Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1911 — How to Fertilize Corn. [ARTICLE]

How to Fertilize Corn.

Indiana Farmer. In reply to query of W. H. M., of Boone county, as to applying commercial fertilizer in corn, w,ould say: One application at the time of planting is sufficient. Broadcast, say 200 pounds to the acre between the rows with the ordinary wheat drill, working the fertilizer in to a depth of about 2% inches. If $ corn planter with fertilizer attachment is available, apply an additional 50 pounds to the acre with the seed. This method of distributing the plant is better than putting it all in the hill or row close to the seed. It prevents “firing” in dry seasons and promotes lateral growth 'irf th* _ -' • ■ Lincoln township, containing the towns of Roselawn and Thayer, in Newton county, will vote on April 29th. The petition was circulated by Felix Parker and others and contained 41 names. If it is held that any township, without regard to the population, is entitled to a saloon where successful means have not been employed to defeat it, there would be a lively scrap between Thayer and Roselawn as. to which place would get the -saloon find it is probable that this scrap will favor the “dry” vote in the election. Jackson township and Mt. Ayr filed a remonstrance containing 122 names, which the commissioners held sufficient.