The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-06
SOUTHERN
SUCCESSFUL CORN CULTURE.
An Instructive Article on the Raising
Of Corn, by E. Melver Williamson,
In Atlanta Constitution.

In 1886 / began TO farm on a sandy
slightly rolling place. II had been un.
der exhaustive cultivation for many
years. and the soil was thin, making
about six hundred pounds OF seed cot
ton per acre, when well cultivated by
the use OF four hundred pounds Of fer
tllizer, costing 81, or ten bushels OF
corn with 81 worth Of fertilizer
| followed the old way OF early fer
tilizing, planting high, working rapid
| ly, and buying corn. II always made
big. hourishing stalk. and was an an
nual Joy in the spring. and In the fall
I was in annual sorrow. I knew that
the farmer who dill not make proyis-
ions always failed sooner or later, and
in my case all signs pointed to Il be-
ing sooner SO applied more fertiliz-
er at planting times, and gave II more
work Il grew still larger than before,
and made even less. and | continued
TO buy corn. was getting out Of
trouble nearly as fast as the frog was
getting out OF the well.
had seen real farmers make more
corn on much smaller stalks. had
laughed at them in the spring, and
they at me in the fall. they always
however, laughing last SO prohting
by their success, as well as my fail
ure, began TO plant lower. and fer
tilize later but Il was not until / had
allowed Il to stand on small ridge
with the second working burrows left
open on both sides, that the stalk
could be forced to give proper atten-
tion 10 making It's ear.
The smallness Of the stalk itself now
suggested that II could be planted
thicker n the drill.
Thus for more than ten years kept
on studying and experimenting, plant
ing lower and thicker. and stunting
the stalk growth, after which all fer
tilizers were applied, nitrate Of soda
being saved for las ploughing My
yield gradually increased, until in
1904, when with sl1 worth Of fertilizer
per acre, the yield was "a bushels per
acre. on my crop Of ten acres. the
land being good rows six feet apart,
and corn eleven inches in drill
was then convinced that the principles
OF the method were correct, and that
by it's use corn could be made more
profitable THAI cotton. So in 1905
increased my crop to seventy acres on
poorer land, and made 50 bushels per
acre, with $7.01 in fertilizers; rows 6
feet apart and 16 inches in drill. In
1906. on rs acres. with s6.69 fertili-
gers per acre. | made go bushels per
acre: rows six feet apart and 13 inches
in drill. In 1907, So acres yielded
IS bushels per acre. with S9.S7 ferti-
lizers per acre, stand irregular from
hail; rows feet apart.
1906 was very dry here at caring
time
1905 was entirely too wet.
1907 crop was greatly injured by hail
on June 12
This method. which has been so
successfully followed in this section, is
given in detail. With such modifica-
tions as any practical farmer can
make to suit his own soil and climate,
l believe that It can be used with
much profit throughout the entire
south, especially upon sandy soils.
The tools named are such as every
one-horse farmer has Labor-saving
implements can be used. for l have
known a crop practically made with a
two-horse riding disc cultivator. 1t is
my purpose, however, to keep this
method within reach Of the one-horse
farmer, and to so describe it that he
may derive its full benefit with the
tools that he has and under the con-
ditions by which he is surrounded, and
not to tell him how well he might sue
coed by using things that he cannot
get This method may seem to call
for a great deal Of work and much
running up and down the rows making
corn than up and down the road buy
ing 1t.
Stiff land requires more breaking
and subsoiling than light, sandy soils.
Therefore, plough your land as it may
require during the winter l do not
break up more than one-fourth deep
er than land has been ploughed before.
Do not plough land when it is wet.
no matter how far behind in your
work; it will pay to wait until it is in
proper condition, even though you
plant less, for it will produce more.
is this true at planting
time. and when ploughing near grow
ing crops.
Lay off land in rows six fet apart,
and bed on these furrows with turn
plough until only a five-inch balk is
left between these beds. When ready
10 plant break out this balk with six
inch shovel, or scooter, and follow
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