The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-08-12
ro THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
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HGving frede ,r1alqf.lI J. Hairs patent method Of
o'ni'te itfan Corn, it 1pas my Intention to gi,s che
result 10 thc a6ic, as corr as The CROP 7rGs rise IS
sritheredS Bat seeing osic statements IN yoisf hrosr
Promising results from the Ylezv mode of c,fi1afion
so different from svhat anticipate from rrp crberi
",e'f am l'idiseed TO trouble you .ch The foolvi
Short account Of my experience and observations on
ts:s SUBJECT Iit snspends the cres!lIty Of am nm
III Mr. Hal nay toi,f some error in thessocess
q my experiment, sufficient account for IFS jii,re
rs 'p1I De dong hn'no Permanent INJURY for Ibiege
fnySe, IA thar ere't, 10 make The correction of mn
rasfake as public, as Io1o do ing impressions thar It
'a,lst. fail.
Mr. Hal proposes several notifications in h,s me-
fhod cfr0is,g Coiu-cf firing oiliyi. he area attic
ctfi1atea spheres. and ihe lander Of sdlts lanted
@Ierein adype1i The FIR feet squares continuing
stake, uton che fourteen feet checks-.Kv e4o
menu IS noSp an prosress on acre and a hotf Of
land IA fed sriich mann, ed at herate officer
~ loads 10 the acreC,edt attention zvas bsstsrued
y, 1isiHs manure ofthe qualify cs =eeH as IL,
re sanle quantity per acre, on The. confiynoils
a,a &c nat intenced far .I. Hi'S experiment.
Tie aeaa-es oft fur feet, which 7rere lad IN the
H. teet ches, 1Dere rel prepared same 7oM spades
and some Taitf srr6dinghoes, to the M sDh recon-
me2oe! or NJ. LsR-the trpepty locds of manure
se "f'rd; in.O equal port.9as--agresiiie rvith
the number csq,tdTes per acre az the bef5re.,,,,ed
0stollce, AID p9raiou of manure bRt maors sach
four feet squire, aghere Le .cas 10 be planter NJ
.eet Dug tr---d'i6 a. o. tsr feet sol ne
Oe'HS 70 an area ofIotrtsfn feet square the bI0aor-
fio'i 81 one 10 tcefUe am n fraction over, of course
each space ctfo'n feet sqGre had tie benefit ofl2
times me quantity Of manure, z5hich the same S5ace
had 7ote'e me 60 ionds uscG breed caSt-y7nd
get, 7eU ms ertraordryary Preparation and manu-
rig, the Corn in the sqpdres, some time before the
dte dronght, and zciie Ueegtatio, zpasl1iuSa,t and
1@S1r0us tn the rest ftheetd, had ceased to e1o.D
fli7'oe eiiii4e ycfIo1V and 1cas burning fast 7bout
tffee7 days age, Mr.. I'm g. Posrde5ter ard Nh
jsr j. Cwr9, cfGoochLard S17s mn eLperipies;t AMI
81 .o9s the oiIo ef tSess Gentlemen as nell as mn,
self al thus time. tlzt The Corn blsred according to
.'i HAIRS method, zSe4d not yield nth or sirth
part as much to the Gcre cs Eat odio:rsinq MANFRED
BROAD c4sf and cultivated in the common drill me
mod Since that pe'iod, the effect Of the breuaiifu
drought has been itiitely greater hb5 the erberi
'ent, them ne rest IF thc field -Itss t6ssi hlf:hs
stalks appear as they t,old nere, s5o - sassek at
nj, md those !1OLich have, nil yield Kttle, IL ann
grain Ercry plant has turned enii.rty yeHa45 and
many hdre fred morethdn haf gay ~ "a Hs,ob--
IN shsTf, IS hspossibLe that any change in the sea
son can make i yield s,ly Production to redeem the
experiment from total .iIfe--1ohie the adjoining
croS on the cOnrary is far mqde as IN am euert,
70 ensure respectable production.
IN he early stages Of tie experiment. the Corr,
grese 7rsH andseened Esea time TO Promise SUCCESS
~ result, btV about that period ze'r the resi- Of the
fed 6cgan to shoot and tassei i. Suddenly failed and
has been grooming rvorse euey SINCE.
J.H COOKE.