The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-16
THE WILLIAMSON PLAN OF
CORN CULTURE
Continued from Page One.)

yecetab bic matter is being turned
under, it may be broken One-third
deeper. This is as much deepening
as land will usually stand in one year
and produce welf,r though it may be
continued each year SO long as much
dead vegetable matter is being turned
under. 1t may, however. be SUBSIDIZED
to any depth by following in bottom
of turn pillow furroW, provided no
more of the sub-sOil than has been
directed is turned w. Break with
two heavy plows, if possible, or bet
ter, with disc pillow. With the latter,
cotton stalks Or corn talks as large
as We ever make can be turned under
without having been chopped, and in
%peavines it viii not choke or drag.
Never pillow land When it is wet,
if you expect ever to have any use
for it again.
BED with turn pillow in six-foot
rows leaving .five-inch balk. When
ready to plant, break his out with
scooter. following in bottom Of this
furrow deep with Dixie pillow, wing
taken off. Ridge then on this furrow
with same pillow, still going deep. Run
corn planter on this ridge, dropping
one grain every five or six inches.
Plant early. as soon as frost danger
is past, say first s~easonabie spell after
March 18th. in this section. Espe-
OiAAiS 40 $1,000 ~
very rich lands where stalks can not
otherwise be prevented from growing
too large. Give first working with
harrow or any pillow hat will not
cover the plant. For second working,
use ten or twelve-inch sweep on both
sides Of corn which should now be
about eight inches. Thin after this
working. It is not necessary that
the plants should be left all the same
distance apart if the right number re-
main to each yard of row.
Corn should not be worked again
until the growth has been so retarded.
and the stalk so hardened that it will
never grow too large. This is. the
most difficult point in the whole pro-
cess. Experience and Judgment are
required to kno" -ust how much the
stalk should be stunted and plenty of
nerve is required to hold back your
corn when your neighbors, who fertil-
lied at planting time and cultivated
rapidly, have corn twice the size of
yours. CThey are having their fun
now. Yours will come at harvest
time.) The richer the land. the more
necessary 1t is that the stunning pro-
cess should be thoroughly done
When YOU are convinced that vour
corn has been sufficiently Inundated
YOU may begin to make the ear. It
shouid now be from twelve to eighteen
liciles g and Look worse than you
ever mad any corn to look before.
"Put half Of Your mixed fertilizer
tthl5 being the first used at aUl in
the o!d sweep furrow on both sides
OF every other middle. and cover nv
breaking out this middle with turn
ploW. About one week later treat the
other middle the same way. Within
d icy" Gays side corn in first middle
n 49, siH'een-lnch sweep. Put all your
u.iate OF soda in this furrow. if less
imam LOO pounds. If more ,,sa ono
half Of 1T now. Cover With ono f,,r.
low OF turn pillow then SOW peas in the
nlludie broadcast. at the rate Of o,
ieast one bushe! to the acre. and fnisl
breaking out. ILLS
IN a few days side corn in otbe,
81 WIN same sweep, put balance
" nitrate Of soda in this furrow if !;
mas been divided, cover viii n
PloW, SOW peas and break out. M.
IosS ny your crop with q good hef
nv plehty or dirt around your staJk
a 1nns should be from June 10th f.
ooun Unless season is very late. anf
tassel. ouilching 1ol
Lay by early. More corr Is r,,,a1
ny late blowing than by lack Of Nov,
ms ms IS when the ear is bnr+
sooo rains after laying bv shout
MAKE your a good crop of corr an
VII certainly make with much les.
way. IIo IL tne sole
ihe stalks thus raised are va,,
liz ~ ana 90 not REQUIRE anythin:
ms the moisture even in nrano..:ns
20 size that is necessary for .iar.'
) h aph 1.f s.aiks. They may, therefare
5 is no ra nauen thicker in the row. .Thi
= tustom to cut back vines. md 49,
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