THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1929
Com Craves Available Nitrogen
The desire little Willie has for his
orandma’s gingerbread is no compari
on to the way the corn plant craves
nitrogen. If all farmers could only
understand corn language as well as
grandmas understand the pleadings
of their grandsons, the yields of corn
in the South would increase. These
mothers know just how much of their
tempting cakes little Willie should ,
FARM OF D. E. WILLIS, BROOKLAND, TEXAS.
Corn at left received no fertilizer. That at right received acid phosphate and
muriate of Potash at planting and Chilean nitrate of soda as side dressing)
when corn was knee high. Fertilized plot produced 43 bushels, an Increase of
. _ _ 23 bushels over the unfertilized plot.
have and how often, for if left alone
lie would eat too much for his own
good.
So it is with feeding the corn plant.
There is a best time and kind of fer
tilizer to feed corn to make the most
for each pound of plant food used.
Commercial nitrogen for feeding
plants comes in two forms: slow-act
ing, such as cottonseed meal; and
quick-acting, such as nitrate of soda.
The nitrogen in cottonseed meal at the
time applied is not available. It must
be changed or made available before
the plant can eat it. This change
takes place through what is generally
known as “rotting.” The rotting
process requires time and, at best, only
a little of it is made available at a
time.
Experiments and results of success
ful farmers agree that best yields are
secured when the corn plant is given
a large amount of quickly-available
nitrogen from 35 to 40 days after the
corn is planted, or when knee to waist
Master Farmers Side-
Dress Cotton and Corn
Many farmers throughout the South
who have never side-dressed their
cotton and corn will do so for the first
time this season, it is indicated.
Farmers who have made a practice of
side dressing in the past say that this
method of fertilizing cotton insures
earlier maturity, increases yields, and
lowers the cost of producing the crop.
.No farmer can afford to continue
fertilizer practice used before the
appearance of the boll weevil, or per
sist in using cottonseed meal or use
slow-acting forms of nitrogen if best
results are expected. Cotton requires
a quick-acting, readily soluble nitro
gen, one the plant can eat or absorb
quickly and convert into weed and
fruit growth rapidly.
Experiments conducted by the Ala
bama and other Experiment Stations
of the South show that best yields are
secured when, in addition to the fer
tilizer applied at planting time, 100
to 200 pounds of Chilean nitrate of
soda are applied at the first cultiva
tion after chopping. Some farmers
use two applications, making the sec
ond at the appearance of the first
squares.
Side-dressing cotton and corn with
Chilean nitrate of soda is practiced, it
is said, by most all Master Farmers
of the South. In reply to the ques
tion, “Do you find it pays to side
dress?” Master Farmer B. N. Sykes
of Harrellsville, North Carolina, says:
“I side-dress 40 acres of corn each
year with 100 to 150 pounds of Chilean
nitrate of soda, from which I get an
average increase of 5 to 8 bushels for
each 100 pounds of soda used. I also,
use 100 to 150 pounds per acre on my
cotton at the first cultivation after
chopping, from which I get an in
creased yield of 25 per cent, and some
times more.”
Professor R. W. Hamilton of the
South Carolina Extension Service
says the average yield of all South
Carolina farmers is 167 pounds lint
per acre, while the average yield of
°nr sixteen Master Farmers is 444
pounds lint per acre. The success
these farmers have attained speaks
Feed Your Cotton With
Chilean Nitrate of Soda
‘lb# best of cotton growers are
learning to feed their crops, just as
•be best of livestock men have
learned how to scientifically feed their
animals. And these cotton farmers
are learning that Chilean nitrate of
s °da. 100 to 200 pounds per acre, ap
plied as a side-dressing by or before
; e time the first blooms appear, is
Tile finest of all foods for the growing
I > r ton crop. Such a side-application
‘• en ps the cotton green and fruiting
vigorously, long after cotton not so
- ide-dressed has turned yellow and is
browing off all the little bolls set.
iced your cotton with Chilean ni-
II x , e soda, and it will fatten your
Pocket-book,” is becoming proverbial
' v * b the best farmers in the Cotton
licit. i
1 high. More than fifty years ago
farmers used and found the quick re
sponse corn made to applications of
Chilean Nitrate of Soda as compared
with other forms of nitrogen. Since
that time, hundreds and thousands of
farmers have profited from the use of
side-dressing cotton and corn, and
millions of tons of this material have
been furnished them from the inex-
haustible beds in the little country of
Chile, on the west coast of South
America? .
