The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1929 Page: 7 of 8
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THE FAIRFIELD RECORDER. FAIRFIELD. TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1029.
Com Craves Available Nitrogen
The dtMre little Willie has to: his
grandma's gm-»rbrcaa Is no conparl
son to the way the corn plant -.rsves
nitrogen. If all farmers could only
understand corn language as w*'l 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
high. Moya than fifty years ag|
farmers u<«d and found the quick r«
spotise corn made to applications o
Chilean Nitrate of Soda as compand
with other forms of nitrogen. Sinn
that time, hundreds ami thousands of
farmers nave profited from the use of
side-dressing cotton and corn, and
millions of tons of this material have
been furnished them front the Inex-
FA KM OF It. E. WILMS, It HOOK f, A N It, TEXAS.
Corn lit loll re-relied no fertllizrr. Thut nt riirht received acid plioiphatr and
mnrlatr of Totuxli at iilnnllng nnd Chilean nitrate of xoda in Hide drexxlnir
when corn »»s knee liltrh. Fertilized plot produced 41 tiushclv, an luereaxe of
ft! huthels over the unfertilized plot.
have and how often, for If left alone
he 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 feedipg
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
• 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 qulckly-avatlable
nitrogen from 35 to 40 days after the
corn Is planted, or when knee to waist
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 Rlcs,
Georgia, who was declared by the
Georgia State College cotton champion
in 192S, 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. 1
rotate my crops, and Chilean Nitrate
Is the only kind of fertilizer I use on
corn.” Blaney Stimrell, North Carolina
Muster Farmer, of Ayden, said: “1
use Chilean nitrate of soda as a side
or top dressing on my corn, cotton,
and snia'll 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."
Twice Told Tales
Master Farmers Side-
Dress Cotton and Corn
Many farmers throughout the South
who hava never slde-dresred their
cotton and corn will do so for the first
time this season, It Is Indicated.
Farmers who have made a practice of
aide-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
the fertilizer practice used before tbe
appearance of the boll weevil, or per-
sist In using cottonseed meal or use
slow-acting forms of nitrogen It best
results are expected. Cotton requires
a quick-acting, readily soluble nltro
gen, one the plant can eat or absorb
quickly and convert Into weed and
frutt 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 ot 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 ot the first
squares.
Site-dressing cotton and corn with
Chilean nitrate of soda Is practiced, It
is said, by most all Master Farmers
of the 8euth. In reply to the quee-
tlon, “Do you find It pays to side-
dress f" Master Farmer B. N. Sykes
of Harrellsvllle, North Carolina, says:
“I eldo-dress 40 acres ot corn each
year with 100 to 150 pounds of Chilean
nitrate of soda, from which 1 get an
average Increase of 5 to 8 bushels for
each 100 pounds of soda used. 1 also
use 100 to 160 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 ythld of all South
Carolina farmers Is 167 pounds lint
per acre, while the average yield of
our sixteen Master Farmers Is 444
pounds lint per sere. The success
these farmers have attained speaks
highly of the methods they use.
Feed Your Cotton With
Chilean Nitrate of Soda
The beat, of cotton growers are
learning to feed their crops, just as
the best ot livestock men have
learned how to scientifically feod their
animals. And these cotton farmers
are learning that Chilean nitrate of
soda, 100 to 200 pounds per acre, ap
plied as a side-dressing by or before
tbs time tbe first blooms appear, Is
the finest ot all foods for the growing
ootton crop. 8ncb a side-application
heaps the cotton green and fruiting
vigorously, long after cotton not so
•Ide-dressed has turned yellow and Is
throwing off all the little bolls set.
“Feed your cotton with Chilean ni-
trate ot soda, and It will fatten your
pocket-bogk,” la becoming proverbial
with tha beet farmer* In tha Cottop
Balt.
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 dan
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 ot the earlier use ot ni-
trate ot 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 appliod at
any other time. This time has been
found to be for cotton just before the
first cultivation after chopplag. and
for corn thirty-five to forty days after
plantlug or when the com Is from
knee to waist high. These workers
have also found, tn the case of cot-
ton, that best yields are secured when
one-quarter of the nitrogen Is applied
Just before planting nnd three-quar-
ters as side-dressing.
A Sot. lllastratlon sfeorrs remarkable
reeaUe obtained by sl<lo dressing eot-
tea wltb Chilean nitrate of eoda. I leld
•f plat oa left Mil lbs. Plot am right,
whieh reeelved no nltrato at noda, pre-
dated oaly S7S Iks., a difference ot III
Ihs. Acs colter.
Recent experiments at the Ala-
bama Station abowed that best re-
sults were obtained when 500 pounds
per acre of a mixture composed of GO
pounds of nitrate ot soda. 400 pounds
superphosphate, and 50 pounds muri-
ate of potash was applied under tbe
crop and side-dressed with 150 pounds
nitrate ot soda after the cotton was
chopped.
It is Interesting to recall that It was
• 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
tbe desert country along the western
aboro of Chile.
Thla material has bean found to
poaseai many superior qualities and
haa been recognized for* more than
fifty years as the standard nitrogen
fortlllscr. In the earlier daya It was
known as Otslle saltpeter; In the
South it Is known as “soda,” but from
Its origin and chemical analysis It la
oallod ChllbM nitrate ot soda.
From The Fairfield Recorder 25
Years Ago.
Quite a crowd of Freestone Coun-
ty people returned Waco yesterday.
