The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

I'm days side corn in other mid
die with some sweep, put balance o
nitrate of soda in this furrow, If it hal
been divided, cover with turn plow
sow peas, aud break out. This lays by
your crop with good bed and plenty
OF dirt around your stalk. This should
be from June 10 to 20 unless the season
very late, and corn should be hardly
bunching for tsssel.
"Lay by early. More corn is ruined
by late blowing than by lack Of blowing
This Is when the ear is hurt Two good
rains after laying by should make you q
good crop of corn, and it will certainly
make with much less rain than If pushed
and fertilized in the old way.
i "The stalks thus raised are very
small, and do not require anything like
the moisture even In proportion to size
That Is necessary for large saPpy stalks
They may, therefore, be left much
thicker in the row. This is no ne pro-
cess 1t has long been a custom to cut
back vines and trees in order to increase
the yield and quality of fruit, and so
long as you do not hold back your corn,
it will go like mine so long went, all to
stalk,
"DO not be discouraged By the looks
OF your cOru during the process of culti-
vation. 1t will yield out of all proper
tion to its appearance. Large stalks can
DOT make large yields, except with ex-
tremely favorable seasons, for they can
not stand lack of moisture. Early ap-
plications of manure go to make large
stalks, which you do not want, and the
plant food is all thus used up before the.
ear, which you do not want, is made,
Tall stalks, not only will not produces
well themselves but will not allow you
70 make the pea vines, so necessary IL
The Improvement of land. Corn RAISED
oy this mrthod should never grow ovet
sevrn and half fcet high, aud the ca:
,hould be near TO the ground.
'Iconsider the 6nal application OF
citrate of soda an essential point in this
ear-making process. 1t should always
be applied at last plowing and unmixed
with other fertilIz RS.
Il am satisfied with one ear to th,
stalk, unless prolific variety is plant
ed, aud leave q hundred stalks for every
oushel that expect TO make. [ fine
| che six foot row easlesG. to cultivate
without injuring the corn. For 80 bush
els TO the acre, leave Is inches apart
t7for 75 bushels to the acre, 12.efnches
apart, aud for 100 bushels to the acre
eight inches apart Corn should b,
planted frum four 10 six inches below tht
level, and laid by from four to 6 inches
above. No hneing should be necessary,
and middles may be kept clean until
ime to break out, by using harrow OIL
by running one shovel furrow in center
of middle and bedding ou that, with one
or more rounds of turn plow.
| 81 would advise only few acres tried
10y this method the first year, or until
you are familiar with its application.
Especially, it is hard at first TO fully
carry out the stunting process, where
] whole crop is involved. and this is the
absolutely essential part of the process.
| This method have applied or seen
applied, successfully, to all kinds of land
in this section except wet lands and
moist bottoms, and am confident it can
be made of great benefit throughout the
entire South.
In the Middle West. where corn is 80
prolific and profitable, and where, un-
fortunately for US, so much of ours has
been produced, the stalk does not natur-
ally grow large. AS we come south its
size increases, at the expense of
CO it is nearly all stalk witness Mexican
varieties.)
The purpose of this method is to elm
mate this tendency of corn to overgrowth
at the expcnse of yield in this Southern
climate.
BY this method I have made my corn
crop more profitable than my cotton
crop and my neighbors and frien DIS who
nave adopted it, have without exception
derived great benefit therefrom.
Plant your own seed. / would not ad-
wise change of seed and method the
same year, as you Will not then know
from which you have derived the bene-
it. [ have used three varieties, and all
have done well. have never used this
method for late planting. In fact l do
aot advise the late planting of corn, un-
less it be necessary for cold low lands.
The increased cost of labor and the
high price of ali material and land are
rapidly making farming Improbable,
except'to those who are getting from
oae acre what they formerly got from
two We must make our lands richer
by p!owing deep, planting peas and 9TH
er legumes, manuring them with acid
phosphate and potash, which are relat-
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