Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-01


ment ito know just how much the
stalk Should be stunted. and plenty
Of nerve Is required to hold back your
corn when your neighbors, who ferti-
lize at planting time and cultivate rap
idly, have corn twice the size OF
iyours."
/ A. An increase of 200 per cent or
more In the number of stalks per acre.
With rows six feet by one the William y
son plan has a little more than 1900
stalks per acre against a little more
than $500 IL planting is done five by
three feet, In accordance with the or
binary practice. Theoretically, this
would give 70 and 29 bushels per acre,
respectively, and 1t seems, from evil
dence at hand, that 1t Is borne out in
practice, assuming that each stalk win
produce an ear and 100 ears will shell
a bushel OF grain.
| s. Postponing application OF fertili-
zers until corn is given its second
cultivation. In ordinary practice this
be worked the third time. The stalk
has been checked or "stunted" as de-
sired and the fertilizer Is applied when
the plant needs 1t for the development
Of the ear.
6. Intentional retardation OF early
growth of the stalks until its size is
reduced one-half or one-fourth its nor
II ~. ~ 81 7.
| z. Augmented development OF the Z
ear following retardatioh in stalk de-
/ yeloped) by cultivation and heavy ap-
pllcations Of fertilizers made at ap-
propriate intervals.
Since the Williamson plan corn Is
planted four to six inches below the
| level and Is laid by four to six inches
above the level. there Is eight to
twelve inches OF the stalk below the
soil surface. The stalk roots or brace :
roots are below the surface when the
crop Is laid by and probably perform
their nutritive functions better than
would be II a part Of them were ex-
posed to the air.
Fertilizer Per Acre.
| Mr. Williamson recommends the fol-
lowing amounts of fertilizers applied
to an acre:
For so bushels of corn per acre:
200 pounds of cotton seed meal
200 pounds Of acid phosphate
400 pounds OF kainit
| 125 pounds of nitrate Of soda
925 pounds costing about 80. -.
| For 100 bushels Of corn per acre:
| 400 pounds of cotton seed meal
400 pounds of acid phosphate
500 pounds of kainit sRis ~.
800 pounds of nitrate soda
1900 pounds costing about SO.
The total cost of fertilizers, cultiva-
| ton, etc., for producing so bushels on
one acre would vary from SIS to $40
and for producing 100 bushels on one
acre from SIS TO $50. Those valua-
| tions are based on the market price
Of the fertilizers (assuming the acid
phosphate to be II per cent goods)
and the average price of labor The
cost OF labor varies In different parts
lnf fha ofo aVQ m
farms.
II the COW pea crop grown with the
corn produces one ton OF hay, this
crop II left on and In the ground.
| would add to II about $12 worth OF
/ nitrogen. phosphoric acid and potash.
II the COW pea crop would produce two
tons of hay, this crop left on and In
| the ground would add $24 worth OF
these fertilizer ingredients. However,
the value Of the COW pea hay for feed
/ ing purposes Is double It's value for
| fertiiizing purposes. II judiciously fed 3
to animals, this hay viii have a feed
| ing value of about s24 per ton and II
all the excreta is saved and returned
to the soil between 80 and 80 per cent
| (S1O.20 per tony of the fertilizing value
of the cow pea hay will be given back
| to the land. An ordinary crop or COW
peas may be made to pay the cost OF
cultivating the corn, or, probably the
cost OF the fertilizer. A good crop
should pay for both.
Efforts at Just Comparison.
Considerable effort has been made to
gather as much comparative data es
possible so as to have Williamson plan
corn yields that might justly be coIii-
pared with yields from the ordinary
method. 1t is highly desirable that as
far as possible. and without prejudic-
| ing either, the two crops for COM
parison be grown on the. same char
acter of land and planted at the same
time and that the treatment and SUR
roundings of each differ In no way ex-
cept as TO the peculiar or essential
features Of difference existing between
the two plans or methods. Repe ss OF
some three dozen farmers who have
| this year given the Williamson plan
\ a test have been brought to the notice
of the-writer. Some OF these were not
considered definite enough for consid-
eration.- but 2S reported either COM
parison of yields from crops grown.
this year by both plans or. gave yields
secured this year from the William
son plan and yields secured from the
i ordinary plan In the past on the same
land. The two lowest yields reported
from the ordinary method were seven
and ten bushels per acre. The TWO
highest yields reported from the same
| method were As to so bushels per
acre. The two lowest yields reported
from the Williamson plan were n and
| 30 bushels per acre. The two hignest
yields reported from the same plan
were 100 and 120 bushels per acre. The
yields from % reporting both the or
dinary and the Williamson plan COM
pared gives an average OF 23.25 BUSH
/ els per acre for the former and 56.42
bushels per acre for the latter These
i 28 show a remarkable average differ
i ence of 3317 more bushels per acre in
/ favor of the Williamson plan. an In
crease of 142 per cent. II cannot, how
ever in justice to either method, De
said that these comparisons indicaie
| the actual difference between the Will
| hanson plan and the ordinary method.
Many of the reports give the number
/ of bushels per acre In round numbers,
/ Indicating that the yields were es-
timated rather than actually determin-
1 ed. In a number Of cases the yield In
1906 from the Williamson plan was
compared with the yield secured from
| the same land when 1t was last In
corn the compared crops not having
been grown the same year. There may
i be other sources Of error. On the 9TH
er hand, large majority of farmers
who have tried the Williamson plan
now enthusiastically accept It and 1t
is the sensation IN the communities
1
followed. It is hoped that every far
mer in the state will give 1t fair and
impartial trial in 1907.
| Two Crops instead of One.
An abundance Of South Carolina
grown corn yielding twice as much
per acre as is now grown would give
| two staple crops instead Of one. In
| 1905 South Carolina produced on 1,S1S,-
97S acres 2O,4S0860 bushels Of corn
worth $15,155,S36. There is an unfor-
tunate inconsistency in the fact that
while South Carolina holds the record
for the largest yield of corn ever pro-
duced on one acre, there Is only one
state that produces a lower average
acre yield. The average acre yield for
the ten years ending 1905, was 9.4s
bushels per acre for South Carolina
and 9.33 bushels per acre for Florida.
| In 1905 South Carolina produced an
average of 1913 bushels per acre, worth
on December 1, 1905, "a cents per bush