Among the number we noticed
Misses Millican, Angie and Bettie
Compton. Grace Beauchamp, Ieila
Black, Estelle Smith and Mr. Sam
Corley, of Dew; Rev. Russell, of
Fairfield, and Mrs. I has. Watson, of
Stewards Mill.
From a copy of the Herald, pub-
lished in the City of Mexico, and
sent to Judge Bell by J. L. Stark,
Fairfield’s former banker, who is on
an extended visit in Mexico, we see
where a young German entomologist
claims to have found in Mexico, an
insect resembling in shape, the “lady
bug,” which he says is the long-
sought enemy of the boll weevil. His
claim is that this insect preys on the
weevil, and will destroy them. Can
anything good come out of Mexico
—the home of yellow fever, small-
pox. boll weevil and defaulting
bankers?
What the editor wants is the
news, and we are going to get it,
t o, and we want your help in the
matter. If your wife knocks you
down with the poker let us know,
and we will make it right with the
' publics. If you have company, tell
I us, if you are not ashumed of your
visitors. If a youngster calls at your
house begging for raiment, buy a
box of cigars and come around and
we will find a suitable name for him
or her as the circumstances will
suggest. And if you have a social
gathering of a few of your friends,
bring around a big cake, seven or
eight pies and a ham—not necessari-
ly to eat, but as a guarantee of good
j faith. You can do a great deal
| for us in this way and by so doing
, make the paper even better than it
is.
Profs. Rome Headlee and D. D.
! Peevy, of Brewer, were her Friday
I and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Childs entertained
a few young people Tuesday night,
complimentary to Misses Mattie
Newman and Lois Robertson.
The election for school trustees
last Saturday resulted in the selec-
tion of W. R. Boyd, Sampson Mc-
Cown and J. E. Lindsey. About 90
vote:, was polled.
Mrs. Cora Linson, of Dew, was
visiting in town last week. She was
accompanied home by her sister, Miss
Emma Richardson, who will spend
the week there.
W. H. Mcllveen had on exhibition
last Monday a turkey with three legs-
The third leg was joined on to the
left leg at the joint. The turkey
was hatched Sunday and lived until
Monday.
Messrs. Tex Hullum, Tolbert
Clark and Clint Henderson, of Py-
bum, were here Sunday.
Mrs. J. C. T. Hendrix, of Luna,
visited her parents near town this
week.
G. T. Terry and O. E. Pyburn, two
of Pyburn's enterprising merchants,
were in town Monday.
Mrs. Robt. Munger and two little
daughters, of Montgomery, Ala.,
spent several days in the city last
week, visiting relatives.
Misses Etta Drumwright and
Rosa Phillips, who have been teach-
ing school here, returned to their
homes at Wortham and Mexia, re-
spectively, last Saturday. They are
both excellent teachers and gave
general satisfaction to our patrons.
For Sale—Good gas and kerosene
oil 12 H. P. engine Rnd 16 in. burr
Williams grist mill and some *c-
cesories. A. H. White, Dew; ad-
dress Rt. 2, Teague. 25a4t
CHEVROLET ESTABLISHES
NEW RECORD IN APRIL
Exceeding by approximately 10,-1
000 units its best previous monthly I
manufacturing record, the Chevro-1
let Motor Company in April estab-!
lished a new all time monthly pro 1
du~tion record with an outnut of
15 T, 137 cars and trucks. April was
the second consecutive month dur-
ing which Chevrolet set un a new
all-time monthly production mark,
March huving been high with 147,-
273 units.
The sensational April achieve-
ment brings Chevrolet production
in the first four months up to the
record total of 511,837 units as com-
pared with 477,967 for the corres-
ponding period in the company's
history.
The most significant feature of
Chevrolet’s manufacturing perform-
ance during the first four months
is the fact that during that limited
period Chevrolet built more six
cylinder ears than any other manu-
facturer has ever built in an entire
year. ,
Co-incident with the announce-
ment of this latest Chevrolet pro-
duction achievement was the indi-
cation that in response to the gerat-
est demand Chevrolet has ever
known. May will see another all-
time monthly record established.
Tentative schedules arranged for
the current month call for a may
production of 160,000 cars and
trucks.
Sixteen giant factories located at
strategic points from coast to coast
are now working with all the speed
consistent with Chevrolet's precision
manufacturing methods to accomo-
date the greatest spring business in
the history of the company.
Would You Know One
If You Saw It? c
If you ever came face to face with a
germ, would you recognize it? Of
course it is not likely that you ever
will see a germ, unless you own a
tremendously powerful microscope, for
you would nave to magnify one over
a thousand times to make it as big as
a pin head. But you should recognize
the fact that these tiny ganns can get
into your blood streams through the
smallest cut, and give you typhoid
fever, tuberculosis, lockjaw, blood
poisoning, and many more dangerous
and perhaps fatal diseases. There is
one sure safeguard against these
dangers — washing every cut, no
matter how small, thoroughly with
Liquid Borozonc, the safe antisep-
tic. You can get Liquid Borozonc at
Radford Drug Company._
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Tires—T ubes—Accessories
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Battery and Generator Service
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Phone 62 . . . . Fairfield
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the car to which it is attached has been
thoroughly reconditioned and checked
‘‘0. K.” by expert mechanics — using
genuine parts for all replacements. If you
are in the market for a good used car,
come in. We have an unusually wide se-
lection of used cars taken in trade—and
our prices and terms are exceptionally
low. Come In today!
For Sals by Rsdford Drug Go.
Our Used Cars move fast and
and we are unable to list them.
If interested, call us and we will
exhibit what we have in the
Used Car line.
W. A. PARKER, Dealer
Fairfield, Texas
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