Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-03-18
From the Ne1o England Farmer.
INDIAN CORN

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which had procured of Judge Buel IT.
chief recommendation, in my estimation re
suited from the fact that it came to maturit,
about fortnight earlier than any kind o
field corn which the farmers in my neigh
borhood we're accustomed to plant; thus an
ticipating the early autumnal fross, and en-
abng me to SOW my corn land with whea
in toIerable season. | expressed the opn
iea also that it had been as productive as
any other corn which had ever planted
but as had tried it but once, did not feel
so confident Of its productiveness as to com.
mend it on that account. | have planted
the same kind of corn the past season, and
no other; and the result has fully equalled
my expectations | was able to gather my
corn leisurely, and finished sowing my corn
and potatoe ground by the Sd of October
In former seasons, with a different species
of corn, | was always hurried, and was sell
dom able to finish sowing wheat till about
the middle of October, and in some seasons
not until after the 20th Wheat sown so
late, is more liable to blast, and is more ex-
posed to be winer.killed, than that which is
sown earlier, and has opportunity to get
well rooted before the ground freezes up
Late sown wheat will sometimes produce a
fair crop, but success is SO uncertain that it
should be avoided when practicable
have taken some pains the past season
to ascertain the productiveness Of this corn,
with some degree of certainty In order TO
try the experiment, | selected a piece of
ground which By actual admeasuremenl,
contains one acre and twelve rods This
ground was planted the preceding year about
one half of it with potatoes ne other half
with corn. This selection was made, not
from choice, because | do not approve off
planting the same ground for two success.
i've years, and more especially with the
same kind of crop. The result of this ex-
pertinent showed evidently that it is bad |
husbandry 10 plant the same ground twice |
in succession with the same crop for the |
corn on that part Of the piece where corn
grew the preceding year, was not so well
cared nor were the ears so large as on that
part which had been planted with potatoes.
In the beginning of May, twelve loads
oil coarse manure from the barn yard, were
spread upon the land, and it was then well
covered under furrow of five or six inches
deep. Eight loads of fine manure, composed
chiefly of earth that had been deposited in IA
low spot in he yard the preceding summer,
were then spread upon the land, when it
was narrowed with light seed harrow, till
the surface of the ground was well pulver-
lied and the fine manure was mixed, and
partly covered with the earth The ground
was planted on the 18th of May, in rows
of three and a half feet asunder with space
OF two feet between the hills The seed
was soaked about twelve hours in warm
water, mixed with plaster, planted i've ker-
nels IN hill, and at the first hoeng, thinned
out, so as to leave but three stalks standing
In each hill. The corn was hoed three
times, and the last hoeing was performed !
early, about the 25th of June, some DAYS be- t
fore the corn began to show its tassels | {
have long been of opinion that cutting or \
disturbing the ibrous roots Just before the c
corn is about to set for ears, is injurious to I
the crop, as it impairs its capacity of imbi- /
olng nonrlshment at a time when it is most S
essential r
The cultivator was used at each hoeinp. f
and the old practise Of killing up the corn c
at the last hoeing was dispensed with The
stalks were cut early in September, but not L
until they had generally began to change P
their color, nor until many of the ears were a
fully ripe The corn was not picked until g
the 3Oth Sept, and between that and the 9th Il
OF October was husked out and cribbeA II
From this 2crcc @n1 WE'VE rods Of land, were "
gathered 2l7 bushels of good sound corn p
and seven bushels of poor corn making 224 e.
bushels In the whole Had Anticipated so b
large product, | would have preserved and g
threshed it by itself in order to ascertain the Of
exact quantity of shelled corn. But pan h
OF II was husked and mixed with other corn d
before my curiosity to know the quantity
was excited. From the experiments which
l have made am satisfied that there were Of
at the time of husking, about half as many Pr
bushels OF corn as there were of ears. Sc
My crop suffered considerable diminu. te
ton from two causes. A little before the tn
time for the first hoeing, | found that NV cl
neig hbor's poultry had been very busy in W
the held, and had actually scratched and in
pulled up at least one quarter of the niece -
This had to be planted over the second time W
and it was much less productive than the at
first planting.
Whle the corn was in the milk, a violent
gust OF wind passed over the field, and laid su
Inc whole of it almost PROSTATE. Manv pc
stalks were broken off and never rose AGAIN FRI
But Tor these two causes there would 6aya m
been considerable increase in the nrodno, tn
ana an almost total abstraction of the moor he
corn, The green and mouldy ears were if
wholly attributable to these causes and with. lie,
put them the poor corn would scarcely have to
exceeded one per cent. ha
am very respectfully yours, &c. be
SAMUEL LATHRop pr
West Springfield. JAM /, 1886. tn,
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