Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-10
Handling a Corn Crop on New
Ground

Handling q Corn Crop on New
Ground
J. F. c., Box Spring, Ga,
writes: 1 have five acres of
good land to plant to corn this
year. 1t has been cultivated
only two years. Please advise
me how to fertilize this land to
make the greatest possible
Yield.
Your letter does not state whether
the land you intend to plant to corn
is upland or bottom land. OF course
bottom lands are richer than up
lands. and heavy fertilization is
therefore not essential. If you ex-
pect to plant your corn on the red,
upland soils of your section, then l
would advise you to proceed as fol-
lows:
Enrich the land with any vegeta-
bic matter you can secure. Yard
manure is good for this purpose.
Two tons and upward per acre
should be applied. Well rotted yard
manure or fertilizer may be put in
. the row where the corn is to stand.
We prefer to plant in the water fur
row. 1t is best to mix the compost
well with the soil by means of
bull tongue. The fertilizer may also
be worked into the soil at the same
time. For your section, we advise
the use of a 103.5-4 formula. We
would put 200 pounds under the drill
row when the corn is planted. Two
hundred pounds should be applied
when the corn Is about knee high,
and 100 pounds when it is bunch
ing to tassel. The fertilizer may be
distributed broadcast between the
~a<ill rows and worked in with a Gull
'tivator. 1t makes little difference
from what source the plant food is
derived so that it is readily availa-
BILE. Standard carriers of phosphoric
acid and potash may all be used in
your section of the state. We be-
lieve you will obtain the largest
yields from using the prolific types
OF corn. Frequent, shallow cultiva-
ton will be the most profitable pro
cedure to follow after the corn has
been brought to a stand.
Authentic Yields of Corn in Georgia
j. G.. B., Mcintosh Ga, in
quires as to the largest au-
thentic yield Of corn made by
organization. Professor J. K.
Giles, OF the extension division,
has gathered together the follow
ing data:
Ben Leath. Kensington, Walker
county, is the state champion corn
grower. He succeeded in 1911 in
producing 214 bushels on one acre.
In 1910, Joe Stone, Center, Jack
son county, grew 100 bushels on one
acre.
In 1915, Ellsworth Watkins, Jack
son, Butts county, grew 166 bushels
one one acre.
In 1916, Hubert McCort, Cochran,
Bleckley county, grew 11S bushels
on one acre.
In 1920, Leo Mallard, Statesboro,
Bullock county, grew 14S bushels on
one acre.
In 1928, Marcus Mangum, Manas-
sas, Tattnall county, grew 119 bush
els on one acre. Joe Mac Brown,
Dewey Rose, Gilbert county, grew
Is IL bushels on one acre.
The corn grown by these boys was
harvested in a dry condition by dis
interested parties, who attested the
yields.
Leo Mallard, who lives in the Coastal
Plains. section:
II selected one acre OF black,
sandy loan soil with clay subsoil,
which was planted last year in corn
and watermelons. Beef cattle were
fed here for a while last winter.
used three-mule, sulky pillow to
break the ground up with. l did this
the twelfth of May. On the thir-
tenth, I narrowed it with a disc
and hackney harrow, On the four
teenth, L barred off with a two-mule
Chattanooga and split the middles
with a two-mule Chattanooga lister.
The next day, I subsoiled it with a
scooter. This day, the fifteenth Of
May, l planted the corn with Cole
planter in five-foot rows, twelve
inches apart in the drill. My soil
was in perfect condition when
planted. L cultivated shallow six
times with a harrow.
1.-THE only fertilizer I used was
just one hundred pounds of nitrate
of soda and five tons of compost
from cows. | had perfect weather
conditions. 1t rained plenty, and my
corn did not suffer very much for
want OF water. We shelled and
weighed the corn, which showed a
yield of one hundred and forty-eight
bushels and eleven pounds to the
acre.
MANY people came to see my corn
while it was growing. Il am now
going to sow this land in oats. and,
after the oats, will again plant corn
The Value of Ashes as Source
of Potash
7. II. F., Cayce, S. c., writes:
l desire information in regard to
!. using oak ashes under cotton
- and corn. I have a good lot of
raw oak ashes. and as I have
never used ashes before, I do
not know how they should be
applied or in what quantity.
Ashes constitute one of the best
sources of potash. They vary a
great deal in composition, owing to
a number of conditions.
1.-The character. of the trees from
which thew are derived Hardwood