The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-04-29
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EXPERIMENTS on MATURING CORN
AND ON GROWING POTATOES
AND CORN TOGETHER.
CmARLfsroN, Frb. 20, ls3l


AND CORN TOGETHER.
CHARLESTON, Frb 30, 1894
To the Editor of the Southern Agricultural.
Mr.. Edtor,-As the season for pan,ing
approaches, viii communicate the resUI,
Of ms experiments tie last year upon ma
uuring Indian corn, made on The Agricul
tural Socieiy's Farm called tho I" Cattle
Farm" The soil, "a light sandy one, and
without maDure) did not produce, when
first planted By ne four years ago, more
than nine OF ten bushels 10 the acre. Since
which tune, BY the application of manure,
il has gradually increased in quantity. TO
about twenty bushels. The las, season the
following trials were made; co@ pen com
post, horse litter aud flesh cotton seed,
we're applied to The soil 10 the following man.
ner on the first OF April tie land was
ploughed flush, then lurrowod off four and
half feet apart with buIllonEue plough I;
Oh portion of the ground was s,reus cd one
peck Of the 6rsi kind OF manure 10 the task
row (l05 feet, spread in the trench fur.
row was then run on each side with n com.
mon bsr.share corn plough. covering the
manure about four inches deep; tho corn
holes were then made with dlbbs
s,rick or pestle. two aad a half feet from
centre TO centre, and two stalks we're Left
TO grow in each hill. The same quantity
Of the other kinds Of manure we're used.
and in the same manner To two other Dor
tions of land. To three other portions,
three peeks we're applied and to others four
pecks The resu!I was to the Gfsi, Is
bushels to the acre; 10 the second, 10
bushels; the third, u bushels The next
trial Io!. O. and q bushels. The third
was 81, "a and q bushels. The fourth,
was 90, 2j and 80 bushels.
To other portions of land the grain was
planted without manure, and when about
elk inches high, tue same quantity Of man.
ure OF each Of the n9orcnamed kinds acre
applied 10 dideren, portions around the
hills; the yield Of these wers less N every
instance. Again, when the corn was two
feet high, similar proportions y ore used 10
other portions. The result vas much The
sane as the last experiment; and again,
when the corn had advanced 10 half ia
growth, the same trial was made 10 still
other portions, when scarce aay percnpu.
bic advantage was gained by the apphca
ton. But 10 part 10 which the samo
quantities Of manure were used IN the fol
lowing manner. the result was nearly the
same as the first class Of experiments sta
ted to wlt--whcn the corn was nsnrly a
foo, high, i0rrow was run with poorh
on each side Of the bed, cutting away the
foot, so as TO expose the roots the manure
was then thrown 10 and Immediately cover
cd, by running plough on the back Of the
furrow IN this experiment the busho OF
cotton seed produced nj the rate of forty
bushels per acre. The seed ir all casas
we're fresh, and from beng covered from
four to FIVE inches wnh earth did not yeae.
tate.
am inclined 10 think, from repeated ex
perimeuis. that manure ough, always to be |
applied 10 corn where tue greatest number |
Of the ends Of the roots will enter il there. /
fore, should say, that il we're best 10 10 +
corporate i, generally IN the soil, as the |
roots pasture widely, even from four 10 five
feet, il tho soil IS well puverzed, and we'll /
drained. found i, necessary 10 chop
away stock hers and there, which pu, on
appearance Of burning or drying Up; except
IN those portions MANFRED with cotton seed
which kept green.
| will add to this communication a meth
ID of growing corn and potatoes in The
same field, which will be found highly ad
VIZ :-furow Oft tho ground in
llne feet rows, plant the corn fifteen inches
part, on the row IN single stalks, or thirty
inches, leaving two stalks; as soon as vines
;au be procured, prepare the intermediate
PAGES between the corn rows and plan, !
hem. The corn blades being soon after ,
emoved, the potato vines viii run across d
o the corn rows and take root there, and {
'rodUce potatoes which answer well for I
eeding stock, while the corn yields finely {
rom its open stand.
Yours, &c.
J. F. OWgsa.