Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-19
From the American Farmer Of ApiII5


IMPROVEMENT or CoRN.-The Editor of the Anne.
rlcan Farmer has been several years the habit of
improving corn by crossing different varieties WIT
decided advantage. If no has a variety with small
ears which he deems good other respects he plants
IN the rows with another kind with large ears that
howers at the same time; and, at the time of the
tassels appearing, reeIly away the male low.
ers Tor tassels OF the large cared kind. By this on
Grafton large ears are produced of the small cared
KIND. There are some kinds of early corn which
though excellent in other respects for green corn
very much injured by the colornp matter of their
red cObs This he attempted to remedy last summer
by transferring the from the red TO the white
cob IN the same way, and he thinks with succes.
lie planted some of the red cob Tuskarorn ,-which
ne thinks the best early green corn, the rows with
the largest cared white he could hnd about ha
and haIf. AS the tasselS of the sugar corn made
their appearance, he carefully cut them away, leny-
ing the whole to be supplied by the pollen from the
tassels or male flowers, of the red cob Tuskaroro
Phe result was, lie had the 'ruskarora corn on The
white cob of the sugar corn, rs he desired From
his experiments the Editor concludes that anv vari
ETY. OF corn may at pleasure, thus be transferred 70
the cob of any other variety that flowers at the same
time and that If large cared kind can be found
that howers at the proper time, the smallest cared
KIND nay be made to produce large ears by the Dbov.
process. He has not extended his experiment To
the Improvement of the cob of field corn but bos
no DOUBT mat by the same process, the thick cob of
some kinds may be improved Suppose tho thick cob
KIND were planted in the row with some other tbst
usually has small cob and the tasses of the hitter
cut oil as above directed would not tho desired va
Hety OF corn be obtained on the small cob,
~ RALEr6u, April H.
We fear that the frost which we have had "a, %
veral successive nights have blasted the homo 700 an
teraincd Of plentiful fruit year. Our early mr..
denS are also greatly injured
SAM PArcH rsM-It appeared upon tho trial OF
one Robson for grand larceny, at Mayvlle. Inst
week, that, to avoid being arrested by an officer bo
made leap from preCipicc on Lake Erie of Inn
t'o feet perpendicular and landed TO use an Hiber
nlcism) III three feet Of water without injury.
lFTedoninn Censor
Perhaps the Romans Of opinion that IN Ian.
guage and brutal violence reflected unly on those who
we're guilty OF them; and that mans reputation was
not at all cleared by cutting the PERSONS throat who
had reflected upon IL, but the custom of those times
had fixed the scandal in the action, wIcreas nov n
lies in the Representatives,.
a man should never he ashamed To own he Ia, her, .;
e wrong which is but saying IN other words that he IL ,,,,
to-day than he vas yesterday.
Education is companion which no misfortune car
dePress, no crime destroy, no enemy can ALLEVIATE
no depotlsm enslave. At home friend-abroad an
SOLITUDE, n solscc-and in society nj
ornament 1t chastons vice, it guides yirue-t gives
al once grace aad government TO genius. Without
u, what ~ mana splendid slave a rcssonin1 saveo.