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I aTDNESPAY, AUGUST 1, I [\Jorth Carolin I Far Below. I Only l"3 Top1?2. Yi?,d I of Corn r r o d u cing States: Tests Conducted To Increase Yields i: R. COLLINS I j? (h.n-c. Agronomy Extension I fobs yields have increased I treme"' in recent years, and I wrth c i lina cotton yields are I ^ higli >t of any cotton pro-' I On the other hand,: I wrn y;, 're consistently 1-3 to' I ;.2 the* produced in the corn! | yu, Tins is true in spite of the; I . ith Carolina is a feed 1 jf.cio: : a and ships in a conI gjerat'a nount of the corn that I j usee l!le State. Xhcri ! pears to be a tendency I | up for low yields in I Vor.h c" iiolina by planting and I sltivat: - more, acres. .This is . I the fact that one acre I ; iy three tilled acres The leased yields of cotton I |-ii tol oo were closely related I : . acreages. This reI . ?re attention to select j,| vj': lies, seed bed preparation *P fertilization, cultivation 'ations, and other factwh result in higher yields. Xo reduced acreage program (or cot has been adopted for Xorth Carolina. However, this joes no: pi event us from constier:" those factors which can jo natch to increase the acre yields In 1944. the North Carolina Experiment Station conducted eeven comprehensive tests throughout the Coastal Plain and Piedmont areas. These tests were conducted on the basis of five main points. 1. A proven local variety or an 2 aptfi hybrid seed was selected. 2 Fertilizer applications wete trade in line with the requireren'.s of the crop. For example, a fifty bushel crop of corn, with the stalks and leaves, actually tikes up around 83 pounds of nitrogen 36 pounds of phosphoric act and 37 pounds of potash. This would be equivalent to 519 pounds of nitrate of soda, 200 t s of 18 percent superphosphate i acid t and 114 pounds of i percent muriatb of potash. Che car. easily see that with the present use of fertilizer, it roulcl be impossible to grow high yields unless the fertilizer tn already in the soil. 3. Plants were spaced thick r. ugh to produce high yields. Cor. is like broilers or hogs, the foot or feed is most efficiently used up to certain weights. In "he case of corn, the fertilizer is as? most efficiently, and higher jrieMs result, when the car size is below 8 ounces (' - lb). This a small ear. Most farmers pow l.irgc cars which do not as the fertilizer efficiently. Tire itarrs of corn were regulated so that tie noshed yield _could be produced with about pound tars With plants averaging 1 to 1") cars per stalk, the following spacing is required: for fifty bushels per acre, 24 inches in 3.5 foot rows. For seventy-five bushels, 21 in-; I ? "??aM ^ ^ ? "ammmm S S S Welcome iiamnMi h ? * mm" "5" ?? ** ? tf ^VVe*-' Shallo S H Now undcr.ncw M ply your every drug appreciate the splem and your friends lo t Medic Toilet G< Meet 1 Ouy Culpepper, Owr . T? f - ' ' , * *' "* . -' 1945 a Corn Yields Average Yield! ches in 3.5 foot rows. For seventy-five to one hundred bushels, 16 inches in 3.5 foot rows. 4. Cultivation was shallow enough to kill weeds without damage to the corn roots. The corn root system is very extensive and close to the surface of the ground. Deep cultivation; destroys roots, which injure the plant, and prevent the plant from: feeding in the surface soil which' contains most of the fertility.' These toots are closer to the; surface than most people htink. They can be easily observed by digging in the surface soil where deep cultivation has not destroy-! ed them. Shallow cultivation means using a weeder, spiketooth harrow, or similar implement, until the corn is 6 to 8 in- ] ches high. Then using a sweep which will just sciape under the suiface but supply enough soil to cover the grass and build the type of ridge desired. 5. The side dressing with nitrogen, and potash where needed, was applied when the corn was about 2 1-2 feet high. The com was laid by at this stage, as later cultivation would destroy too many roots close to the surface. The results from these tests are published in Agronomy Information Circular No. 139 by the Agionomy Department of the North Carolina Vvnorimnnt tion. This publication is available upon request. The outstanding ! yields demonstrate that North Carolina can produce high yields I Next To Singletary' 5 Experienced I To Serv Come in for a clean shave.Our courteous s reputation high. Comi trial. . . . we're willin judge. Massage. . . Shampoo. . . WELCOME TOBA our shop your headqi of barber service. SANITARY B A. M. Stevens, Prop. Mr. Farme i ' tte Drug ALLOTTE, N. anagement and ownership is stoic need possible under pre lid patronage given us and ,rade with us regularly. :ines, Drugs, Sum )ods, Cosureties, St our Friends At Our F( Vherc it is cool and pleasants icr M-: dephone 8109 Shallott U- *i- ' ? a. Lc-,' (? in., ii nina. 1.111 ir i \ / TH1 cf corn even under unfavorable conditions when the same factors are put into practice that are being used on tobacco and cotton. The results of this outstanding work are being tried out in demonstrations all over North Carolina this year. With very few exceptions, there are 3 to 10 demonstrations in whatever county you live. Ask your County Agent where these demonstrations are located and see for yourself what can be done on corn production. GILDING THE LILY Mose Jackson was dead and was having a large funeral. The minister told all the good things he could think of about the de-' ceased. Mose had been such a' loving husband, a wonderfully kind father, a genial neighbor, a very solicitous provider for his family and a constant and benevolent church member, according to the minister. About this time Eliza, the widow, began to get uneasy. Leaning down to her young son she said: "Rastus, you all go look in dat coffin an' see effen dat's yote paw inside." SPRING PIG CROP WAS SHARPLY CUT (Continued from page 1) len-ycar (1934-43) average. Ac-1 cording to the Crop Reporting Service, approximately 95,000 sows farrowed during the spring of 1945, ws compared with 140,- j 000 in 1944 and 159,000 in 1943. Morgan asserted that North J Carolina hog producers now plan a reduction of 12 per cent in the number of sows to farrow this fall as compared with a yearj ago. If these plans materialize, t the fall pig crop will be about 40' per cent less than the peak sea- J son of 1943. elcome Mr. Farm to Whiteville's To < t i lcco Market ana >ur Barber Shop?The j Barber Shop s Store Whiteville Jarbers e You! i, smooth haircut or I ervice has kept our 2 in and give us a g to let you be the Tonics. . . Showers Baths Agonists make uarters for all kinds >_ IRBER SHOP Whiteville Store C. endeavoring to sui>jsent conditions. 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