Many claim their corn yields have
been doubled and trebled through the
use of 100 to 200 pounds of “soda” per
acre. W H. Camp of Villa Rica,
Georgia, who was declared by the
Georgia State College cotton champion
in 1928, says: “I have found that 100
to 200 pounds of Chilean nitrate of
soda, applied to corn when it is about
waist high, will double the yield. I
rotate my crops, and Chilean Nitrate
is the only kind of fertilizer I use on
corn.” Blaney Sumrell, North Carolina
Master Farmer, of Ayden, said: “I
use Chilean nitrate of soda as a side
or top dressing on my corn, cotton,
and small grain. I use 100 pounds per
acre. My yields are doubled on corn
and oats and increased a third on cot
ton. I cannot recommend too highly
the use of side or top-dressings, as
they have proven so very satisfactory
to me.”
Unknown Farmer
Deserves Recognition
Distinguished recognition is due the
unknown Southern farmer who, prob
ably fifty or more years ago, used for
the first time Chilean nitrate of soda
as a side-dressing on cotton and corn.
He is so obscure that no state can
justly claim him. The effectiveness
of this method is evidenced by the
fact that hundreds of thousands of
farmers are today his followers.
Unguided in his efforts, this obscure
farmer sought through side-dressing
to find a better way and time to fer
tilize these two crops. Encouraged
by the results of the earlier use of ni
trate of soda as a side-dressing, re
search workers have found that there
is a critical time in the life of these
two plants when a quickly available
nitrogen applied to them will increase
production more than if applied at
any other time. This time has been
found to be for cotton just before the
first cultivation after chopping, and
for corn thirty-five to forty days after
planting or when the corn is from
knee to waist high. These workers
have also found, in the case of cot
ton, that best yields are secured when
one-quarter of the nitrogen is applied
just before planting and three-quar
ters as side-dressing.
Above illustration shows remarkable
results obtained by side dressing cot
ton with Chilean nitrate of soda. Held
of plot on left 1231 lbs. Plot on right,
which received no nitrate of soda, pro
duced only 37H lbs., a difference of 858
lbs. seed cotton.
Recent experiments at the Ala
bama Station showed that best re
sults were obtained when 500 pounds
per acre of a mixture composed of 50
pounds of nitrate of soda, 400 pounds
superphosphate, and 50 pounds muri
ate of potash was applied under the
crop and side-dressed with 150 pounds
nitrate of soda after the cotton was
chopped.
It is interesting to recall that it was
a missionary working among the In
dians of South America who first dis
covered the wonderful value of this
material as a plant food or fertilizer
Through some mysterious process of
nature it was formed and deposited in
the desert country along the western
shore of Chile.
This material has been found tc
possess many superior qualities an 1
has been recognized for more than
fifty yeai‘3 as the standard nitroger
fertilizer. In the earlier days it wa
known as Chile saltpeter; in t.h
South it is known as “soda,” but from
its origin and chemical analysis it is
called Chilean nitrate cf soda.
THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. C,
NOTICE OF LAND SALE
NORTH CAROLINA:
CHATHAM COUNTY:
Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in the judgment of the
Superior Court in an action entitled
N. J. Hilliard against Lenard Wil
liams, et als, the undersigned com
missioner will on the
18th day of May, 1929,
, at the Courthouse door in Pittsboro,
North Carolina, offer for sale at Pub
lic Auction to the highest bidder for
cash the following described tract of
• land, to-wit:
BOUNDED on the East by Bailey
Smith; on the South by J. R. Elkins;
on the North by Callie Willet; and
on the West by Carlton Caudel, con
taining forty (40) acres, more or
less.
TIME OF SALE: 12 o’clock Noon.
PLACE OF SALE: Courthouse
door.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash.
W. P. HORTON,
Commissioner
WARNING.
My son, Jame.s Carroll is under age
and I hereby forbid any and all per
sons hiring him or giving him em
ployment in any way without first
securing my consent. Any person
disregarding this warning will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law.
This April 12, 1929.
TOM CARROLL.
(Apr 18, 25, May 2,9)
NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND
■| WARRANT QF ATTACHMENT
» NORTH CAROLINA: * i-!i£'
CHATHAM COUNTY:
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT BE
( FORE THE CLERK.
