Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-12

communities, well educate brave and
independent, the friends Of the govern
ment wi,hou, soliciting it's favors, the
advocates Of the people without de-
scending to fiatter their passions these
men. rooted like their own forests, may
yet interpose between the factions OF
the country, to heal, to defend and to
save"
TOPPING AND PULLING FOD.
DER FROM INDIAN CORN.
"Mr. Bordly says he has stripped
the blades, snd cut of the tops, when
the corn was nearly soft enough cor
roasting ears, and that no difference
was observed between this and tine
rest" IL the gentle,nsn had measured
ths Produe,, be would have seen a
marked difference. II was discovered
early in August, 1910, that proper
grasses for grazing cattle would soon
be very deficient and on the Goth of
that month, one row ofcorn ia field
of l3 acres stopped To- ascertain how
the plant would bear early cutting. II
was thought il had received no injury.
On the 3lst of the same month re-
commenced feeding the cattle with the
tops cut dairy as wanted. These last.
ed until the 18th Sep,ember.--Af,er
this the blades we're stripped, commen.
cIng where the topping began They
Ted the cattle until the 18TH Of October,
In the process oftopping and blading,
one row was left entire. standing be-
tween the row which had been topped
on the Goth of August, and another
row that was topped on the I'd Septem-
Der. These three rows were cut off by
the roots on the Cd OF October, and
hauled in and set up separately, under
my own inspection. They were busk-
ked and measured on the 9Th of No
vembei. Produce of the row that had
not been topped and stripped, nine
bushels and five eighihs of corn in tho
ear.
One Of the rows which had been
tapped and stripped measured seven
bushels and ak Fights; and the other
topped and stripped row measured Sc
ven bushels and three Fights Of corn in
the ear. Thus it clearly appears that
mutilating the corn plant before its
fruit is perfected, is very injurious
practice. The injury done to my crop
by this management was clearly seen
some time before The three experiment
tai rows were cut off. Throughout the
whole field the husks were generally
dry and open, except on the row which
had not topped and stripped. On
this they still retained greenish hue
and were-close set to the ear, when the
plants were cut off by the roots.
As several writer's on agriculture had
asserted that the tops of potatoes might
be cut aud given to the cattle without
injury to the crop. / cut off the tops
from row running through tie middle
oil very luxuriant patch. Care was
taken to cut them in that which was
supposed least likely to prove injurious
to the future growth Of the plants
The debilltated appearance Of the sec
ond growth of the tops determined me
not to risk second cutting OF them
When the crop was gathered, the roots
IN the row that had been cut did not
seem to be more than half as large as
those in the rest of the patch. In fact
] have seen any advantage arise either
from carefully trimming, or ruggedIy
mutilatlng annual plants: on the con-
trary much injury certainly follows
So far this intelligent and practical far
mer.-Lorain, chap. ziii. p. I59.
Cider.-As the time for laying in
Cider has come. would observe, that
Mustard Seed put into new cider will
keep it much better than any other
thing have tried. put a half pint
common mustard seed into barrel Of
new cider, last fall, and lei it remain on
the lees without drawing off, till it was
used, and il kept it perfectly sweet till
the Iast-Dol the new sickIy sweet, but
more like mellow old wine the cider
tasted little ofthe mustard, bot some
gentlemen who drank of it, thought it
was improved by il. AS the last year
was the first time put in the seed, /
cannot say that it will always have the
san effect: but SO simple thing is
worth trying-for my cider was deci
dedly the best | eve. drank. Newbu-
ryport Herald.
Encouraging to eUltiuators ofjruits.
Mr.. Samuel r. Johnson of Charles
town, Mass. has received $5l.36, for
the produce Of single plum tree in his
garden, this season, besides giving a.
way considerable Of the fruit TO his
friends. = The tree Fpruduces the Boil
mer's Washington Plum, and has well
ded but little short OF $50 pei an.
nun for the last three years. st. Mi
chaeI pears Of the finest appearance,
have been sold in our market this week
Tor $3.50 per dozen:-N. e. Farmer.
brooklyn Productions.-We have
before stated the Isabella grapes have