The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., April 02, 1910, Page 243, Image 3

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HOW TO DOUBLE YOUR CORN YIELDS
V —THE PLANTING.
By T»it Butler.
HOU A FURR discussion of this
subject the article printed on
page 3 of our Issue of March
12 1910. ' $500 More a Year Farm
ing. By Planting the Crops Right."
should be read In couaectlon with
the following article.
In the article referred to. the ques
tion of planting on a bed or on the
level was quite fully discussed, and
at this time nothing further need be!
»«|d on that subject except to affirm
our belief In level planting While
not condemnlug planting on beds In
all cases, we are convinced that land
which Is so damp and cold as to need
10 Of? pmnn’U iiu Ui'Ui Mimiiu uu
drained as soon ns possible. la no
case would wo select such land for
making a large yield of corn.
The depth of planting ts also brief
ly dlacussed In the article referred
to. and also the use of the two-horse
planter In comparison with the one
horie planter. Either of these should
be used rather than the hand method
because of the economy of labor.
The Distance of S|mrlng.
In the Southeastern States we find
many of those w ho are well Informed
on corn grow-lng advocating thicker
planting than that commonly prac
ticed; while In the Middle South we
find the same class of well Informed
men advocating giving the corn more
distance. This Indicates that the
proper spacing of corn is an Import
ant question and should receive spe
cial consideration that Is. each
field should be considered individual
ly ns to Us fertility and moisture con
ditions. The usual site of the stalks
of tho variety planted may also be
considered, but with corn tho varia
tions In this line are not great and
require only minor consideration. As
a general proposition, It has been
pretty clearly shown that when the
different stalks are an equal distance
from each other that Is. when every
stalk occupies the center of a square
of equal site the best conditions for
the large*! yield have been given. In
other words. If the land will support
one stalk on ©very 4 square feet,
the results would be better If th©
rows were 2 feet wide and tho stalks
2 feet In the row. than when planted
In 4-foot rows with stalks 1 foot
apart In the row.
While It Is not practicable to plant
corn In rows only 2 feet wide, because
of tin* greater difficulty and expense
of cultivating so many more narrow
rows, thin fact regarding the spacing
of tti«• corn plants should be kept in
mind. The Increase In ylold from
placing tin* stalks cqul-dtstant in all
directions Is not sufficient to Justify
rows less than 3| to t feet, but we
believe It is sufficient to prevent the
best results when corn Is planted In
wider rows.
I'he \unilter of Stalks to Have.
Large yields enu only bo obtained
from a large number of stalks, and
If a yield of 50 bushels per acre Is
expected, the corn must be spaced
with this yield In view. On the other
band, land that will only make 25
bushels per acre when the corn Is
correctly spaced, may be planted so
thickly that it will not yield even the
25 bushels which It Is capable of
making.
Calculating an uverago of oae ear
to every stalk, and that It will re
quire 135 ears to make a bushel, the
following spacing will produce the
yleldH Indicated:
*1 Mi “foot rows, 12 inches In the row
■ #2 bushels.
:: ' j -font rows, 18 Inches in the row
- 02 bushels.
S’^-foot rows, 2 feet in the row—
4ft bushels.
3't-foot rows, 2 t* feet in the row
37 bushels.
3 'a-foot rows, 2 feet in the row
31 bushels.
4 foot rows, 12 inches in the row
si bushels.
4-foot rows, 18 inches in the row
34 bushels.
4-foot rows, 2 feet in the row—40
bushels.
4-foot rows, 2% feet in the row
—32 bushels.
4-foot rows, 3 feet in the row—27
bushels.
Of course, with certain varieties
more than one ear to the stalk is pro
duced, and more or less than 135 ears
may be required to make a bushel;
but the foregoing table places the
problem of spacing plainly before us.
Hills or Drills?
In the Northern Corn Belt, where
the lands are level and capable of
producing large yields, for economy
of cultivation the corn is quite fre
quently planted in hills 3J feet by 3
feet apart with two or three stalks
in the hills. At such distance, three
stalks to the hill would give 12,444
stalks, or, on the basis of our calcula
stalks, or, on the basis o four calcula
tion, a yield of 91 bushels to the acre.
Much of our laud is too rolling and
washes too much to be cultivated
both ways, but on the land that is
level there is no reason why we
should not check it 3 i by 3 feet and
cultivate both ways, thereby saving
much expense in cost of the labor in
cultivating.
On our rich level lands it is also
worth our while to consider the sav
ing of expense in cultivating which
results from checking and putting
two or three stalks to the hill. As a
matter of fact, however, as at first
indicated, when a large number of
stalks are put on the land the yield
will be greater with 3%-ft. rows and
1 stalk every foot, than with 3 stalks
in a hill every 3 feet. The saving in
the expense of cultivation when the
corn is checked with 3 stalks to the
hill will, however, probably more
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