The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-20
GOOD FARM MANAGEMENT
WORK FOR THE MONTH
continued From Page One.)

upon tHe ldnd, NJ hence the low aV-
erage production per acre. Without
this perfect preparation of he land
no application Of manure or fertilizer
can have its due effect. Far better
and Q profitable to perfectly pre-
pare and fully f~ertilize two acres.
Wherever a crimson clover sod has
been. or can be plowed down with
this perfect preparation of the soil
Afterwards, and the application of the
minfr&l fertilizers, acid phosphate
ana potash, at the rate of 500 pounds
OF aciC phosphate and 100 pounds of
KANT ID the acre, a greatly increased
vjeiG IAN be surely reckoned uDon.
Whore q clover sod or a pea faIlow
has not been turned down. then it will
b" necessary to use "a heterogeneous fer
tjiZ"r IS Well as the mineral fertil-
u-rs, TO secure the best return. Num-
,r"ns and carefully conducted expert
ments have demonstrated that on land
of average fertility such an amount
OF fertilizer should be used as will
supply fifty pounds of ~phosphoric
acld, Efteen pounds OF potash, and
twenty pounds of nitrogen to the
acre. RMS can be supplied by mix
ing loo pounds of acid phosphate.
500 pounds Of cOttOn-Seed meal, and
zoe pounds Of kainit, to make a ton,
and applying this at the rate of 500
pounCs to the acre. The usual appli-I
cation of 800 or 400 pounds to the
acre O 2-S-2 falls far short of sup
plying the needs of the crop. The
importance Of an early planting of the
cotton crop cannot be too strongly in
sisted pom especially in sections
where the boil weevil has been found.
1t is practically the only means of
WarGlng off damage from that pest.
Even where this pest has not yet
made It's appearance early planting is
advisable, as the pest is gradually
working its way northward and there
is no knowing how soon it may make
its appearance in the Northern sec
ton OF the cotton fields. The import
ance OF careful selection of the seed
to be planted has been so fully de-
monstrated that there should be no
necessity to enforce this further. Seed
of thu. varieties which have been
found % be most prolific in the yari-
Gus sections can be had in abundance
at very reasonable prices, and it is
folly to plant seed taken indiscrimin-
ately from the gins. AS emphasizing
this y0int, it may be stated that in
r>p, rlr1ents made in South Carolina
With -orty-siN varieties the highest
acr, ,alue credited to one variety
WAS %32.05, and ~tha-ewest $500, the
Nari, LES having been given the same
treatreent throughout. Among the
most productive varieties in this trial
were Toole with 736 pounds, Cooks
Improved, 622 pounds; Corley, $40
roun@s, and cold Standard. els
pOun5s. In experiments made IN
North Carolina Russell Big Boil was :
found to be the most productive va :
riety. 6
For the making o.; a large and .
profitable corn crop four things are !
psscntial-fertile land, perfect pre- J,
paraticn of the land before seeding ;,
the crop, carefully selected seed :
adapted to the location, and Frequent ;,
~ reDeated shallow cultivation as
long IS it is possible to continue this :
without breaking down the crop. IL .
will he noticed that We do not IN the I
essential requisites l11cluoe ler.liiIa- v
ton Of the crop. We make this ex- :,
ceptiCn because as the result OF al 3
most innumerable experiments 1t has :,
beer demonstrated that it Is PRACTICAL .
Iy almost impossible to apply fertilizer .
to the corn crop profitablN. Lana q
vhicn reuuires fertilizer in order that =
it may produce a crop Of corn is 1and -
which ought not to be planted IN corn, -
hut should be put into some leguln- Q,
crop to fill it with humus ana Ter if
tility before being SO planted. we 40 81
wish to be misunderstood IN TINS 81
matter.g: Fertilizer can be appleu - il
4 corn crop with advantage TO the T
yi,.lC often with considerable adVant- h
age. but rarely can this be done pro- Al
ftalfy. The cost of the increased n
vicIG will almost invariably amount " W
more than the profit to be gotten from r.
it. therefore, if no other adNah'dSe tl
is to De gained, such as the perman- m
emf ironrovament of the land for Oth- >.
or ,.5Ds to follow, We do not adNlse tf
the use Of fertilizer on the corn rt' ST
Where covDeas or crimson clover are az
to hc sowed IN the corn crop, as ouShe tt
to he done wherever the rotation " W
crops proposed to be folloWed per til
r1itS If thic course fhan aClQ Plus ~
phata NAV be prOfitably used, as IL tn
not only somewhat increase the &c