The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-04-16
CuItivation of earn,

We had recently a conversation with
Mr.. Young, Of Jessauine, in regard TO
the cultivation of corn, and the general
management of his farm. He promised
to give Us, n a short time. commanica- /
ton upon the subject and we hope. when /
ms sees this attempt at reporting his mode
OF cultlyatlng corn, nc viii DO so without
further delay for he will find il inDer
feet, as, expecting a written communica-
ton upon the subject, we did not at the
time write out his remarks.
Mr. Young exhibited to Us a certi6case
of several respectable gentlemen, certi-
tying that, IN lot of FIVE acres, nc had
produced one hundred and ninety bushels
of corn to the acre. The corn was naea-
sured, and there IS no doubt of the cor
rcctness of the certificate. Thls vas
piece of bottom land, and the committee
were Of opinion that Mr.. Us crop on
the upland was better than that which
was measured. Mr.. I informed Us that
MS whole crop, one year with another,
averages more than one hundred bushels
to the acre. He does not SOW clover. and
does not adopt the plan Of makiag ma
nure IN his faTm-yard, 10 be afterwards
spread upon the land. His rotation Is
corn Tor two years. and then timothy and
bluegrass. Alter a field has been two
years in corn, he pens his cattle upon II.
and feeds them upon il with nav and
stock-corn, moving the pen until toe
whole field Is fed over. When the
ground is very muddy, he removes the
cattle at night, and feeds them on bis
woods pastures. The next year. the field
:hus fed over and thus MANFRED springs
up in timothy and bluegrass We for
get how long he lets II lie in grass BIT
when it is to be put in corn, the ground
is broken up in the fall. As early as
possible the next spring. the ground Is
checked off with a shovel plough. thrss
feet each tray, and eight to twelve grains
, of corn dropped to the hill. Il IS final
|, ly thinned down to four stalks in a hill.
In cultiyating, as soon as the corn Is up
+, a large harrow is run over the whole
ground, regardless of narrowing the corn
10. which seldom happens. Afterwards
the corn is ploughed with 4 common
plough as often as posi- Die. The mode
of the frs; aloughlug is to be remarked
instead of throwing The ground from ths
corn, ii is thrown towards Il, SO As 70 CO
i yrr Oil zrass Ar1aaad the earn or "a shs
intervals. The corn IS thus often cover
ed, but the ploughman stops and uncoy
; ers it. This Is tedious, bEt Il keeps dOwT
the grass. No hand-hOe or cultIVator i.
. used
What is most to be noted IN this &C
| count is the large number of stalks lei
on the ground. Three feet and lou
stalks to the hill This Is more thai
three times as thick as usual. and q :!
I the secret and the lrh0ie secret OF the ex
!, traordinory yield-a yield four times a
great as what is called good cropping Il
this State. The next best crop We hav'
: heard of, in Kentucky, was that raise,
/ by Geo w. Williams, ESQ, planting IN
. corn in drills two feet apart with III
. stalks one foot apart. So In every Iarg
!, crop that we have seen an account Of
Il the corn was planted thick. Try figure
q and you will see that large crop can
not be raised, planted four feet each way
4 two stalks to the hill.-LOE. Jour.