The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05

have been asked to give the Will
hanson method for planting corn.
This is the system which has revolu-
tionized corn growing in the south
and brought wonderful possibilities
before the farmers. The directions
have been repeatedly published
throughout the south, but there are
vet hundreds and thousands of farm
ers who do not know about it. In
the directions given the use of fertil-
izer is on a very liberal plan, but
the great increase in yield makes it
easily profitable and consequently
there is no reason why it should not
be followed.
In these days of labor scarcity
there is no use in working six or
ten acres of land to secure what can
be grown on one acre. Especially is
this true when the same amount OF
fertilizer that is used on one acre
will be applied to the six acres. Be
cause a farmer has idle land there is
no reason why he should cultivate
it at a loss just to say he has SO
many acres under cultivation. This
will soon be thing of the past, just
as other old things have passed away.
| can remember when a farmer
used to be measured by the number
of bales of cotton he grew, but no
where in all this section OF the
country can any such notions be
found prevailing now. That is
change that wilp soon be the rule IN
all lines of farming. The man VINO
makes a fortune on twenty-five acres
will be more of a farmer than the
fellow operating a thousand acres
and failing.
The Williamson plan of growing
corn transforms any old field into
perfect wilderness. | know this from
experience covering a period longer
than that which the Williamson
plan has been known to the public
1t pays in the long run, for 1T makes
three and four times as much corn
as was formerly grown on the same
land. That means profit at greater
rate than can be easily computed.
The plan in detail is as follows:
Break your land deep, and II clay
land harrow it we'll.
Lay off your rows FIVE feet VIDE
and plant in the water furrow. DO
not use any fertilizer at time OF
planting. Plant your corn thick
from to IL inches, according to the
|trength of your soil and according
10 the amount of fertilizer you pro-
ose to use around your corn as
a side application. To make large
Yield you must have the number OF
stalks per acre to give you the re-
CURED number of ears.
You can cultivate this corn as
suits you, with weeder, harrow, Gull
tiyator or with scooter and scrape
We would pillow it twice and thin and
noe once. You can be guided by the
conditions of the corn and your sup
ply Of labor At third blowing, from
June 18th to July 18th, when your
corn shows signs of preparing to tas-
sci and to make it's shoot, take 2OO
pounds cotton seed meal, 200 POUNDS
acid phosphate and 400 pounds Ger
man Kainit, mix and put 400 pounds
on each side of this corn, following
with your pillow to mix it in the SOIL
and to cover it. If you prefer use
200 pounds of ready mixed fertilizer.
You can vary this amount to suit
Your wishes. But to get anything
Ike fair yield, planted thick, we
would never use less than 600 pounds
per acre. If you want to use 400
pounds put your corn farther apart
IN drill, say 16 to "a inches.
For last working put in 100
pounds nitrate of soda on one side.
SOW your peas, and cultivate very
shallow so as not to break your corn