The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
AGRICULTURAL
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Heavy Rains Causing Corn to
Shoot Itself to Death
Some Experiences of q Gardner i'm
TOwn-North Carolina is Gods
| Chosen Iand-NOrth Carolina
! Should Not Ship in Food Supplies
: Condition of Roads.
BY ANDREW JOINER.

Condition OF Roads.
= BY ANDREW JOINER.
J Greensboro, N. c., August 10
Farmers hereabouts having late plant
ed corn that is just now in the silking
stage, say that 1T is shooting itself
to DEATH Mr.. O. C. Monroe, a sue
cessful, an intensive, farmer,
who raises tremendous crops on small
but thoroughly we'll prepared, ferti-
lized and cultivated areas, brought a
specimen stalk form his field today
which had twelve healthful shoots
fully silked. Mr.. Monroe says he is
afraid the crop will be ruined. He
thinks the recent saturation Of the
earth with moisture just as the corn
began to tassel, following a slight
drought, is the cause OF this eX-
t~raordinary shooting. The stalks are
not over large He says he thinks
if the rains had come before the small
stalk had tasseled from the drouth,
the growth would have one more in
to the stalk; and all the renewed
growth since the rains would not
have gone, into shoots"
This correspondent examined his
corn crop at dinner. hat which is
now just silking, and was surprised
to find the same state of affairs,
COuIlIlHS fourteen SlIkou SHOOlS Oh
one stalk. and an average Of six or all
stalks. This afternoon, he is going
TO sive the land a thorough dosing
of acid phosphate and Chicago stock
yard sheep drop mixture, scattered
broadcast and narrowed in. AT the
same time he will have in this mix
ture plenty of kale and seven top
turnip seed, which will furnish late
fall and early spring salad. If the
FURNISHINGS of an EXTRA allowance of
plant food causes these numerous
shoots to mature or ever half Of them,
into STain,4it will prove or some value,
as two Of the rows were not given an
extra application of fertilizer.
Last year, I plante Stowalls Ever
green corn on August 1st, to see if it
would furnish late roasting ears.
While this is not an extra early va
rieyt the corn made a fine crop, but
was gone and the land planted in
onions the day the first frost came.
Another crop was planted IN this
same corn this year, August 1st, on
land cleared Of another crop of g
tables but tomorrow. August 18th,
a crop of Adams Early will be plant
ed. with a full belief hat roasting
ears can be eaten from it. Since but
ter beans. cornfieId b. ms. oyster plant,
etc. haYe soften plentiful. no one
cares for squash and snap beans. so
these have Keen pulled up, and the
land Will produce q crop of corn
p1antel AUGUST 18th. The snaps"
we're planted last March. Some years
age. | learned TIT Valentine snap
hears would bear all the year, if they
we're cultivated and a new appiica-
too Of made at every plough
in~ CT hOeing. ] used to pull the
vines UD when the heavy crop the
rioes always bear at first. was off and
termed yellow. I have found that if
they are cultivated and the fertilizer
re-suoplied after the heavy crop is
Of. the vines will not turn yellow,
and new blossoms will at once be-
gin to form. This is also true of to-
matoes, pole beans and almost every
other vegetable. But nobody cares
for 7snaps'' after the much richer and
better and sweeter "pole beam comes
And of all these, after much expert
~mentation, none with the
"Kentucky Wonder for excellence III
f@-o~. fine fruitage, and long life.
What q favored country we live in
No cyclones, no billiards., no death
dealing floods, earthquakes or fam
inos. With a climate and soil con-
ducive to comfort and prosperity COM
pared to other chimes, for do we not
complain of discomfort at ninety in
the shade, or at zero weather
while other sections are grateful for
such temperatures?
And do we not think times are
hard" although we can raise different
crops on the same and during the
twelve months, when many other COM
munities. States and countries are
thankful and thrive on land in eli
mates where but one crop can be