Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-06-15

corn planted by onr farmers. was not probably iu-
" acolimatcd.
! have several other sorts of corn, but a these
are sufficient toprovc that corn is not 50 cultivated
10 devolopc It's utmost capacity 10 reward the Ia
Dor and care of the aglieutnrisr shall not pdri'c-
nlarl, describe others.
Indian corn Is 4 tropical plant but a benehcchi
Providence has made ii capable OF being aeelimat-
ed in every region between tho orty-iifth degrees
of latitude. But its stature dminislics as itrcccdcs
from the tropics
To expect the greatest possible crop IN any re-
non. the seed must be- taken from plants fully
cllmaicd. for it Will mol bear uansp lanng more
than 100 nes either from the north or south,
without prejudice To the crop. And ! am well
persuaded, that the longer II is planted on the same
iarm ~ vicinity the better will be- he crop, pro-
sdrd that due care IS taken TO select the best
ear, Tor scrd. And that after long planting in th,
way, all the and Grains will be alike, and the
stalks will have the number OF Joints. leave,
and ears
The Farm on which Gen Van WICK now re-
sides, IN Duchess county, formerly belonged TO
Major Hoffman, whose farming only rcmarha-
bic FOR producing the most beautiful crops ri corn,
for long series OF time, say more than forty years.
lie died before the astonishing improve had
taken place, from tho use of plaster, that his in la
ter Years distinguished thai county.-And n there
nothing remarkable in the farming Of Major
''o','''"' sup s''''""N "','' '"'n' ~ ~,
'ee"''i sea 'oi'' "il'' Il WIS "mt', eitlh f""'"
Variety il' Nc''i ~ hSeA''H'h'e .ohshi'u en-
,Fe's III ms never 'h'he'he MS '',d curing 1o,l2
'e' y, WIN MS 'o'n ''''''' All leiie.ns Il, 'h-
''''' - "' ~ '"'' N'''u', VI I'll. s'',N ~
'o' ''ls' "'" "''' an ''l''' ana '' E'dins ai'h''
ana '1e "o'c accommodated '" VI" SOL ana 'ill"''
III nn'h +" was e'o"n'
Much Is SAID of The bcs of IaIslup frOp,
- 'oi', "'' ''' s'''N r. Sn"'' "''' ne o'.'
P''P'''''on '"' ,"'"' !, 700" N"''" ana s'oNc' II
nv ~ w, '''S' a' ''s' l'i'N 'o'oa III pa'n ma
nof' Sn"'l' "' sPffah' before l'ongiane' TO the
a''e - '''" ''ioo'a lie turned up VIII, Il a'rp'
"' ''''o"' ''" 80 narrowed - hoi 10 ais''''p u'
,'''""' ''>''on'o 'nen DC marie" o"' WIN s,'g"'
hes 81 ~ !" I'iin rows ihlrc ''t al'aii raeh way
an" non l., NV :" s'fe' P''l'N VI SIZE" pace" III
''' mn. " "'n W" com Is we" up PaS''i ~
'i'a ilni Il I"lIp" pe,"een ea'h row. ana altef Inc
PAM h,S acquired ,''fee leaves let careful per
son 90 ihfou"h row by row, ana pun ont the super
n'ous >'a'NN' cN'aciiie '''c most l''pi' uieh ."
"oo2l II "2''n WIN ''', llongn' lNler b't"c'h
e''h 10" WIN INC PACK "' lh' plough 10 the plants,
','' d, '''' "''h I'M 'oih Is anon, Knee hlep,
li's' 's',''' U'ii''e nv 'o''"N ~ 'i''' conn., an"
','' ~, i'""" III al ''''.s' ''t,N'nPs' person
>ho'1a loi'o" WIN noe, I" eradicate any weed,
ha' not 10 earn ~, ne p'',N NAT should never
u. ',r n'N' P'''s','hH' AT ''as' puSic'
III Pia>"t S''o"'a ne aoNh ht"'d cast over the
"h"e'
"'n ho' certain "ii'eh WIN produce ''e greatest
crop III of,h'''N h'ha fa'llN'''"h' "h'fc me rows
are hlI'' h'' 'p'''' "iPul'I TWO I" ufee Stalks III
inc mn WIN produce inc pts' crop ho' am hclin-
'a 10 h'lN' mat 'ltee sia'h> IS the best number to
W l'iI'
some persons "itl'o'if nhdrIN i'ldhg the natural
history oil me plant At the last dressing pull oil the
suckers, Which is rum 10 the CROP AS they are alb
soiaeN necessary not only TO ming ont The ends of
"oA' u Tue ,s' 'afs ba' 10 il'''@ oo' oil the nat"
car IL, III any o'2'rf'
ne 'ii'e III "hitl Tic male blossom on I'll" main
stilh remains IN 'lgoi Is not more than sly days,
"heh The season Is 9ood.-But II the weather is
very hot and dry, or Is stormy, II is not 81 long.
Nnd Tins length Is only enough to tructi, the
llesi'aiS m"hich the female blossoms come out first
rom ne germ ct HE lowest Grams, and present
themselves ~ circles 1t the ends of the corolla or
m>ks, ana as they come out, are lmpeenatcd, and
thus they are every day and hour presenting new
circle, ei female blossoms, until the whole are thus
lmmeen1trd But II the heat i, 50 excessive as to
XII the male blossom before the whole of the i.-
male blossoms have come oatot the corolla or hls>,
then.h th"r' are no saeIcrsto supply the deliccn-
g nf pollen, there will be portion of the upper
end o' the ear llRt will be barren of gram. To
supply Tins deficiency OF pollen, Providence, in or
sanalhs the corn-P1nt, has ordered that the three
lower FONTS should produce suckers that should
'ohe III IN NU''cNson, 10 supply continual source