >sipg fox oats. Still the yield
though regular, was not large, and
the smallnesS Of tho stalk ITSELF now
suggested that they Bhoul4 be planted
thieker In the drill. This was done
the next yoar with results 60 satisfac-
tory that I continued from year to
year to increase the number of stalks
and the fertilizer, with which to
sustain them, also to apply nitrate OF
soda a6 last plowing, and 10 lay By
earlv sowing peas broadcast. This
method steadily Increased the yield
until year before last, Q904) with
o3rn eleven inches apart In six iuvu
rows and Oil worth Of fertilizer TO
she acre, / made 83 bushels average
20 the acre, several Of my bsst
acres making az much as 1875 bush.
els.
Last year, Q9O5) 1 followed the
same method, planting the frat week
In April, 10 acres which had prodtc-
ed the year before 1000 pounds sebo
cotton per aore. Tho land sandy up
land, somewhat rolling. Seasons
very unfavorable, OWING TO the tgs-
mondous raina In May and the lgfy
and extremely hot weather later On.
From June 12Sh to July 12sh, the
time when 1T most needed moisture,
there was was s s Of an inch Of r"%S.
fall here; yet With 81. OIL, cost Of Il.
b%iliz0r, my yield wag 81 bushels er
-ote. Rows were six feet and {. y
six6aen inohes In drill.
With this method, on land that vii
ordinarily produce 1000 lbs of Recl
oohton with 800 pounds of fort liar,
so bushels OF cora per acre should be
made by using 200 pounds Of cotto,
seed meal, 200 pounds OF acid phosph
ate, and 400 poundo Of Kainit mike
or their %equivalsnb in Other fertilizer
and 1875 pounds Of nitrate Of soda, al
to be used as side application as oil
recSed below.
Ga land that will make q bale ant
one half Of cotton per acre when fer
bilized, a hundred bdsheh Of corr
should be produced by doubling the
amount Of fertilizer above, exoep'
that 800 pounds Of nitrate Of sod;
should be used.
In each case there should be left or
the land in corn Gsalks, peas, vines
and roors, from 812 TO SIG worth O.
fsrtilining material par acre, besid,
the great beneiS to tho land from &
largs an amounb Of vegetable matter
The place Of this In the permanent
Improvement Of land ean nevor bt
taken for commercial fertilizer, for II
Is absolutely impossible to make land
rioh az long az they are lacking iI
vegetable matter.
Land should be thoroughly and Gaep
ly broken for corn, and this is th(
time In q Bystsm Of reation TO dsopsr
tho soil. Cotton requires . moro com
| pact coil than corn, aud while o deer
soil is essential to lbs best develop
ment, 1t will not produce as we'll OF
loose open land, while corn docs bsst
on land thoroughly broken. A deel
soil will not only produce more heavi
ly than o shallow soil with good sea.
sons, bub ID will stand more wet al
we'll az more dry weather.
In preparing for the corn crop,
land should bs broken broadcast dur,
ing the winter one fourth deeper thar
10 has boon plowed before, or If much
vegetable matber 10 being turned
under, IL may DO broken M third
deeper. This is as much deepening
as land will usually stand In one year
and produce we'll, though ID may be-
continued each year, 80 long as much
dead vegetable matter iS being turn
cd uRder. 1t may, however, be sub
soilGd TO any depth by following in
bottom or turn ploW furfow, provided
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