The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
FERTILIZER FROM
MAURY COUNTY AIDS
ILLINOIS WHEAT CROP
TREATMENT APPLIED I'M &C
CoRDANcF WITH SUGGESTIONS
From Or. C. G. HOPKINS.

TREATMENT APPLIED IN Ac-
coRDANcF: WITH SUGGESTIONS
From Or. c. c. HOPKINS.
COMPARED WITH ADJOINING FARM
Sowed Turkey Red Wheat and Says
If Phosphate Had Eeen Used Al
over Field Yield Would Have Heen
Much Bette
In the Breeders Gazette of a re-
cent date is a story of the abundant
wheat yield CT farm in Illinois,
which shows the value of phosphate
as an assistant to the soil.
This crop OF whea: was grown on
the farm of M. w. Johnson, OF
Christian County, Illinois, and the
results were largely due to the
Maury county phosphate that was
used by Mr.. Johnsoa after the in
structions of the Maufy county phos-
phote producers. The soil treatment
was applied in accordance with the
suggestions Of DR.. Cyril G. Hopkins
Mr. Jof nson tells the story in his
own way as follows:
To The Gazette. Ten acres OF
wheat grown on my farm this year
averaged little over so bushels to
the acre. OaelthiTd of the ground
received 600 pounds Per acre of rock
phosphate, ore-third SEQ pounds and
i one-thiri more. The part receiving
no phosphate yielded light, averaging
pelhaps not more than 35 bushels
per ACRE. The part receiving 300
pounds per acre averaged about SO
bushels and the part receiving 600
pounds per acre averaged about 60
bushels. AS about one-third Of that
receiving the heaviest application
was very poor thin soil known as a
buffalo wsllow," the remainder
would have had to produce about 70
bushels To tho acre tn make up the
average A neighbor just over the
fence produced on land that was
really better than this Is bushels to
the acre.
Hav;1e read a great deal OF DR..
Cyril G. Hopkins articles on soil fer
tility, have been tying to put his
ideas i.to practice. This year
drilled cowpeas between the rows of
corn when laid by and | expect to
pasture them es late as possible and
also the cornstalks. Then ! shall
disk jos, before freezing and pl,w
under with 9 tons of ground lime
stone and 1,lCo pounds of rock phos.
phate to the acre, then drilled oats
next spIing, about III bushels to the
: acre, roll witt. corrugated roller
and SOW alfaifa in the oats, | se.cur-
. ed a fine stand Of alfalfa this year
by sowing it il, oats on an old pasture
that Was broken this spring.
never farned any until last year,
having rented all my land. Last
year .1ok notion to SOW some al
: falfa on the ~ acres that produced
: the big yield Of wheat and as it was
land that had been rented out for
20 years and had never yielded more
than 20 bushels of corn and 60 bush
els of weeds to the acre per year,
concluded to manure it heavily.
put on about 20 loads of barnyard
manure to, the acre, plowed 1t under
and put on . tons of ground lime
stone and disKed It in. After . weed
crop go: we'll started ] plowed 1t ali
up again and disked it. think
killed About four crops of weeds this
way ur until Aug. l. i sowed the al
falfa and secured fair stand but
tn. fall ARM worms came along
when 1t was about 3 inches high
and cleaned il off as 1t had been
burned over. Then l plowed II ur
again and put 600 pounds of roch
phosphate to the acre over one third
30c over one third and nothing ovel
one third, and sowed it with Turkey
red wheat, with disk drill. sow
ed IL buhels to tn. acre with the
result that it made the 50-bushe
wheat crop. Had the phosphate
been applied ali over it would nc
doubt have produced considerable.
more.
On the meadow land l now bav,
about &c tons of ground limeston,
ready to distribute. The clover hal
run out on this meadow and my idei
is to help tie clover crop. l favo
keeping brood mares and selling tn,
foals. II takes mighty good dair!
COW to produce as much buterfat OF
milk as good lusty colt will sci
for and there is less work letting thi
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