Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-11

negroes in the STATE, and made to do as |
much as any Of Arator's. But surely |
Arator manages his corn tops in very |
different way had, like Arator. in
early life, INDUCED prejuiices against
Indian Csru, and probably for similar
opinions. These I have since found to be
somewhat erroneous; for since il is be-
lieved that this plant belongs to the legn
minous tribe. have long since confded in
the learned doc rine Of /" The Gentleman
Farmer." who SO clearly demonstrates
their food, o. great part Of it, to be sup.
piled BY the atmosphere. And this doc
trine I was induced the more readily to
embrace, from the circumstances of a Ger
tain tract Of land upon one Of the north
eru branches Of the Roanoak having pro.
duced forty good crops in succession,
without one particle Of artificial manure.
This case vas from tradition to the late
Mr.. Burwell Strike Of Virginia, who had,
never among his extensive reading. seen
the author before recited. 1t, however,
has its parallel recorded either BY Mr..
Young, or "The West Of England and
BothSocietv,"i in reporting crop ofOats.
The process BY which I arrived at my
conclusion was this-the field alluded to
already afforded the means. II may be
known to any one who will take the trou.
bic Of calculation, that one pint Of corn
net grain per Hill, is at the rate Of three
barrels per thousand, not regarding frac-
tons. Hence it was found, that the fair
ratio plants, instead Of sixteen stalks to
eight hills, vas about eleven, lit had
been intended to have two stalks to the
hill y the consequent number of all the
different members Of the plants. viz
the tops, shu ks, cobs, and the stalks
themselves, were equal. The bundle Of
blades is assumed as correct at one pound
net, ian extravapant admission,) which,
with II tops, II shucks, Il cobs, and II
stalks, the produce Of eight hills, actually
weighed, made total Of nine pounds
Arator plants his corn five and half feet
each way-ergo he will have 1444 hills
upon an acre of 70 yards square. We
will suppose that Arator's crop NAV, by
some sad fatality, be reduced down to
three barrels per 1000 We will only
take from him very small fraction, after
which it will be evident that one acre of
his corn crop will give him 1920 pounds
Of off,l, Since Arator has not favored US,
among other tsry imporTnf omissions,
with description Of that particular sue
cies Of Indian Corn, "that contributes
in the greatest degree" to cram I" the
mouth If labor" we will omit to speak Of
the comparative weights and proliflcal
superiority OF that valuable plant. The
prodsce, therefore. Of the gr7 n on one
acre i, about twenty-five bushels; its
weight, taken at medium OF Sob. per
bu,hel, will be 100 pounds; this added
to his offaI of 1870 gives him total per
acre Of vegetable matter, the magnifed
amount Of 272O pounds weight.
All the items in this aceoun. are in
favor Of corn in The full ratio OF eleven
to eight; because one good ear will yield
one pint ofnct grain, the basis Of this cal
culat;on. The number Of stalks on Ara
tors hill are unknown The weight Of
bushel Of corn varies from as TO so lbs
these are details that were worthy lis no
tice. In my PROCESS, If the weight of
bushel Of wheat, as will b. stated a, sixty,
be thought too great. it will be but fair to
make an allowance equal in ratio, in
hrator's eorn.-for, on this occasion, i
would measure my corn BY his busheI."
.aadi alteram parsem.
On the 10th July, 1890, crop OF
wheat Of 10 loads. the purple straw red
wheat chiefly, was hauled home and Sc
cured in houses and stacks. The car
rage on which it was borne was one, in
its concerted state called wagon: into
this state il was formed by connecting the
axles and wheels Of two OF carts, assum-
ing the convenience Of a Wagon with