The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
THE WILLIAMSON PLAN
FOR GROWING CORN
SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION BY
PROFESSOR NEWMAN.
Evidence at Recent Corn Congress Of
Farmers Who Have Tried "Plan"
With Great Success.

ricultural discovery ever made in the
Southern States" So says Prof Har-
/ per, the brainy professor Of agricul-
ture at Clemson college.
can amazing discovery, destined TO
revolutionize agriculture in the South
So says Prof. c. Lewis Newman, as
sociatc professor Of agriculture.
"a success beyond question and
too far ahead of existing methods to
permit comparison.' So say thous-
ands of farmers, from Virginia to
Texas, who have tried the plan.
a method that increased the yield
of corn from 100 to 500 per cent. will
certainly work arevolution-not mere
ly change, but far reaching re-
volution.
Mr.. f. McIver Williamson of Dar-
lington county has evolved a plan for
increasing corn yields that has done
these things Indicated above.
So much has been published about
the plan and SO many people are talk
ing Of it-so much hope rests upon
it--tnat il is necessary to say that the
plan has resulted from ten years ,
careful experimentation. There was
no chance in il. Parts Of the plan had
been in use before. But as whole
Mr.. Williamson has brought il out and
while he does not claim il as perfect,
nor even yet complete, he does assert
and the facts back il up, that the true
principle has been found and on this
all subsequent development must rest.
Idea Of Stunting the Corn.
This principle rests on the idea of
stuntin% the corn. Stunting is the
word. This may be done on any kind
Of soil, according to the verdict OF
the farmers at the recent corn con-
grcss in Darlington, although Mr.. Will
hanson himself says he has no river
land and therefore knows nothing OF
the effect ON this kind Of soil. Others
say it makes no difference. The prin,
ciplc is the same in every case, al
though il may be varied according tc
conditions.
The plan will be described in detail
further on in The article. Some Of tho
results as obtained by practical far
mers are given herewith, and the tcs
timony was altogether voluntary. An,
one who has tried to get farmers t'
talk will recognize how hard it is t'
Get expressions of opinion from them
and these expressions are the mor
: | 2 ~
The Corn Congress.
At Darlington, on December IL last
meeting had been called to discuss
the Williamson plan and there W"
: gathering in response Of the -" ';H'
planters Of Darlington and adioinin:
, ccrntics. Owing to some confussio,
AMI misunderstanding as To the date
Prf G. Lewis Newman Of Clemson
college, associate professor Of agri
culture, who was asked to act as ,um
pire was not present and this was re
GREETED. AS it turned out there wa
no need Of an umpire, opinion being
unanimous and experiences PRACTICAL.
t identical.
As published in The State, Mr.. r
II. Rogers, one Of the staunchest ant
= most conservative farmers in TIN
, State, was made chairman Of the con
gress and Mr.. A. J. Howard, secrc
. tary. =
' Mr.. f.. McTver Williamson, origina
= tor Of the plan, was called on to stat
the object Of the meeting and he dit
so briefly, with characteristic point
He spoke Of it as "our plan" and pre-
fers that it may be called by som
other name than his, but Of cours
, this is now impossible.
After briefly reviewing the plan h
r stated to the meeting that the far
, mcrs present would be called on t
t give thcinr experiences with the tw
= plans. the old way and the William
son plan and said that while he kncN
farmers were not takers that in thi
{ case every farmer should consider
T his duty TO make known his cXpcrj
: encc. Time and money had been spcn
|, to bring this plan to working basl
}. and the world should get the bcrtefi