The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-01-12
cADrDEN soUrH NEspAY, AIRY 8, 1s42

twere it notthatthe mass nfspfanls stand
| indf in the drill, enables themstn bear nF
agains The pressure of.the earthfslliug T.
wards them. This has been the practices
E,or:one df this s6b-committeetfor many
ltyears. Ieaping out the, costfof sowing,
the amount of The several ploughings Civ
en-, will not exceed, peS acre, 9the labor Of
single plouphman for assihgle day.
The practice has been 10 cut it down
for forage when ii shoots the asset and
not before. Like the grasses, ii is not in
aerfectiun until il blooms. 51tsis readily
eaten by every description Of stock, and
is excellent for soi|ing and for current use,
from the large quantity which, may be
grown on a small plot Of land, and from
the facility with which itmay BE- gathered.
The stalks being small, are easily chopped
and are wholly consumed. Vixen planted
near.the Homestead, it is cut chtsfrom day
to day, as needed, and on the farm of one
of this subcommittee, it furnishes the
main supply "f fodder from tho 1st July
Till the middle of Oclnber. Towards the
close of The season, when every blade is
discolored, the stalk-lhe material part,,is
sweet. crisp and juicy, and as acceptibe
TO stock 'as at any proceeding period of
the season. -
In 1910, two squares Of fodder corn
were. cut down and weighed. Square No..
1. taken from land equal to not more than
Is bushels of corn per acre, yielded at The
rate ofeighl tons of green food speraacre,
Square No. g. taken from exceedingly
rich land, yielded at the rate of2O tons
green food per acre. Atthe same time,
cut down some fodder corn, and weighed
iLwhen greep-then spendeditein%dhe
loft of pole barn. Atlhe end, of six
weeks, weighed again, and The loss in
curing was precisely 5-9ths, ora little
more than half. Should these results be
confirmed by farther trials, II would es.
tablish the factsthat single acre of land
highly manurcdsis capable of producing.
from six TO eighl:tons Of this cured corn
stalk forage
On the 10Th day ofAugnst, of the pre-
sent year, some of this fodder corn was
cut down, and Immediately placed in
slooks in the manner already described
They were examined by majority of
this sub-commtlseion tk"~Tst day of Oc-
;ober. The blades as well as the stalk,
were found Of good color, and in sound
condition, in every instance in which the
stock was properlyput mp and securely
bound. This sub-committee respectfully
recommend the cultivation of This fodder
Iage arc in the possession drrrvry-fnrner,
and the method of cultivation farmiliar to
every plough.boy throughout our land.
We repeat, the object here is stalk and
moi grain, and as in this climate, The pro.
pensi,y ofIndian corn is TO form gigan-
tic stalk. by this system, we take adVan-
Iagc Of that propensity, and convert it to
a valuable practical use.
Throughout this section of country, the
{ fleet of the Agriculturist is not to make
so much per acre, so much per hand. This
practice consequently is, 10 plant largely
to the hand, and it is of coures manifeslly
for the Pcndleton farmer 10
manure all The land he culivales, This
subcommittee advise, therefore, that the
yard manure be applied To fields, adjacent
TO the Homestead, while fur remote fields,
they recommend the system so ably ad-
vocaled some years since i'll the Essays
signed Ara,or. the production of Col.
J .hn Taylor, cf Virginia. This system
consists in the exclusion ofcattle from the
ubbIcs-in aiving, Occasionally, year
ofrest, but especially effeclually plough
ing in, during winter. the whole vegela.
bile covered which had accumulated
throughout the preceding summer. This
system has been tried partially in this vi
cinily, and with the most decided advan-
tage.
This subcommittee recommend also,
will. the view of rendering this system
more effective, that vegetable matter of all
klnds,-bark, leaves. wood in the last sta
res of decay, be collected in winter, and
deposited in rail pens on the poorest por-
tinns of these remote fields, to be spread
upon the land after the second or third
plouehing, as may he qeempd must advi-
sable. Being on the post, the labor of
distribution would he nothing, when COM
pared with the benefit conferred.
In conclusion, this subcommittee would
say, that the experiments contained in
this report were single trials, and ale
consequently not entitled to the respect
due To the same experiment when repeat
ed or 10 experiments on more enlarged