The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-02-08

iSOlt1nuSu from rage onC.)
land Corn raised by this method
should never grow over 7I-2 feet
high, and the ear should be near to
the ground.
| consider the final application Of
nitrate OF soda an essential point in
this ear making process. 1t should
always be applied at last blowing and
unmiNcd with other fertilizers.
| | am satisfied with one ear to the
stalk, unless prolific variety is plant
cd, and leave hundred stalks for cv-
cry buShcl that | expect to make. |
find the six foot row easiest to cul-
tivatc without injuring the corn. For
| fifty bushels to the acre leave it six
teen inches apart; for scvcnty-tive
bushels to the acre. twelve inches
apart, and for one hundred bushels,
eight inches apart. Corn should be
planted four to six inches below the
level. and laid by from four to six
inches above. No hOcing should be
necessary. and middlcS may be kept
clean until time to break out by using
harrow or by running one shovel fur
row i'll center oi middle and bedding
on that, with one or more rounds oi
turn plow.
would advise only a lew acres tried
by this method the first year. or until
you are familiar with its application.
Especially is it hard, at first. to FULLY
carry out the Stunting process, where
a whole crop is involved. and this is
the absolutely essential part OF the
process.
This method | have applied or seen
successfully applied to all kinds OF
land III this section except river lands
and moist bottoms, and | am confident
1t can be made OF great benefit
throughout the entire South
In the middle West, where corn is
$50 prolific and profitable. and where.
unfortunately ior lis. SO much of ours
has been produced. the stalk does not
naturally grow large. AS we come
south its size increases. at the expense
oi the ear, until in Cul>l and Mexico
1T is nearly all stalk (witncss Mexican
varicticSl
I The purpose oi this method is to
eliminate this tendency OF corn to
ovcrgr"wth at the expense OF yield in
/ this Southern climate.
! BY this method have made nv corn
| crop more profitable than any cotton
crop. and my ncighbors and friends
who have adopted it have without ex-
ccpti"n derived great benefit there
from.
Plant your own seed. | would not
advise change OF seed and method
the same year. as you will not then
know from which you have derived the
benefit. have used three varieties.
and all have done well. have never
used this method for late planting. In
TACT, | do not advise the late planting
OF corn. unless it be necessary for cold
lowlandS
The increased cost of labor and the
high price OF all material and land are
rapidly making farming Improbable.
except to those who are getting from
one acre what they formerly got from
two. We must make our lands
richer by plowing deep, planting peas
and other legumcS, manuring them
with acid phosphate and potash, which
are relatively cheap, and returning to
the soil the resultant vegetable matter
rich in humus and expensive nitrogen
The needs OF our soil are such that the
South can never reap the full measure
OF prosperity that should be hers until
this is done.
| give this method as a farmer to
the farmers OF the South trusting that
thereby they may be benefited as |
have been
90 f. McIver Williamson.