Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-04-17
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attended with the best effects. We have
heard that in some parts of the West, Tor
y acres or more Of. corn are allotted 10 the
care of man; and as soon as 1t comes
up, he is sent into it with his horse and
kept there daily until the ears are perfect
ly formed and this with the greatest adj
We much wish that the exper-
iment of such cultivation might be tried j;
which may as we'll be done on one quar-
ter of an acre, as on forty acres. We have
the strongest faith in its success.
Montreal, Dec 20, 1888.
Sir,-Yours relating to corn, is duly
received My corn field is 292 by 222
feet, soil gravelly, slightly tinctured with
clay, dry :; old land; this is the seventh
crop in succession. MANFRED each year
the last spfing we split the hills, and gath
cred the roots, and burnt them of the pre-
vious year, then put on a good coat of ma
nure. ploughed it 10, narrowed and open
ed the drills with light plough, 2 l2 feet
apart.
On the 10Th May, put l2 bushels of
seed in tub, poured hot water on until
it became too hot to stir with my hand
let it steep about two hours, and then
stirred in as much plaster as would ad-
here to the kernels, and planted the same
day, in hills l6 to Is inches apart, five to
seven kernels in hill. On the 5tb June,
the corn was fairly above the ground
On the 18th, passed small plough be,
tween the rows lightly, turning the little
mould that we raised, to the middle, and
took great care that every stalk should
stand upright, care also being taken to
move the whole surface Of the ground.
We narrowed and hoed it, the week
following, and again, the week after that.
| would here observe, that corn can be
brought to maturity Q believe) two or
three weeks earlier, by frequent hoeino
than by the old way of hoeing twice. I
do not make high hills, but lightly dis
place the earth near the corn, and supply
its place with earth from the middle OF The
rows, leaving the surface nearly fiat
The harrow that I use, is triangular -
the sides about three feet long, with five
teeth or pins, So of an inch square, iron.
and a scraper or hoe, Is inches long, ex-
tending across the heel of the harrow. |
5-4 inch wide, drawn TO an edge. turned
up at each end, long enough to cut the
same depth as the pins; to steady and
give it weight. put small plough upon
IT. making it harrow and cut earth two or
three inches deep; the hoe acting same as
Dutch wedding hoe, but by slight billing,
you obtain the full benefit of the sun and
air to the roots.
On the first day of September, we cut
up at the roots, quantity for seed !; and
on the 9th the remainder ofthe field and
set 1t up in stacks to dry or ripen. We
husked it out the last week of September
and found we had four hundred and ten
bushels of ears of good sound corn, ant
thirty bushels of small ears and soft corn
nearly all of which was dry enough &c
grind, making 44O bushels of ears exclu
slve of the quantity gathered for seed, the
half OF which | sent you in cask Mum
Der /.
| have disposed Of the product as fol
| lows:
Shelled 70 bushels, of which 48l
| bushels meal, and 80 in corn
equal TO $50 bushels, 42l
so bushels sent you, bush.
100 bushels sold for seed, els
IS bushels on hand,
80 bushels fed to pigs,
We attempted to take off the suckers
but found that we broke down so much
corn, that we let them take their chance
with the rest
Note.-The gentleman who has been
kind enough TO hand us the above com
municatlon states that though he put from
hive 10 seven kernels in a hill, vet where
they came up well, they were selected
and thinned out SO as to leave only thret
remaining, which were deemed sufficient
considering tina: the rows were only two
and half feet apart; and the hills only
Is INCHES. The crop fell little short o.
$50 bushels to the acre.
| A quantity of this corn has been receiv
ed, and is for sale at the Arriculturs
Warehouse and n Z. Farmer Office No
81 North Market Street. Comino 80 fa,
from the north, it must be a highly yalu
able acquisition.