The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-03-15
Mr. E.

Columbia stats. -
For a number of pears aftes 80.
-, 20 Farm I followed the oid tne
sssthod az outing the fertilizer All IN
aAr The corn. planting on = levei -
hirher. ak by three feet, pusns ME-
plant from the start and makns fye-
stark, but the ears were s,,,rh corn
- 49, .artng and bought much more
n - ~ ths NEXT spring. until finally ! w.
Sss.s.,, - tne conclusion that corn c .atN
-. - made OF, uplands In this section'
s.r.esyiv mot by the old metnod' SA-
cent at a loss. tor 7
ala not give up. however.
knew that the farmer VINO Nv =
make his own corn never hsSan to ex-
.r,,,snt. First 1 planted lower. anu
80 vtsId was better, but the Stalk Was
sng - ,srve. 40 discontinued alto
Hss. - tha anplication Of fertilizer pc
go r,anting. and, knowing that All
sra,,n should be fertilized at some time
i nsed mixed fertilizer as side appi,-
cation, and applied the more soa1o =,
ritrate 81 soda later. being guided IN
81. Nv The excellent results obtained
from lis use as top dressing Tor oars,
etili. the yield. though regular. was
80. large and the smallness OF tne
-taIk ftaeIf now suggested tnat they
should be planted thicker in the driii.
This was done the next year. Win 70,
suits so satisfactory that ! continues
from year TO year to increase the mum :
Der OF stalks. and the fersnhzst 49,,
which 70 sustain them; also 20 Appiy
nifrata OF soda at last blowing. ana
"a Iay by early, sowing peas broadcast,
srhts naetl,od steadily Increased the
Weld. until year before last llsV4), Win
corn eleven inches apart In six-foot
rows ana 81 worth Of fertilizer totne
acre. I made eighty-four ousnels AZ.
erase to the acre, several OF my oese
acres making as much as nzO s shs
same method, planting the first week
h April, seventy acres which had pro-
A,iced the year before 1000 pounds
naeH cotton per acre. This land is
.andy upland, somewhat rolling. Sea-
cons were very unfavorable, owing to
the tremendous rains In May ana the
dry and extremely hot weather later.
From June IL to July y. the time Wnen
IL most needed moisture, there was
only ffve-eighths OF an inch of rain
Fall here: yet with SOL, cost OF ferti-
iizer, my yield was flfty-two bushels
uer acre. Rows were six feet ana corn
sixteen inches in drill.
with this method, an land that VIII
ordinarily produce 1000 pounds OF seed
cotton with 500 pounds Of fertilizer,
isty bushels OF corn per acre should be
made by using 200 pounds of cotton
seed meal. 400 pounds Of acid phos-
phate, and 400 pounds Of Kainit mixed,
or their equivalent in other fertilizer
and 1875 pounds of nitrate Of soda. all
to be used as side application as di-
rected below.
ON land that will make q bale and
one-half OF cotton per acre when we'll
fortified, one hundred bushels of
corn should be produced by doub-
ling the amount OF fertilizer above.
except that 800 pounds Of nitrate Of
soda should be used.
In each case there should be left on
the land in corn stalks. peas, vines and
roots. from $l2 to 91e worth OF fertil-
icing material per acre. beside the
great benefit to the land from so large
an amount OF vegetable matter. The
place Of this in the permanent improve
ment of land can never be taken by
commercial fertilizer. for 1t Is absolute
ly impossible to make lands rich as
long as they are lacking in vegetable
matter,
land should be thoroughly and deep
" broken for corn, and this Is the time
in system OF rotation to deepen the
soil. Cotton requires more compact
soil than corn, and while q deep soil
Is essential to it's best development,
IL will not produce as we'll on loose,
omen land, while corn does best ON land
thoroughly broken. A deep soil will
not only produce more heavily than q
shallow soil with good seasons, but
Il will stand MORE wet as well as more
try westhar.
In preparing for the corn crop. land