The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-01-12

cut by powerful knife, from two to thre''
feet below the cor, and Immediately placed
in stocks. White oak ties being provided
these stocks were firmly bound just below
the tassel; the tassels were then bent
down all on one side. and the whole top
secured bya second tie. By.-this simple
operation. the top ofeach stock was made
to resemble the ridge Of a ,hatched house,
and in practice has been found 10 exclude
the wet,very effeclually.
Two important advantages result from
cutting the corn about two fest below the
ear, and thus shortening the stalk, L.
The top oflhe stock is brought completely
within the reach OF The laborer, enabling
him thus 10 adjust his ties properly and
securely. 2. The ear, the heavy part
conslistuting the ballast of the stock, is
by such ar arrangement, placed very low
and this protects materially the stock from
being once thrown. 1t may be proper 10,
state. that as ,auch oflhe vine as bad be-
come entwined on the stalk, was severed
by the same blow which cut off the stalk,
and being included in the stock has there
been cured as forage.
BY this plan all distractions being reno
we'd, the vines haze been gathered with
the greatest faaeilily. The shucks and
stalks being green wien cut and stacked
will alsn be converted into prorender, be
its quality whatii may.
With view Of ascertaining what the
product ofpea hay taken from this, land
might be, two squares were carefully
siakel ont, aud the vine standing onslhem
cut up and weighed Square No. !, which.
was selected rs allurding fair average of
the field, yielded at The rate of-one ton
three hundred weight Of cured hay per
acre. Square No. 2, taken from she best
portion Of the field, yielded at the rate Of
one and Il halftons of cured hay peracre.
This field then Of ordinary valley land, 10
which not one particle ofmannre has been
applied for ten years, besides producing
per acic 25 bushels ni corn,. 300 pounds
fodder, 500 pounds of shuck and corn
stalk forage, by rough estimate, will also
yield from ton to ton and q half per
acre nr this rnrivaIed forage. And be il
noted, the farmer gels this pea crnp at the
cost merely of sowing and. harvesting, for1
the several hoeings and ploughings given
were given TO the corn, and are therefore
10 be charged against that crop. These
statements are made with the hope that
farmers may be brought to realize what
large products may be taken from our
lands when good il themselves, or when
made 81 bv the applcalioa--e.Aaa.;-ttA------T- --T
3 in@NIretn.a- and kentucky, ana
the northern portions OF our
Union, the Indian Corn is cut up at 'he
root and placed in stocks, where the whole
stalk and large proportion OF blade,
are converted into forage. In this coun-
try, the blade alone is taken, the stalk re-
mains to perish where it grew. As with
us, lhcrc is confcsscdly a deficiency of
provender for the wintering of stock. We
are called by many motives, by humanity,
by interest, by comfort, to convert these
stalks into forage, if practicable. Ii is a
thing alrcady produced, we get it merely
at The cost of curing it. When the qnes'
lion is asked, why cannolwe do here what
is practised so advaptagenusly elsewhere.
the answer is, "We have no hay fields
the blade is our only soGrceo OF i"duer, ann
if corn with the leaf on be cut and stock
ed in climate so moist and warm as tins
the blade will milde" aud be lost" Now
il is clear that the mil,lew mus! arise eth
er from the moisture Of the blade, or from
the admission of wet. If from the m"is-
ture Of The blade, that might be obOialed
bv cutting the corn, permitting 1t 10 vii.
for one day, and then placing il in Sl""ks.
IfCrom the admission ofwrt, il is manifest
that difficulty would cease the moment the
stook was rendered wa:er-tight. This
sub committee do not presume to decide
point so mooted. The agricultural
practices of a people so sagacions as ours
are entitled to the greatest respect; and
the safe rule rule in most cases, Is to
supl ose them to be based Oh very sub
slanlal reasons. They leave therefore,
this matter TO be decided by future expert
menls-lhey content themselves with sta
ting The result of a sing lie trial
On the 18th Of September, of The cur
rent year, a field Of new ground corn with
the fodder on, was cut down, and imme-
dialely placed iu stocks in the manner al
ready described. These slonks, from the
location of thh field were fully rxp"srd to
the storm of wind and rain, which occur
red here on Thursday the 10Th September.
Not single stock was once thrown, and