The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

~ O' OTItl0Ely 0AO maQ0 ~ DuSn01S
q. w Abbott, Nj j. Moody, and
others give strong testimony.
TRIED IN oTHAR STATES
E d Smith, of the Southern Cotton
Association, says the plan has been
tried with success in Texas and the
following letter is evidence enough OF
how it takes in Alabama
Montg gomery, Ala, Sept Is 06
McIver Williamson. Mont Glare, . c
Averting ttl our conversation at Ho;
Springs, with regard TO my requesl
for sample of corn grown after your
method, I now have to say that find
that can get such a sample near here
from gentleman who was induced to
test same. Suffice it to say that the
gentleman in question is delighted,
aud agrees with me in that yours ia
the most valuable contribution that
has been made in many years TO South
ern agriculture.
i shall push the matter in this state,
and expect to see it generally adopted
by our farmers.
The gentleman above referred to
tells me that be will make from IS to
80 bushels of corn to the acre after
your method, and on land which or
dinarily would not make more than 10
to II bushels
Very respectfully yours.
w. FL. SEYMOUR,
Pres. Ala. Div. :. g. A
So many thousands have tried the
plan in this and other states that it
would be a task to collect even the
most OF the evidence.
1t was tri"d with notable success at
Santuc, in Union county, according to
the report of r. r and James Jeter
and the farmers are going to adopt
che plab exclusively next season.
DIR. r. r Jeter OF Whitmire, New
berry county, vice president and gen
eral manager of The Glenn Lowry
Manufacturing com oany, tried it and
made the finest corn he ever made,
despite a wet year, ind not following
the plan closely
Capt ID j. Griffith, the welt known
superintendent of the penitentiary
and one of the besS farmers on the
state, tried 10 acres ON his farm in Lex
ington county. He followed the plan
closely as be could, but on accoant of
The excessive rainfall, was not able
to apply fertilizer at the proper
time. He made 400 bushels on 10
acres. He made on the same land
under the old method Is bushels to
the acre with goo pounds of fertilizer
Capt Griffith says he cut the piece
describing the Williamson plan out of
the paper last spring. He is satisfied
that the plan is the true method of
cultivating corn says there is not a
bit of doubt about it.
From every quarter of the state,
news has been rereiYed of the plansbe
ing tried and found o K. Nobody
doubts it but those who have not tried
it.
l made several measurements in the
rows on Mr.. Williamson's plantation
The first 30 feet showed "a stalks; the
second 80, the third A, and the fourth
SO This makes a rough average of 38
stalks or about eight inches apart
This corn would average IS bushels to
che acre,
ENORMOUS ROOT GROWTH
The enormous root growth is mark
ed. A grown man can hardly pul!
up the stalks now and cannot do so
when they are green.
Weighing the cob and the corn
shows that 81 so per cent. is corn, or
against go per cent of the Old method.
One of the notable features is the
large, full ear there are very few fal
ty ears and nubbing. noticed this in
every pile of corn saw while in Dar-
ington county. There is as much inn
provemeht in the average ear AS in the
actual amount of corn made.
AS TO MR.. WILLIAMS
So solicitous is he that the plan
should be exploited for the benefit of
the ''ene-horse'' farmer that Mr.. Viii
Iiamson shuns personal nOtoriety of
all kinds. He has made nothing and
expects to make nothing py his dis
covery, which is destined to change
the face of the country aud almost a.
u bound make the South Independent
of the world. When the southern
farmer is raising his corn and meat, he
can fairly we'll set price on his cotton
and get it
Owing to the interest manifested in
the Williamson plan of culture. The
Hustler today reprOduces in detail the
discovery of Darlington county far
| ner 1t follows:
'tFor number of years after began
to farm followed the old time method
of putting the fertilizer all under the
corn, planting on level or higher, six
/ 1y three feet, pushing the plant from
the start and making big stalk, but
] the ears were few and frequently small
/ [ planted much corn in the spring and
bought much more corn the next spring
until finally 1 was driven to the conclu.
sion that corn could not be made on up
| lands 10 this section, certainly not by
the old method, except at loss.
81 did not give up however, for
knew that farmer who did not make
his own corn had never succeeded, anc
never would, so | began TO experiment
| First, plant,-d lower, and the yield wa:
better, but the stalk was still too large
so discontinued altogether the applica
tion of fertilize before planting, anC
ka, wing that all crops should be ferti
lized at some time, used mixed ferti
lizer as side application and applied
ths more soluble nitrate of soda later
being guided In this By the excellent
results ohtalned from its use as a tol
4 dresser for oats. Still the yield, though
regular, was not large, and the small
ness of the stalks now suggested tha
they should be planted thicker in th'
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