Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-05-09
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
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nine per cent in the other crops Of
the rotation in tests conducted by
the Experiment Station at Woos-
ter. Sixty per cent of the value
of the total increase, from fertilizer
was realized in the crop receiving
the fertilizer and forty per cent
in the crops followina it without
any fertilizer.
Small grains, like oats Oh wheat,
which follow corn utilize the fer
tilizer better if it is distributed
over the entire surface. Hill fer
tilization for corn is evidenced by
spots of larger growth of the
small grain or grass the next year.
Glover reduces the cost of crop
production when it is grown in
proper rotation with the cereals,
and it can make greatest use of
fertilizer applied to corn only
when the plant food is scattered
broadcast over the field.
Drilled corn has yielded more
than that planted in hills when the
same amount of seed was used per
acre in tests conducted by the
Ohio Experiment Station. For hill
planting three kernels per hill has
been the most satisfactory rate.
An increased yield of three
bushels per acre was harvested in
favor of drilled corn. Machine
cutting is easier if corn is drilled,
but for harvesting by hand the hill
method is preferred by most farm
ers. Cultivation is easier by the
latter plan.
Four and five kerenls per hill
have given slightly larger acre
yields than three-kernel rate, but
the grain is inferior in quality
from such thick planting on most
soils. With scarcity of seed
corn, such as exists this year, the
planting Of three kernels in hills
36 inches apart or the drilling of
the kernels II inches apart is to be
recommended to Ohio farmers.
Spacing plants 10 inches apart in
the row has been found best for
silage corn; for, while the yield
has been less than from planting
four inches apart in the row, the
stalks are able to resist storms and
make harvesting much easier.
Abundant plant food and early
planting figure largely in potato
growing. A good clover sod
where potatoes have not been
grown for at least five years
makes an ideal soil. Investiga-
tions conducted at the Ohio &Ex-
pertinent Station indicate the high
value of manure reinforced with
acid phosphate. From 2 to 6 tons
of manure per acre may be spread
on the clover sod and then 300
pounds of acid phosphate added as
a surface dressing. If manure is
scarce four or five tons per acre
may be used, and the quantity OF
acid phosphate increased.
The first, two weeks in May are
considered most suitable for plant
ing potatoes in northern Ohio
while the last week in April may
be satisfactory in the southern
part. Yields have fallen as much
as As bushels per acre by a delay
of a month in planting date. When
potatoes are to be planted late
they should be sm-sprouted for q
!, | few weeks first so that they will
start off vigorously when planted
This process consists in exposing
the potatoes in single layers il
partial sunlight. Hardy, stubby
dark green sprouts develop thai
are scarcely injured by planting
operations. Sprouts do not de
velop from all the eyes. For plant
ing, the potatoes are cut 'ont
sprout to a piece.
Sun-sprouted seed planted june
80 yielded 4.3 bushels more thar
potatoes planted in the usual man
ner May 10. Cellar stock planted
, June 30 yielded 41.5 bushels les'
than the sun-sprouted seed.