The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-02
MAKING CORN.
PROF. NEWMAN, ENDORSES TIE
WILLIAMSON PLAN.
Ge Urges Farmers to Experiment
With It Next Year, as
it Makes Corn.

College, who recently visited DARING
ten County and the Pee Des Sec
ticn for the purpose OF investigating
the plan Ct growing corn originated BY
NJ. McIYer Williamson, hss com-
2!eted lis report TIE subject. ID
csrs it is rs follows:
The peculiar or essential William
SOD plan features are:
l. Deep and thorough Erepars'lon
of seed bed. The soil is not only orok-
en- to fully twice the depth TO "nlcn
it is usually broken, bat IS oro3en
| much more thoroughly than is the
custom.
| Deep planting OF the seed. Ths
seed are placed four to six inches os
,o~ bae soil levsl, and almost or quite
II con5ssS wi5h the subsoil, but GOV
s--cd to tbs asusl depth. This si5s In
stun ting" 0. retscding the growth
CT the young corn sn6 OF grasses and
weeds as wsll, si.cs very nearly all
the coil proper has been ploughed
away from the corn row ard iuto the
,nid1les, SD &c fertil,z5r has been ap,
piled.
8. Iairsqusnt and partial cultiva-
tion il ssIiy sssges Of groxth. This
IS c>at-ary to popular belief and prac-
tiee, snd Mr.. Williamson styles 1t
the most G::n cult point in the whole
orTsss," requiring experience and
jl5e neutt 20 know just now much
he stalk should ba Ssu1ted. and plen
y Ct ner7e Is required TO hold back
s;-ur corn when youI neighbors, who
terttiz. at planting time and cultivate
rapidly, have corn twice the size OF
yours
4. An increase Of 200 per cent OF
more In the number Of stalks per acre.
With rows SKI feet the Williamson
plan has 3 little more than 1900
stalks per acre sgsiast little more
than 1900 II planting is done SIS
feet, in acc ?raance with the ordinary
prscsice. Theoretically. this would
give 73 and 2s bushels per acre, re-
spectivsly, and it seems, from eVi.
dence at hand, that It is born olt In
prsctice, assuming that each stalk
will proeuos sn ear, and one hundred
ears will shell bushel Of grain.
5. Postpond!ng application OF fer
tlizsrs until corn Is given It's second
cultivation. In ordinary prsctice this
would be about the time corn should
be worked the third time. The stslk
has been checked or stunted" IS de-
sired, and the fertilizer is applied
when the plant needs 1t for the de7el-
opnent OF tee ear.
6. Intentional retardation Of early
growth OF the ssslk until it's size IS
reduced one. half or one-fourth its nor.
nSl development.
:. Augm ented Development Of the
ear (f2l'osing setardasion In stslk de.
7elopnent,) by cultivation and heavy
applications OF fertilizsrs made at ap-
propriate intervals.
Sincs the Williamson plan corn is
planted 4 to inches below the level,
and IS laid by to 6 inches above the
leyel, there is s to IL inches OF the
stock below the soil surface. The stalk
roots or brace roots are below the sur
lace when the c1op is laid by, and
probably perform their nutrltive func.
ticns better than would be il part
Of chem we're exposed to the air.
Mr.. williamson recommends the
following auounts OF fersilz7rs ap,
plisd to au acre:
For so busheis OF corn per acre: Tvo
hundred pounds OF Gotten seed meal,
200 pounds OF ac!d phosphate, 400
pounds OF ks!nit, 126 pounds OF III
:rsts Of soda, s25 pounds, costing
about SO.
For 100 bushels Of corn per acre:
Four pounds CT cotton seed neal, 400
pounds Of acid phosphate, 800 POUNDS
OF ksinit. 800 pounds OF nitrate OF
soda, 1900 pounds, costing about s19
The totsl cost Of fertilizers, Guilty.
stion, etc.. producing so bushels on
one acre would vsry from sl5 to $50:
and for producing 100 bushels on ene
acre from s25 to $50. These Vslus.
ticns sre based Oh the market price
OF the fertilizers (sssuntng the acid
phosphate to be Il per can't goo6s)
and the average price OF labor. the
cost CT labor varies in different parts
Of the State snd even On asjscent
farms.
II the cow pea crop grow with the
coru produces one ton Of hay, this
crop, II left on and in the ground,
would add to 1t shout s12 worth 0.
nitrogen, phosphoric ac.d and potash.
II the cow pea crop would produce
swo tons Of hay, this crop left on and
in the ground would add s24 worth
Of these fertilizer Ingredients. How.
sver, the value OF the COW pea for
feeding purposes is double it's value
for fertilizing purposes. II ju5icious
" fed to animals this hay will have
feeding value Of shout s24 per ton,
and if I'll the e1creta is ssved and re.
turned to the soil between 80 and 90
per cent (s10 20 per ton) Of the fertil-
izirg value Of the COW pea hay will be
given back to une land. An ordinary
crop OF COW psss msy bs made to pay
the cost Of cultivating the corn, or
probably the cost Of the fa-t1lizsr. A
good crop should psy for both.
Considerable effort has been made
70 gather as much comparative data
IS possible SO as to have Williamson
plan core Yields that might Justly be
compared with yields from the ordi-
nary method. 1t is highly desirable
that Is far as possible, and without
prejudicing ether, the two crops for
comparison be grown on the ssme
chsractsr OF land and planted at the
same time. and that the treatment