The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-07-20
Williamson Plan of Corn Culture.

WILLIAMSON Plan of Corn t,uifure,
ouiletin by the South Carolina sta
tion contains detailed description of
tne Williamson method of corn culture
ana reports observations made on a
NUMBER OF farms on which the plan
was followed. Where the plan was
strictly adhered to the yield was dou-
Die or more than double that secured
from nearby fields of equal solid char
acters and where the usual methods Of
corn culture were practiced."
1hree different varieties Of corn were
found to have been used on these fields.
One variety, called Williamson corn,
was grown on all fields except two, one
Of which was planted to Marlboro Pro
life and the other to a variety similar
to the Williamson corn. 1t was no.
ticed that with the Marlboro Prolific
the size of ears and their number per
stalk were apparently uninfuenced by
the method of culture.
The peculiar or essential features OF
the Williamson plan are summarized
as follows: Deep and thorough prepar-
alton Of seed bed, deep planting, in
frequent and partial cultivation in the
early stages of growth, an increase Of
200 per cent or more in the number Of
stalks per acre, postponing application
OF fertilizers until corn Is given Its
second cultivation, Intentional retaroa-
ton Of early growth of the stalk until
Its size Is reduced one-half or one
quarter Its normal development, and
following this augmented development
OF the ear by cultivation and heavy ap-
plication Of fertilizers made at appro-
four to six inches below the soil sur
face and laid by four to six incnes
above the level, leaving the lower eight
to twelve inches of the stalk below
ground. 1t is suggested that the brace
roots under these conditions are prob
ably better able to perform their nu-
tritive functions than when partly ex-
posed.
Horse Breeding i'm Wisconsin.
The present condition Of the horse
breeding industry in Wisconsin Is dis
cussed in a bulletin by the station as
well as the effects and defects Of the
Wisconsin stallion law. The State law
is quoted, with recommendations for
new legislation. A directory Is includ-
ed Of owners Of licensed stations, and
a list Of American and foreign stud
books, as well as samples Of the score
cards used in the department Of horse
breeding at the Wisconsin College of
Agriculture.
The State breeding-stock law, in the
authors opinion, should be revised and
should demand, among other things, the
annual or biennial renewal of license
fee, and the adoption Of a list of dis
eases to be considered hereditary,
transmissible, or communicable" and
which would subject a stallion to re-
lection as unsound. Specific authority
should be given for the department of
horse breeding to refuse license to stall
lions known to be unsound and to re-
yoke licenses granted to stations since
found to be unsound. There should
also be authority to revoke the license
of scrub" stations Of unknown breed
ing" and to refuse licenses to such
horses In the future. The law should
provide for State veterinary inspectors
to inspect public-service stations and
require State veterinary inspection of
all stations already granted licenses on
the affidavit of the owner.
Valuable Weeds.
It Is not a matter Of common knowl-
edge, says the Technical World Mag
azine, that some of the weeds "infest-
Ing" the land will produce the crude
drugs which to-day, in large part, are
obtained by Importation from abroad.
Alice Henkel, an assistant of the gov
ernment's plant industry bureau, says