The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-05-31
TERMS of THE SEVENTH VOLUME.
AGRICULTURAL.
SOWING CORN FOR FODDER .
J. C. o r d J r.

III the Editor of the New England Farmer.
Dear Sir,-Your paper and others have said
mucb about sowing corn for fodder; but have
not seen any article containing full directions
FIR raising this crop. Will you be so kind as
10 supply this deficiency
We want to know the manner of preparing
the land: the amount of manure 10 be applied;
,bc time and manner of sowing; the quantity
Of seed to be sown; the Time and manner of
cutting; the method Of curing The fodder, and
such other thing; as your experience vii! sug-
ges:.
Last year planted the Hartwell corn, and
found il valuable variety. Would this be q
good kind 10 SOW!
Your obi serv't S. w.
Rep'v Mr.. Ellsworth, Of ashington, rec
ommcnds sowing broadcast, and would put 4
bushels of seed per acre. His mode of pre-.
paring the land we have not learned. Our own
practice has differed from his. Wc prepare
the land by ploughing and narrowing as for
corn. Then mark or furrow out about four
feet apart. Then put in the drill five or six
cords Of eooi' comnost per acre-level down
the surface Of the compost with hoe-then
SOW timex. psifng perhaps three bushels of seed
pr acre. The seed is scattered so as 10 give
hrt Of p'n!s nearly one foot widc on each
dr.ii: 'l.r plants stand vesy thick The land
l. liicd Il uch rs for potatoes in drills. A.
sroH the srindies are fairly opened we be-
ein 20 cut, and each evening take to tho barn
Is mai.y Cs viii be wanted fDr the stock that
croiing and ire next morning. This We con-
II oil lI.I
i.an were required for use in green state,
: Guild CIT mp hfJrc the frost had taken much
hold cf lie leaves bind in bundles and cure H.
tic iclJ, as The top stalks are usullly cured
Ia order 10 have This green feed in good
stat" from August 10 October, lhr parts Of the
frld should be 81 intrd nj three or four differ
e'iiiuicS from The lst Of ay up 10 the rniGdr
q luAc. Even later than that will do in many
SEASONS. lFe have seen good crops upo
sHarj land from which coop of hay was TAX
On about the first of july; tire land was thcl.
ilo,ged and sowcd. Should ihc uumn b.
aar.a, the corn thus sowcj would give good
yield of fodder
The IIanweil corn has 100 small stalk for
this purpose. The Southern corns do WE'LL
Even the humbug Chinese Tree Corn gives &
lobe stalk, of very good quality.
CARELEssNEss IN CAPTIVATING Corn -
i.rt rs calculate the cost nf careless practice.
in cullivaiing corn. We win take 80 acres,
aid say NC place 'iie hills three feet une in
ces apart. which IS good distance, we vii.
have 55.775 bids, IS lie process that is lhus
prac'iscd. il is seldom these hills average ISo
good cars . a hill. owing IN the carclcss rrac.
uce OF selecting 'te seed, drooni::y. ploughipr
&c. la the 6rst place, ga ehould break up
In, ground deep, furrow out s;rai.M, and drop
plenty IN the hill, and after il is up 10 the hel'l
Of IS inches or Two feet, ru;i ali on bu. three
stalks, (but not like the French negro, who
when he found but one or two in hill pulled
them also, because he had been told 10 leave
but three stalks in hiO by this practice We
obtain l67 33I ears, and in a common season
10 take the ears as they stand on the stalks, l2s
will make bushcl, which will be 1898 bushels
or abca: 60 bushels to the acre, and as remark
cd before, in general way the farmers in thi:
country do not get more than tEo thirds o
'his amount from the acre, or al most % bush
els, where there is ole man raises more there
are two that fall short.
If tins calculation is correct, and We believe
1t will be found so in general wav, then Gael
farmer is losing AGA bushelsof corn on twenty
acres; this at % cents is SIG; q sum suffici
ent to pay for the culture of the crop. II or1
views are not correct, We hope some of oul
experienced farmers will set us right UPON The
subject.
CORN OIL. We observe by a western
paper, that a number of barrels of corn oil have
been sent on from Ohio 10 New York. 1t is
Saiu 10 DC an excellent commodity, burning as
oriihantly as the purcst sperm, without emitting
any Of Inc offensive odor Of ordinary oil.
this new discovery should prove successful. rs
those bes! acquainted with ii contend that i
will, The vast surplus of corn which is now rails
ed IN this country, and SO much Of which i
made into alcoholic poison, my be Converted
into profitable and beneficial use. Rocheste
Democrat.
KNITTING MACHINE. We are inform
Cd that the rotary knitting loom, ofwhich mel
i'on was made IN our paper some time sinc'
IS soon TO be in readiness for operation. Th
inventor nfurms US that good knitier wit
two ordinary assistants, with a section ST thes
looms, will turn out 100 pnirs of stockings G
gloves per day. The machine may be opel
otcd by large dog or any other simple powe
anu the the cost will not exceed three hundre
dollars This, successful, of which there en-
De no doubt, will introduce q new era in The b.
S,ness OF manufacturing hosiery, and will prot
''iy ensure asuccessiul competition with fo