Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-20
From the S1uihern Pl,n.er

The following statement is only one OF hundreds
1' we nave seen OF extraordinary yields Of the corn
crop To the North. Is our climate less congenial to
.he grown oi Indian corn than that of New Eng
Iand' We Know that an idea very generally pre-
walls that the heat Of Summers pre- vents m, f,u,
planting close enough TO obtain Hucb n,,J,,,. -.
VIC read OF To the North. We hupe. and incline 10
oeneNe. ihat this Is popular error When land
I'D Nlrgina Is well MANFRED, and the mining nj n.
us"ai distance The product is. we think equal to
whA' we have observed to the North. We are con.
huent mat we have seen field in Virginia that
would YIELD forty bushels 10 the acro Win a. ,,,
product upon ~ as field TO the NORTH that won M
give ninety bushels what wanting in corn vvo.
made up IN stalk and fiddler. Now we are incIin.
ed 10 mink That Ia exchange stalk and fodder i,r
gfain would be good bargain, ard this we think
the Northern farmer effects IN a measure no clo..
planting. But" says old and experienced far.
mer IL have tried IL. and when tho druig nj c,me
my corn hred We know that this is the opinion Of
some oil The best farmers in Virginia, ard yye are
Io'h 10 hazard a conjecture in opposition TO them
Yet we cannot help thinking that our eve Creouent
" deceiVes ms. and that " we would apply the bush
ei measure 10 our crops, we would find thnt tb.
'hickiy planted, stunted stalks, from their grea,
number, yielded much moro grain thar their Io1to,
and more scattered rivals
hshes or lime we are certain prevent. firing and
~ other crops the best opinion seems 10 be tbot The
boiler the ground IL shaded the less the crop !. az
itCAtu ny urOnght and heat:
From the Culiiyator1
CULTURE Or INDIAN CORN-GRFAT
CROP send you statement Of Mr. Elias Shell
doH rs delivered 10 the committee for awarding
premiums on agricultural prdducfs. of the Cultural
and Mechanic Art society Of EnJhcld. SOmers 81
ingion, and East Windsor S. ID. CHAPMAN
The land on which raised my crop Of Indian
corn the season past had been under cultivation
number Of years. and is what Is dcnominaleJ .oId
held u Ind the previous year been sown 10 rye
tho siubbe Of which turned IN some time IN The
month 81 February. 1870. Nothing more was dome
20 the land until the FIRST Of May when CARED M
on The piece Of The rae Of twenty Eve carl load, Of
rnanure 10 the acfe. from my birn yard IN ,yos
spfead and the cuiyaiOr passed over u 90 cover IN.
manure. The land YVES furrowod each yyav ,v,,b
the plough. ai about three feet distance, m.
nils were made where The burrows inicr.ectsd each
othor part ofthe piece was MANFRED in The b,li
VIII well roited manure. and part with pIr.,., r
Twa The corn was planted on the I'm d,y ~
Niay last, dropping into each hill four ke,ooi I'd
corn. The corn was carefully hosd tvsicc - :,
each hOeing The oufivator was used h., -. =.
Dei"cen me rows each way. ~ the sec,od =
lhs unleached ashes were dropped sbout Nm. An.
corn 81 TIE rate Of half pint toa hill m. -,
noeing was omitted, but The cultiyst,r 90,
De'ore y passing each way bsiwoen the row, m.
1890 was a. The rate one hundred and ,;a.,,.
bushels o. ears Of corn. weighing f,rtv &C.. -
~ PDuno' per bushel, and two carr load, ar -.
So'nsrs' Conn, Jan. 30. 1871