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

Thsy may, therefore. be left much
thicker In the row. This IL ne new
process. 1t has long beenfa custom 20
cut back vines And trees In order 70
increase the yield and quality OF fruit.
ana 30 long as you do not hold back
went, all to stalk.
DO not be discouraged by the looks
of your corn during the process Of cuf-
tivation. 1t will yield out OF all pro-
portion to It's appearance. Large stalks
cannot make large Yields. except with
extremely favorable seasons. for they
cannot stand a lack OF moisture. EARLY
applications OF manure go to make
large stalks. which you do not want.
and the plant food 10 all thus used UP
before the ear. which You do want. IL
made. Tall stalks not only will not
produce well themselves, but will not
allow you to make the pea vines. so
necessary to the Improvement OF land.
Corn raised by this method should
never grow over seven and one-half
feet high. and the ear should be near
to the ground.
I consider the final application of
nitrate OF soda an essential point In
this ear-making process. II should
always be applied at last blowing and
unmixed with other fertilizers.
am satisfied. with one ear to the
stalk. unless prolific variety fs
planted. and leave q hundred stalks for
every bNshel that / expect to make, I
find tine six-foot row easiest to cufti-
vate without injuring the corn. For
hifty bushels to the acre. I leave II
sixteen inches apart: for seventy Ave
bushels to the acre. twelve inches
apart. and for 100 bushels, eight inches
apart. Corn should be planted from
four to six inches below the level, and
hid by from four to six inches above
No hoefng should be necessary. and
middles may be kept clean until time
to break out. by using harrow or by
running one shovel furrow In center OF
middle and bedding on that with one or
more rounds OF turn pillow.
would advise only a few acres tried
by this method the first year. or until
you are familiar with Its application.
Especially is II hard. at first, to fully
carry out the stunting process. where
whole crop Ia involved, and this In
the absolutely essential part OF the pro-
cess.
This method / have applied. or seen
applied, successfully. except wet lands
and moist bottoms. and am confident
It can be made Of great benefit through
out the entire South.
In the Middle West, where corn is 80
prolific and profitsbie. and where. I'M
fortunately for us, so much of ours
has been produced, the stalk does not
naturally grow large. As we come
South its size increases, at the expense
of the ear. until In Cuba and Mexico
1t is nearly all stalk (witness Mexican
varieties
The purpose of this method IL to
eliminate the tendency OF corn 10 over.
growth at the expense of yield In this
Southern climate.
BY this method / have made my corn
crop more profitable than my cotton
crop, and my neighbors and friends
who have adopted II have. without ex-
ception. derived great beneht there
from.
Plant your own seed. 1 would not
advise a 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 ali have done well. have never
used this method for late planting. In
fact. I do not advise the late planting
Of corn, unless 1t be necessary for cold
lowiands.
The Increased cost Of labor and the
high price Of all material and land are
rapidly making farming unproftabie,
except to those who are getting from
one acre what they formerly got from
two. We must make our lands richer
by blowing deep. planting peas and
other iegunnes. 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
1 needs Of our soil are such that the
south can never reap the full measurs
| Of prosperity that should be hers unfit
! this Is done.
| I give this method as q farmer q
the farmers of the South, trusting that
| thereby they may be benefited as
have been.
u. McIver Williamson.
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