R. J. Johnson
| Vs. ••*»«:* j . ’.T*” w«y
R. A. Morphis. 11
The defendants in the abOv€ en
titled action, R. A. and wife
Morphis, will take notice that an
1 action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court of
Chatham County, North Carolina, for
the purpose of foreclosing a certifi
t cate issued to the plaintiff by the
Sheriff of Chatham County for cer
tain land which the plaintiff bought
at a sale conducted by the Sheriff
of Chatham County on the 3rd day
of October, 1927, and to sell the land
owned by the defendants in Chat
ham County, for the purpose of pay
ing the taxes, interest, cost, and
expenses of this action; and the said
defendants will further take notice
that they are required to appear be
fore the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Chatham County, North Carolina,
at his office at Pittsboro, North Car
olina, on the 11th day of May, 1929,
and answer or demur to the com
plaint of the plaintiff or the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in said complaint.
The defendants, R. A. Morphis and
wife, Morphis, will, also, take
notice that a Warrant of Attachment
was issued by the Clerk of the Court
of Chatham County, North Carolina,
on the 2nd day of April, 1929,
against the property of the defend
ants in Chatham County, North Caro
lina, which warrant was returnable
to the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Chatham County, North Carolina,
at his office in Pittsboro, North Caro
lina, on the 11th day of May, 1929.
This the 2nd day of April, 1929.
E. B. HOLT,
C. S. C. Chatham County.
W. P. Horton,
Atty. for Plaintiff.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE.
Under and by virtue of a decree
made and entered in that certain
special proceeding now pending in
the Superior Court of Chatham Coun
ty, North Carolina, entitled “Lou
Harrington, et als, vs. Annie True
love, et als,” the undersigned Com
missioner will, on
Saturday, the 11 day of May, 1929,
at one-thirty o’clock, P. M., at the
residence of the late Mrs. A. R.
Lawrence, in Cape Fear Township,
Chatham County, North Carolina,
offer for sale, to the highest bidder,
upon the following terms, to-wit:
Ten per cent cash on the day of the
sale; fifteen per cent upon confirma
tion of the sale, and the balance on
the Ist day of December, 1929, those
two certain tracts or parcels of land
lying and being in Cape Fear Town
ship, Chatham County, North Caro
lina, and being more fully described
and defined as follows, viz:
FIRST TRACK: BEGINNING at a
rock S. W. Harrington’s corner,
thence north 1 degree west 84 %
poles to a stump; thence south 85
west 38 poles to a stake and pointers;
thence north 4 west 16% poles to a
rock; thence north 80 west 117%
poles to a stump; thence south 78
poles to a white oak; thence east 82
poles, stake on gully in a drain;
thence south 15 east 52 poles to a
pine stump; thence east 82 poles to
the beginning, containing 67 acres,
more or less, EXCEPT 35 yards
square where the grave yard is now.
Same being the tract of land convey
ed to J. H. Lawrence by deed from
M. J. Boyd and wife, dated 18th day
of November,'lß9s, and recorded in
the office of the Register of Deeds
of Chatham County in Book CR, page
521-522.
SECOND TRACT: Adjoining the
lands of J. R. Marks and A. F. Har
rington, and BEGINNING at an ashe
on bank of Cape Fear River; thence
east 70 poles to a stake; thence north
30 poles to a stake; thence east 23%
poles to a stake; thence south 2 de
grees west 34 poles to a rock pile
corner thence 299% poles to corner
and pointers on bank of Cape Fear
River; thence up said river to the
first station, containing 5 % acres,
more or less, same being the lands
conveyed to A. R. Lawrence by deed
from J. R. Marks, et als, dated Jan
uary Ist, 1907, recorded in the
Registry of Chatham County, N. C.,
in Book EB, page 493, etc.
This Bth day of April, 1929.
WADE BARBER,
Commisioner
Siler & Barber, Attys.
Some people, can make us posi
tively happy if they will leave us
alone and keep out of our sight.
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred upon us in a deed
of trust executed by John Crutch
field and wife, Mary Crutchfield, on
the 11th day of June 1925 and re
corded in Book A. C. page 9, we
will on Saturday the
18th DAY OF MAY 1929 *
12 o’clock noon
at the Courthouse Door in Pittsboro,
N. C., Chatham County, sell at pub
lic auction for cash to the highest
bidder the following land, to-wit:
BEGINNING at a stake in the
center of the Fayetteville Road J. W.
Crutchfield’s corner and running
thence with his line South 86 de
grees East 4105 feet to a stake and
pointers in branch, corner of J. W.
