The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-04
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the price for his cotton which the
buyer set. But with plenty of corn
the Southern farmer could bide his
time, hold his cotton and the manufac-
turer would have to pay value for
cotton.
Questions and Answers.
The questions were: How much
corn was raised under the new plan7
How much under the old wny9 What
improvement was there in landf
What changes were necessary in the
original plan, rs first published in the
Hmtsville Messengcr7
Mr.. r. II. Rogers said that when he
quit planting corn, because it was UNI
profitable, he was raising from 10 to
Is bushels to the acre rs n maximum
crop; the average was much lower
! -Four years ago he began with the Will
hanson plan and the first season got
from 30 to :'3 bushels to the acre. The
next year he planted Is acres and
| averaged 43 bushels. The fertilizer
cost IS an acre; the next year, which
was bad for corn, he got also 43 bush
els average. This year he averaged
SO bushels. There had been vast i'm
provement in land under this method.
The fertilzing material left was worth
all of $15 an acre. The article in tho
Hartsvllle Messenger covered the case
fully. (This article was rcpublishcd in
The State, and is rcpublishcd again
today on account of IS Importance to
farmcrs.) On one acre, on which he
had put *25 worth Of fertilizer he
made 101 bushels and II quarts. There
were Is. 600 stalks on this acre.
Mr.. J. B. Edwards Testimonial.
Mr.. John b. Edward testified that
he knew Mr.. Williamson, had conf
drncc in him and had kept his article,
but was prevented from following it
absolutely on account Of wet weather.
He averaged about 35 bushels, with
50 worth Of fertilizer, in the following
proportion: 100 pounds potash, 200
pounds nitrate Of soda and 300 lbs.
acid phosphate. lie believed he would
have made so bushels if The plan had
been followed closely. Land had ccr-
tainly been improved to The full value
of fertilizer used.
Mr.. j. ~. Goodson gave an interest
Mr.. f.. w. Mcintosh had made 45
bushels with Sc worth of fertilizer and
Mr. G. T.. Wallace 90 bushels with
900 pounds of fertilizer. Mr.. David
r. Cokcr here explained that he had
seen Mr.. Wallace s. corn and il had
been gathered late, with fowls feeding
on il for over two months. He had
never seen such a sight.
Mr.. Goodson continued, saying that
he himself had made 30 bushels aver
age where he only partly followed the
plan; where he followed it strictly
he had made 45 bushels. Tie thought
the original plan all right and saw no
need to change anything in the arti-
Gle. The land had been improved
more than the value of the fertilizer
usnd
'.' John r.. Rogers said that he
made 40 bushels three TO four years
ago and last year he made from so to
60 bushels to the acre. On IS acres
| this year he had made about 70
bushels average.
On land that has been ruined by n
tenant he had made 35 bushels. The
Williamson plan was the correct way
to raise corn. IF adopted generally,
we would be selling corn, especially
to Georgia, which is large consumer
. Of this article. There was entirely
too much water this year to be good
corn year. Cowpeas should be allowed
: to stay on land and there should be
: no fodder pulled Land had been i'm
proved to more than value of fcrtili-
zer.
What Mr.. D. R. Cocker Said.
Mr.. David r. Coker gave some in
dependent testimony on the subject
Mr.. Coker is q merchant and an cdi-
tor but has keen interest in agricul-
tural pursuits. lie thought mer-
chant did harm to sell corn to far
G mcrs. They should raise it and under
this plan they could raise it. Hc
D thought the plan would make corn as
. much Of staple in the South as il
was in the Middle West. The discov.
' cry was tremendous thing for this