Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-06-08
TILLING OF INDIAN CORN.

The seed is now mostly in the ground, and the at
eniion of farmers be turned at the hoeing
of their growing crops. 1t the custom Of this vi
cinity only few years since, to pillow deep between
Tho of corn, and make very high hill. This
process deemed essential to good husbandry.-
The farmer who made but little HILL and left his
be supported and kept in an upright position by the
helps which natures Author furnishes, rdicued
Tor his odiiies, or abused for his sovenliness. We
educated in the belief that the high hill would
give the largest This opinion held its place in
mind until within seven years. We recollect dis
tnctly OF defending that years ago the
present summer And we did it in good faith. But at
that time were more familiar with theology than
with the processes of nature in the fields. Recently
our studies have been in the field than in the co
set; and no plant has interested US so mach as Indian
corn. In the summer of "a parted the ties, and
left the cares of professional pursuits and sought for
health in the fields where ancestors had long toiled
There the fashion which prevailed in boyhood Of
billing high had lost much of its hold; in the corn
field found wha, seemed slovenly and insecure
hoeing Soon Gin the latter par, of JULY there swept
over neighborhood violent wind, accompanied by
copious fall of rain. The yielded TO the
storm and lay PROSTATE, nearly We thought the
folly Of emitting to hill proved But in four
five days from that time the corn cree, ever
and believe that scarcely stalk was broken in the
four acres; while some Of our neighbors, whose
was surrounded by more hill and not laid fiat,
were obliged go through their fields and cut out
broken stalks in large quantities Onr corn last year
was the largest had giving 95 bushels the
acre (The that year is, perhaps, 10 be ascrib-
ed the fact that the land which it grew had been
pasfured for several preceding years. Bu The rising
OF the corn after had been blown down, led in
qure whether could be satisfactorily accounted for
There is little doubt tina, IL can.
Farmers all know that about the time when the ears
begrn 10 SET brace shoot from the stalk jus,
above the surface of the ground. These grow and
strengthen the increases in size. They ht them
selves sustain the burden they ar-to bear Now Il
you earth up five SIX inches around The bottom ofthe
stalk then the brace roots put out many inches from
the bottom and the part OF the stalk between the brace
roots and the other roots, (those tina, form when the
corn begins grow and which the mouths through
which it takes in It's food that part Of the stalk being
buried ia the earth becomes brittle that II the brace
loose their hold when the winds hgh,te stalk
will snap just at the surface d the ground. When this
has happened process OF nature will repsrthe
harm Now the brace roots are more liable To loose
their hold when they E and grow nihe comparatively
dry and loose earth the top Of high cornhill, than
when they take hold Of the moster and frmer earth
a level surface, where Hill has been made. The
themselves will do towards supporting the
~ the latter that IN the former And though
il NAV be true that the pant Of the stalk below these
does when surrounded by earth, help 70 prop The
W, though this help ahordei the ability Of the
lessened; and II the a, the krsaIs and IL
ruined nearly 80 Bot when there 10 hill, II the
be tipped over Yields at the very bottom there
s no breaking The effect Is an HproOtrHs side
the roots Of the olbef sse retain their place and
unue throw iher nogiishmen' into the stalk which
,hoVgh "essl do~a Il ~, desiToyed"-no, broken