Crutchfield’s tract; thence along the
meanders of said branch in a South
westerly direction 575 feet to a stake
F. W. Atwater’s corner; thence North
86 degrees West 3725 feet to a
stake in the center of Fayetteville
Road, thence in a Southwesterly di
rection 473 feet to a stake corner
of J. W. Crutchfield’s property, con
taining 42.5 acres and designated as
tract No. one of the T. M. Grutch
field and J. W. Crutchfield lands, ac
cording to survey and plat made by
E. H. Copley, surveyor, December
1920, to which reference is hereby
made for a more particular descrip
tion of said land.
This sale is made by reason of
the failure of John Crutchfield &
wife, Mary Crutchfield to pay off
and discharge the indebtedness se
cured by said deed of trust to the
North Carolina Joint Stock Land
Bnak of Durham. : .• ■ \
A deposit of 10% will be required
from the purchaser at the sale.
This the Bth day of April 1929.
FIRST NATIONAL COMPANY
OF DURHAM, INC., TRUSTEE,
FORMERLY FIRST NATIONAL
TRUST COMPANY.
Durham, N, C,
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
UNDER and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in that cer
tain deed of trust executed by W. C.
Brewer and wife, Myrtis Brewer, to
the undersigned Trustees, dated the
23rd day of December, 1925, and
duly recorded in the Registry of
Chatham County, N. C., in Book
GK, pages 373 et seq., default having
been made in the payment of the
indebtedness therein described, and
the holders of the indebtedness hav
ing made demand upon us to sell
the property hereinafter described,
the undersigned will, on
Saturday, the 18th day of May,
1929, at twelve o’clock noon, in front
of the Courthouse door in Pittsboro,
Chatham County, North Carolina,
offer for sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described real
estate lying and being in Chatham
County, North Carolina, and being
more fully described and defined as
follows, VIZ:
FIRST TRACT: BEGINNING at
Inis Red Tag
quality and value. This tag means that
. 'j\C/\U \\ the car t 0 which J t is attached has been
X—J? — nHf m • -JV thoroughly reconditioned and checked
g~M,ffh sre in the market for a good used car,
JLJL fJS \ come in. We have an unusually wide se
r . \ lection of used cars taken in trade—and
are a jew examples j our prices and terms are exceptionally
OJ outstanding values J ,ow - Come in today!
USED CARS FOR SALE
1926 Ford Touring; good shape $150.00
1926 Ford Truck; 32x6 heavy duty tires, extension, new trans
mission 200.00
1926 Ford Roadster; good shape, new tires * 125.00
1923 Ford Truck; good tires 100.00
1926 Chevrolet Touring; newly painted 175.00
1926 Chevrolet Coupe; good condition 175.00
1928 Chevrolet Coupe; good condition 450.00
1928 Chevrolet Coach; good condition '. 475.00
The above listed cars will be found at Siler City. The following
may be seen at the Chatham Chevrolet Company's garage at Pittsboro:
1927 Model Chevrolet Coach, in first class condition, with
five good tires $300.00
1927 Model Chevrolet Coupe, in good condition, with good tires, $300.00
1924 Model Ford Coupe, in good running condition, with new
tires; a good buy at $150.00
ECONOMY MOTOR CO.,
Siler City, N. C.
STOUT MOTOR CO. CHATHAM CHEVROLET CO.
Goldston, N. C. Pittsboro, N. C.
a pine on the west side of the road,
thence west 5 degrees along the old
line 120 poles and 6 links to a
stone, corner of lot No. 2; thence
south 82% degrees east 46 poles and
15 links to a stone in the old line;
thence north 4 degrees east along
the old line 125 poles and 10 links
to a stone; thence north 83 degrees
west 44 poles and 20 links to the
BEGINNING, and containing 35
acres, more or less.
SECOND TRACT: BEGINNING
at a stone in the old line; thence
south 5 degrees west 114 poles and
16 links along the old line to a stone;
corner of lot No. 3; thence south
83% degrees east 49 poles to a stone
in the old line; thence north 4 de
grees east along the old line 14 poles
and 3 links to a corner stone, corner
of lot No. 1; thence north 82% de
grees west 46 poles and 15 links to '
the BEGINNING, containing 35 j
acres, more or less. The first and
second tracts herein conveyed to W.
C. Brewer by deed which appears of
record in Book BG, page 226.
THIRD TRACT: BEGINNING at
a stone, northwest corner of lot No.
5 and running 84 chains and 74 links
to a stone; thence west 11 chains and
90 links to a stone; thence north
85 chains to a stone; thence east 11
chains and 80 links to the BEGIN
NING, and containing 100% acres,
more or less, see Book FY, page 30Q,
et seq.
