Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-11
AGRICULTURAL.
FOR the GAZETTE.
IN-DIA.r CORN Us. WHE.dE.

1. The nlant that contributes IN the
greatest degree to national subsistence :
best deserves the patronage OF skill anu
;ndus.ry" English farmers consider
wheat straw as their most abundant re-
sour,e for manure" Corn stalks are
Ear NOR, abundant" Credited only
sar ;,s stalks 20 "The quality of every
mari of the corn offal is better, as manure
man wheat oifal." "hRAroR.
A public writer, like a public officer
in our republican government, presents
himself as target. at which every indl-
vi,lual in the community has constr
tutional right to FIRE his ungraciOus blum
derbuss.
With view TO testing the apparent
superiority Of Indian Corn over wheat
take leave now to refer back to last
autumn, before l had seen Arator on the
subject; when, to demonstrate than corn
blades were not worth the expense 81 pre-
serving them, 1 estimated the product OIL
one thousand hills, as fairly as could
possibly be done. In the earlier trials
had reason to believe that it would re-
ouirs ten hills to produce one pound oil
fodder. but having been compelled the
year before to purchase some excellent
blades that had been gathered in due sea-
son, and secured in close barn OF The
very best quality, and to pay one and a"
halt cent per pound-supposing that there
must have resulted to the planter OF whom
I bought, some reasonable profit, ! pro-
ceeded with at least one dozen different
trials; the average Of the whole, alter ever,
LIBERAL allowance in favor Of corn.blades,
wa, that eight hills OF the field would
give one pound weight of good merchant
able fodder. Nevertheless, although mel
chantable fodder may be ADVISABLE to be
raised, for the sake Of employing SUPER
numerary .iares, perhaps Arator's most
valuable crop too,) yet no one will con-
sumo it on farm, except as Arator tru
" states, d" he has an exclusive reliance
on it for fodder or hay"-and this must
be by some i'll fated, improvident hus-
bandman The field from which the IRE
sent data we're collected, had been plant
ed b, an Ousrseer, and said to contain
100000 hills, from which he had not so
;gnorantly calculated on receiving three
barrels per 1000; bu, which proved to
contain en- o. 5000 hills: the produce,
then also, 18th August,) estimated at $50
barrels, did actually yield about IS bar
rels but allowing every confederation of
waste and error in favor Of the crop, 1875
barrels are admitted as its maximum
Presenting that gentleman Of Aratsr's
well merited distinction in society, as
possessing rare talents and civic virtues
would scorn The lid Of sophi'try, which,
in his former professional career was So
conspicuous, and by which he was en-
abled to reap rich harvests; and that he
would equally scout a false fact" re-
solved upon course by which to extract
the truth as far as from the time and cir
cumstances could be done; this too, l
humbly conceive to bs the proper seasons
now it is that wheat straw and all dry
forage is most useful ; and when cattle OF
all kinds must be nourished with dry
food. And that the comparison may be
clearly comprehended, leave it to every
one to estimate the loss by evaporation
or exhalation the difference between
that Of the corn offal and Of wheat offa!,
from the time that they were severs!fy
harvested. Let any gentleman take 4
we'll cured, dry bundle Of fodder, aud see
what it viii no,o weigh: let him likewise
try the weight Of single corn.top-one
shuck-one curn-cob--one stalk. Il once
saw stack Of tops about 100 feet long,
sell at auction. on twelve months credit,
for 81! ARd this two within seven
miles Of needy market. The stack re
Cured about 400 rails, ten forks, and FIVE
Tong poles. What must the cutting and
trailing have costa The land from which
the tops had been taken was from 100 10
les acres, What mast hsrs bssn the