Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-09-15

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bushel ''N poo"oS 10 INC
ule 'lnie OF harvesting, the corn was husked
!" ,i'e held. ihe fortyslx hills from which the
stalks h"d been cut, gave forty-cight and a half
P'oh' o. ears II the fony-sx htls on winch Tho
Stalks MAJ not been cut esixty-fwo mounds ofea,,
h' number ot ears IN the two cases was about the
same those from the uncut hills were evidently the
pS H,'eo Out ana the most hale; on large pronor-
tlon OF them the kernels were so CLOSELY yed,ed
IN as 10 make II difficult TO bend The ear al all with
| ou' breaking II. There was very little mouldy
corn IN either case, few ears were gathered most
y from the cur stalks, but the whole quantity was
80 small as to make 1t questionable whether cuttln,
Tue stalks had much effect in this particular
b'Ih parcels were carefully laid aside in dry
chanher for about six or eight weeks ut the expi-
ration oil which time they were again weighed md
tue parcel OF cars from the uncut hills had lost ia
afyihg about two per cent. more than the other af
iordinS some evidence that the sap ,onnaed 70 cir
culae Tor greater length of time in the uncut than
III the cut stalks. The uncut hills, gave AZ lbs. s
! o2 dTy shelled corn, equal TO Ii OF Ia grs per
hill, or 20 bushels and pounds per acrc The
parcel from the cut hds gave SO lbs or. ,ousl to
or no grs per hill OF A. bushels & I8 pounds Der
acre making loss OF II bushels K 40 pounds Der
acre, by cutting the stalks. Conclusive evidence
that while the sap is in circulation, nature does not
assign the stalks an Improbable office The pro-
duct OF the whole row, taken together, cut and I'M
cut hills, was equal TO So bushels and al pounds
per acre.
The product of row No, g. taken by itself econ.
! tanning nlnetytwo hills in one half of which the
stalks We're cut on the same day the others were
would not show the practice of cutting stalks quite
SO destructive In It's effects, that exhibited in
row No 2 Its Whole produce was n lbs o. dry
cor ii =, eb.1. "A l..
or bushel and and % pounds per acre mere than
Tow No 2.
Not satisfied wth resting the experiment, here,
gathered the Corn rows Nos. | und 4, Il e)
the rows each side, next adJ dining No 2 and 3,
and on which zone of the stalks hal been cul,
hese rows, taken together, Contained l8G bills
aud t'eir product Of dry shelled corn was III lbs
Is ", equ'l to Ii o. II! gains per hill, or GO
bushels and pounds per acre, precisely the me
average yield as that part Of row No. ., on which
The stalks had not been cut this exact coincidence
however, thmk may be numbefed among those
cases which rarely happen.
The difference between the tao rows on which
none OF the stalks were cut 3 bushels 9St
pounds per acre. If this difference arose from cut
tng halfthe stalks, land know Of no oher reason,
then cutting the whole would have reduced thr
crop | bushels and 81 pounds per acre, from 60
! bushels and pounds TO As bushels and 40 pounds
per acre
To rccapjtulate, row No ., on which the expe-
rimen, was commenced, taken by ITSELF as follows,
VIZ 46 hills on which the stalks had net been
cut, gave l2 lbs OF dry shelled corn equal TO- per
! acre. 60 bush. S lbs
iG hills from which the stalks
had been cut, gave AZ ID. 7
OF. dry shelled com, equal
20, per acre, Al Is q"
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! Loss by cutting the stalks, per
acre, u bush. 16 lbs
Tie four rows taken together stands follows
Nos | and H. on which no stalks were cut,
gave an average of per acre, 60, bu. s lbs.
No. and 8 from which half
the stalks were cut, gave
an average Of, per acre, 81 " 25l
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Loss by cutting the stalks
per acre. 5 bu 80 lbs
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On cutting all the stalks
would make loss equal
to, peracre | bu. II lbs.
rbe Il frsronca :, Tho rcs,lt If ,h, ,yocaees is I
bnshfl and o. mounds ne, acr, or IN the two
oc,in,en,s ~ ,rnv he So termed there q nm a.
ver,ga law e,,,ting The stalks Of - bushels r,
pounds per acre "a loss quite equal 10 all the cx.
! ecrse ,f hoiint, and batyestmu especislly when
we consider that IN noe,ug, the labor of making
hille u,ns ii. nepeed with
:. III had cut NIL the stalks and Obtained a crri
Of bushels 10 the mere the very TACT o,
having cor,v-ciobt bushels wou / think be cor
sidered bv farmers GENERALLY in this section of the
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