FOURTH TRACT;
at the northwest corner, Charlie
John’s corner, in Andrew Brady’s
line; thence east with Andrew Brady’s
line to W. C. Brewer’s corner;
• tngfice south with the Brewer line
Jto W. D, Cheek’s rock corner; thence
west with W. D. Cheek’s line, to a
stake and rock pile in W. D. Cheek’s
line, Charlie Jones’ corner; thence
north with Charlie Jones’ line to the
BEGINNING, containing 52 acres,
more or less; see Book GB, page
356 et seq.
FIFTH TRACT: Lying and being
lfi the Town of Bennett, N. C., ad
joining the lands of Mrs. Jettie Fork
ner, et als, and BEGINNING on
Chatham street, and running east 75
feet; thence north 98 feet to a stone;
thence west 75 feet to a stake on
Chatham street; thence south with
Chatham street 98 feet to the BE
GINNING, on which lot stands the i
store building occupied by the Ben-'
nett Hardware Company.
SIXTH TRACT: Lying and being
in the Town of Bennett, N. C., ad
joining the lots of the People’s Bank
6 Trust Company, et als, and BE
GINNING at a point 94 feet 1 from
the center of the main line of the
Bonlee & Western Railway, and run
ning west 50 feet; thence south 25
feet; thence east 50 feet to Chat
ham street; thence 25 feet with
Chatham street to the BEGINNING,
and being the lot conveyed to W. C.
Brewer by M. J. Presnell; see Book
GB, page 86 et seq.
SEVENTH TRACT: Lying and
being in the Town of Bennett, in
Block G, and BEGINNING at Dr. |
H. A. Denson’s corner on the east j
side of Chatham street, and running
east with his line 200 feet >to a n
alley; thence with said alley 200 feet
to the Chatham street; thence with
said Chatham street north 75 feet
to the BEGINNING.
EIGHTH TRACT: BEGINNING
at the intersection of Raleigh and
Lee streets, in the Town of Bennett,
and running north with Lee Street
200 feet to an alley; thence with,
said alley 200 feet to another alley
about west thence south 200 feet to
Raleigh street; thence with said
street 200 feet to the BEGINNING,
EXCEPT a lot 100 feet square in
the southeast corner heretofore sold
off by the undersigned Trustees.
NINTH TRACT: BEGINNING at
3 Block G, on Raleigh street in the
Town of Bennett, N. C., and running
■ north 200 feet to an alley; thence
.west 200 feet to Chatham street;
| thence south with said street 170 feet
to the corner of the store building
now occupied by G. M. Phillips;
thence east with said store building
lot 60 feet to corner; thence south
on with said line 30 feet to Raleigh
street; thence with said street 40 feet
to the BEGINNING, the last describ
ed lots being the same conveyed to
W. C. Brewer by I. H. Dunlap by
deed bearing date of September 15,
1922, recorded in Registry of Chat
ham County (last three lots). • ~
TENTH TRACT: Adjoining the
lands of A, H. Yow, Zeb Caviness,
et als, and BEGINNING at a poplar
tree on the south bank of Flatt creek,
running in an eastward direction up
said creek, its various courses 18.
chains and 75 links measured as ST
straight line, to a stake on the south
bank of said creek, Corinna Brown
line with a ditch 6 chains and 25
links to a stake in the original line;
thence east 4 degrees south 2 chains
and 20 links to a pine; thence north
4 degrees east 16 chains and 25 t
links to a staks, formerly a pme
I thence east 4 degrees south on the
original line 10 chains and 6 links to
an ashe on the north bank of Flatt
Creek; thence up said creek its vari
ous courses 9 chains and 50 links,
measured as a straight line to a
stake, formerly a post oak, on south
bank of said creek, A. H. Yow’s
corner; thence south 4 degrees east
20 chains and 17 links to a stake
lat the old original corner; thence
south 4 degrees west on the original
line 26 chains and 0 links to a stake.
A. H. Yow’s and I. H. Dunlap’s
corner; thence west 4 degrees north
42 chains and 25 links to a post oak
on the west side of Travers Branch;
thence north 4 degrees east 24 chains
and 40 links to the BEGINNING, and
containing 150 acres, more or less;
see Book GK, page 67.
This the 17th day of April, 1929.
WALTER D. SILER
&
WADE BARBER,
Trustees
“Do you mind if I eat while you
smoke?”
“Not if you will let me hear the
I orchestra.”
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