The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-09

N matter affecting e"ii"f 8~
been more generally ti@ea~d +.
than ta, U.tlsn@.u usa I'll. ,'"
Itn~s. Z laa~ nnnt 50 vateH
~.en,l. tinted rs iassf ''iuu
IWtthauf kna8lae uusn ai~'ui
l%lrlt.r II Mr Williamson ari1'tta. i1
3.rsn,. mpfe~s.1 Rs lra
tt 4s s Aethe.t ~ sa.a culture a'
meant pr-at thfnss f"r ~tufnrE"
Icalsrr Al..8s the ,.me Wes
IuIrs ,sAr - tac ,onflu ta'
YEAS 4 ri>ht. here comes al"aG 11'
old friend Frof " + Me~-eN. editor
lof the Practical Farmer WaH e.l q
"a Jaek-o-'4ntera method has op5f-
ian Is e5ti,lcd IL criaus consideration
wiring ,o Mr. \. r HraNener. Ltn-
@culnton, Prof Massey s9F
since writing H. yau -ssr.a&
h.tNt received ths Iltia-r N,n at IL
snud luu~liat:ua Vt h., ,siN
farmers jump - cornelius f"iiS '"tA
careful Investigations kit" dr
Williamson ANA know that p" tr
fc,tty ein,trc. ana believes th.tt h#
success is duo - thc stunning 1T tE'
corn, When IN fact IL IS dHe 4. tins ~
ish WAY ~ fcrtilizeS IT, You Will note
tiieiA IL "a ISL -NN f'3NA E+
seed meal. 200 pounds II actd 81 !h"s-
phate and 400 pounds Of kanst ana tp
this SOC pounds he adds 10 pounds
OF nitrate ~ soda pcl aege IhrS AZ
present prices NOuld cost $i1.-" IHtl
IL make 100 bushels pc. aero lac aou-
blcs the mixture and USES 500 p"aud>
o. nitrate az soda. AN vi which wound
cost $3.50 pci tpsIt On Lana whttf
the FIRST named mt<turc would make "a
ylrld 80 80 bush lS nrr a0r, ana ~tifa
.th1t the land would make at l,a~s %
u hcls Without tn I'rttttks., ana tHH
extra - bushels viii co-t 30 cent II
bushtl for tn" fertilizer alone. Ihrn
iii is proposed IL Leave al thu ~iaNer
AMI feed IN tho land as in:uurc
which is a waste Of fte,. since the
food value Of the fodder : lost. and
NJ could get The feeding YAM" and r.
cover most Of the manurial value in
the droppinEs. Then you VIII note
that nonc Of the men Who claim such
great results from y Williamson
method have eyer tested IL alongside
Of the same method without the fer
tiiizer. or with tho ordinary method
Or cultivation alongside without fertll!-
Zcr.
AT the Alabama station th,y found
that the increase in corn did not near
pay for the fertilizer. The whole thing
is 4 good illustration of how rcidN
farmers are to fiy OF on q fad In the
South, instead Of adopting 4 regular
system of farming for the improve
ment of their land. but are everlast-
inGly playing into the handS of the
fertilizer trust.
You understand that the land
hOu Darlington, where Mr.. William
son lives, is 4 sandy. DincY woods sec
ton, much Of it very deep sand. and
the deep planting there could not b.
adopted on the red clay uDlandS Of
North Carolina. | do not HIM that
the farmer in your section who farms
and grows hay and feeds stock
need over buy a cents worth OF fer
tiIizer for corn, and if he grows plcn-
of sea he need never buy any
complete fertilizer for anything, but
keep his and improving with only
liberal use of acid p~hoSphat" n
and most of that on the peas.
The boy letter appeared in last
weeks Lincoln COUNTY News ana in
4 postscript Mr.. Massey says ne has
fully because he does not wish
farmers ito be led astray after n
Jack-o-lantcrn method" Farmers
investigate the matter for
themselves.