The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
The WILLIAMSON
PLAN OF CORN
CULT TURE.
Wonderful Results Obtained
from This New Process.
The Plan in Detail

The improved method of corn cul-
ture was discussed by the Board OF
Trade at its meeting held January 3,
1907, and the following was ordered to
he printed, SO as TO induce the farmers
of the county to fall milne with those
who have tried it:
''The most important agricultural
discovery ever made in the southern
states" So says Prof. Harper, pro.
fe, sOr of agriculture at Clemson col
lege.
IAN amazing discovery destined to
revolutionize agriculture in the south. !"
SO says Prof. Q. Lewis Newman, asso-
ciate professor of agriculture.
"A success beYond question and too
far ahead of existing methods to per
nit comparison" So say thousands
of farmers from Virginia to Texas, who
have tried the plan.
A method that increased the yiald OF
corn from 100 to 800 per CENT will GER
trinity work a rev0lution-not merely
a change, but far-reaching revOlu-
tiOn.
E McIver Williamson Of Darlington
county has evolved plan for increas-
ing corn Yields that has done these
things indicated above.
So much has been published about
the plan and so many people are talk
ing about it-so much hope rests upon
it-that it is necessary to say that the
plan has resulted from ten years care
full experimentation. There was no
chance in it Parts of the plan had
been in use before But as a whole
Mr. Williamson has brought it out and
while he does not claim 1t as perfect,
lANn he, 1nnc -
and the facts back it up, that the true
principle has been found and on this
all subsequent development must rest
IDEA OF sTUNTING CORN
This principle rests on the idea of
stunting 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 congress in Darling
ton, although Mr.. Williamson him self
says that he has no river land and
therefore knows nothing of the effect
on this kind of soil Others say that it
makes no difference The principle is
the same in every case, although it
may be varied according to condi
tiUnS.
The plan will be described in detail
further on in this article. Some of the
results as obtained by practical farm
ers are given herewith, and the testi
mony was alSogher voluntary Any
one who has tried to get farmers to
talk will recognize how hard it is tn
get expressions of opinion from them,
and these expressions are the more
valuable in the light of that fact.
December i3, 1905, corn congress
was held in Darlington, 8. c., where
quite number of those who have
tried the plan make their report as
follows
R. Fl. Rogers, one of the staunchest
and most conservative farmers on the
state was made chairman. Mr. Will
hanson, originator of the plan ex-
planned the object Of the meeting,
stating that time and money had been
spent to bring this plab to working
basis and the world should get the
benefit and that all those present
should give their experiences. He
stated that he had made on one acre
this year 101 bushels and II quarts.
5000 stalks on this acre.
J. B Edwards said he aVeraged So
bushels to the acre. Did not follow
the plan closely. Believes. he would
have made fifty if he had followed the
plan, although extremely wet weather.
E W. Mcintosh made 45 bushels per
acre with $500 worth of fertilizer.
g. F. Wallace made 80 bushels tc
the acre with 900 lbs. of fertilizer, after
feeding lot of fowls on it for two
months before gathering
Mr.. Goodson hal. made 45 bus. aEC
his land was greatly improved, more
than the value of the fertilizer. HI
was no need to change anything IL
he plan.
John Rogers said that on 30 acres O
and this year he had made 20 bus tC
the acre Said this was the correc
way to raise corn. Land had heen i'm
proved more than value of fertilizer.
David r Coker. an editor, said this
discovery was tremendous thing fol
the south. No one could form an ides
how ugly it looked during the stunt
ing process. A farmer passing Mr.
WiIliamsOn's field said th4 corn wa
the poorest he had ever seen, but fou
weeks later, said it was the fines
thing he ever saw
W. B. McCoWn said he had mad
80 bushels on an average of six acres
He put $13 worth Of fertilizer to tn
acre, and said he would not take 81
per acre for the worth of fertilizer lef
on the land He formerly made oI
the same land 10 bushels to the acre
The pIan needs no change.
Fred w. Law averaged 40 bushel
on "a acres. Forty acres formerly dit
not fill is barn although he had uset
500 lbs. of fertilizer to the acre.
On 20 acres under this plan, he hal
made ne-third more than on the
acres under the old plan. The 20 acre
more than filed his barn and he ha,
to build new ona7to hold the over
dow. This WIS not a good year TO
coudition.