The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04

and one Of the best farmers in the
Il State, tried 10 acres on his farm in
county. He followed the
plan as closely as he could, but on
Z account Of the, excessive rainfall was
not able to apply. fertilizer at the pro-
per time. He made 400 bushels on
l0 acres. He had made on the same
land, under the old method, Is bush
els to the acre, with 200 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 bit of doubt about it. He is
impressed with the improved condi-
tion Of land under this method.
From every quarter Of the State
news has been received Of the plan
being tried and found O. K. Nobody
doubts 1t but thos who have not tried
it.
made several measurements in the
rows on Mr.. williamson s plantation.
The first 80 feet showed "a stalks ::
the second 80; the third ID, and the
fourth 3G. This makes rough aver
age Of 39 stalks, or about eight inches
apart. This corn would average 65
bushels to the acre.
Enormous Root Growth.
The enormous root growth is mark
ed. a grown man can hardly pull up
the stalks now and can not do so
when they are green.
Weighing the cob and the corn
shows that $3.50 per cent. is corn, as
against 60 per cent, for the old meth
cd.
One of the notable features is the
large full ear; there are very few
faulty ears 'and nubbins. I noticed
this in every pile of corn I saw while
in Darlington county. There is as
qnuch Improvement in the average
ear as III the actual amount Of corn
made.
AS to Mr.. Williamson.
So solicitious is he that the plan
should be exploited for the benefit of
the one-horsc" farmer that Mr.. Will
Hanson shuns personal notoriety of
all kinds. He has made nothing and
expects to make nothing by his dis
covery, which is destined to change
the face Of the country, and almost at
bound make the South Independent
of the world. When the Southern
farmer is raising his corn and meat,
he can fairly we'll set a price for his
cotton and get it.
However, it is not violating this
rule of Mr.. Williamson to say he
was educated under DR.. j. NJ Nc
Bryde, then the leading agriculturalist
of the South, and it was on account of
this training in scientific agriculture
that the discovery became possible.
Mr.. Williamson felt that he was doing
nothing toward making corn except in
making stalks, and that it was of the
last Importance that a method should
be found for making corn.
"We we're all in Darkness" he
says, "and lighted lamp, by means
Of which I found the way OUT
Mr.. Williamson deprecates any
criticism Of Prof. W. p. Massey, tse
noted agriculturalist of Raleigh, for
he recognizes Prof Massey's great
service TO Southern agriculture. Mr..
Williamson feels sure he can convert
Prof. Massey and that the latter's
criticism Of the Williamson plan rests
on a misunderstanding Of what the
plan is. In any event he feels that
Prof. Massey deserves more than
ordinary consideration at the hands Of
every Southern farmer and he free
ly accords it, no matter what Prof.
Massey may think of his plan.
There has been strong talk of hold
ing a corn convention in Columbia
about the 1st of February, in order
that farmers from all over the State
may meet together and compare ex-
periences for the coming year. The
Importance of the subject demands
it.
This discovery is the brightest
CLEAN Of light that has yet fallen on
the Southern farmer.
James Henry Rice, Jr.
MR.. WF1fihIAMsON's PLAN