The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
HOW T. NJ. WILLIAMSON, OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, RAISES CORN

time, and when p1Oughing near grow
ing crops.
Lay off land in rows six feet apart.
and bed on these burrows with turn
plough until only a five-inch balk is
left between these beds. When ready
to plant break out this balk with SIX
inch shovel or scooter and follow deep
in same furrOW with narrow plough.
Ridge on the furrow with one round
of same narrow plough, or. if land is
cold or low, q great plough may be
used. making q higher and broader
ridge. Plant in this ridge twice as
thick as corn is to be left, one grain In
q hill, and cover shallow, not over an
inch and a quarter deep, if early.
Plant as early as your seasons and
the nature of your land will permit
and only when soil is in good condi-
ton. Apply all fertilizer later as di-
rected.
1t Will make the corn easier to work
if a wide shovel is run deep in center
of middle (of bed) when corn is
planted, and it will also keep much
water from running down on corn.
Throw two burrows with turn pillow
on this shovel furroW when conven-
lent, and two more just before second
working. This will make the second
working easier, and also clean the
middles; which may be worked over
again. il necessary.
When your corn first needs work
run on both sides with harrow OF
small plow; when 1t is about eight
>@hes high. give second working by
<.nning around 1t on both sides, II
on sandy land. with 10-inch Scrape, or
sweep. set on point, and il on stiff
land use shovel. Thin now.
Leave these burrows open and DC
not work corn again until 1t is SC
stunted as to prevent its ever grow
ing larger than Is necessary to make
what corn the land Is able to pro
duce. This does not mean that corr
should be left there to die, or ever
| neglected. but that it should be com
PEELED to use it's energy, in ear-mak-
ing, and not allowed to waste it iT
stalk-making. On poor Or cold lane
from 10 to IL days may be enough
while rich soil may take twice os
long. When you think that it has
stood long enough, apply one-half OF
mixed fertilizer in the open burrows
next to corn. of every other middle
and cover by breaking out this middle
with turn ploW. And side the corr
at once in this middle with 16-incf
scrape, pushing dirt around it, anG
covering any grass that turn plow
has left. Corn should now be abou
knee high.
Within q week give other middle
same treatment, then go back to frs
middle as soon as possible. and SOW
half of nitrate Of soda in scrape fur
rows next corn. and cover as fast as
sOwn with one round of turn ploW-
shallow. Then SOW peas broadcast ir
this middle at rate of a bushel pei
acre, unless very scarce, when they
may be dropped, and cover by break
Ing out middle shallow.
A few days later treat other middle
same way, which lays by corn OF
slight bed with dirt around the feeG
roots. before hardly punching fol
tassel. Lay by early, for more corr
is ruined by late plowing than by
be necessary. and thinning is easier
with one stalk in hill. Rub corn will
coal tar if birds or chickens are bad
On sandy soils I would use for {
25-4O bushel yield, 100 pounds acif
phosphate. 200 pounds cotton seec
meal. and 2n9 pounds kainit per acre
mixed, and Is pounds nitrate of sode
at last blowing. leaving corn 1870
inches in drill. rows feet apart Fol-
1880 bushels yield I would double
amount of mixed fertilizer. and also
use 125 pounds nitrate of soda 1eav
ing corn 14-1e inches in drill rows
feet apart CLAY land is said to re
ouire more phosDhOric acid and les
potash; the fertilzing not SO late no
the planting so early; but this L d.
not know Of my own experience.
Mix your own fertiliZer-yOu viii
then know what you have, save
money and learn what your land real
| iy needs.
IF you cannot grow peas, then TT.
velvet beans or iron peas, or som'
nitrogen-gathering crop which viii
save your buying more Of this ex
| pensive element next year than Is alb
| So}ntely necessary.
The land in these wide rows is no
wasted, for it gives better room t
| cultivate, enables the plant to ge
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