The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-06-15
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AGRICULTURAL
From The Temperance Advocate
M1IToN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
ReD0rt on Corn.

s., Ground for Corn; the proper distance a
Is Which it shouldstand; AN the best varie
:sty also the times of ploughng and hoe
siaa.gand the best way of doing each.'
First, it is the duty of every one wh'
4 wishes TO make good crop OF Corn, t.
first prepare their lands well. Breal
4 them UP early as possible. Septe. .nbe
would be the best, if they have not beer
y in Cotton the previous year. You shoule
break your clay lands deep, but not very
close, otherwise they will bake.
After thus breaking early and deep
the freezes of winter will have greater
power to- mellow the lands, and make
them fertile, than if the lands were to lie
until spring undisturbcd. 1t will also
have q. tendency, if broke early, to de-
stroysthe worms. and many insects, which
infest our corn in the spring, and destroy
it very much. The proper distance at
which corn should be planted, Is subject
of great concern, and it is necessary that
every farmer should make himself ac-
uuainted with the different modesof plant
ing; and choose there(rom the mode best
suited to his soil and variety of corn.-
There is a mode which farmers have
been long in the habit of. 1t IS toPlant
in check S feet by 5, 2 stalks in hill. .
j. This mode no doubt was very good
one, when our country was first settled,
and good while after. But now our
lands have become so old and worn, 1t
seems to US as if that mode might be out
of practice. We are Of opinion that 2
stalks cannot find sufficient nutrition to
support them so we'll, when planted so
close to each other. So, if we would
improve, we must alter from our former
practice Of farming. Some are very
fond of planting in checks Of 4 feet by 4,
l stalk In bill, but there are some ob.
iections to this way: one is, the land will
wash great deal more; and another OBJ
iection is, when corn is laid by, the beds
are TOO small to support the corn roots
There is another mode of planting which
Is in checks of 5 feet by 8, one stalk in a
hill. This is much better plan than eth
er of the above methods. BY thus mode
of planting, you may cultivate your crop
with very little hoeing. The way you
should plant corn in this mode is, you:
must take scooter and lay off your rows
5 feet apart, single furrow, then take
scooter, or shovel, and cross at the dis
tance Of feet, dr'p your corn in the
check, and cover it by running wrh a
small scooter a furrow on each side. We
have paid some attention t" the variety OF
corn, and find it very difficult to ascer-J
tain the best variety.
Some are of one opinion and some
another. But we will give our opinion
on the subject. We think from our ex-
perience and best information, that yel-
low corn that we have amongst US, would
Weld the most, planted in our thin lands.
Its sound, firm, heavy corn. 1t is We
ry good to raise stock on. 1t is stronger
than the common white corn.
But there is another variety. which we
would prefer to plantSin good strong land;
whichis mixture between yellow and
a large white.
q tits also very sound and heavy, and
yields we'll.
In ploughing a crop of corn, commence
as soon as the corn comes up, and is big
enoug ia to thin. Then plough, thin and
hoe, or you may only run round your
corn with plough if your land is not
grassy. The second time of Plnughing
should commence in about 20 or 2l days,
especially if it is dry season. for in
ploughing twill create moisture to rise
in your land, which of course will be of
some consequence to keepthe cnrn grow
ing. Also plough your lands deep and
close. The third ploughing must now
commence in about ls days, which should
be strictly attended to; you should not
forget to plough deep as well as close, for
in SO doing you will keep seasoHrgrens
deal longer.
The fourth and last time of ploughing
comes on in aboutsI5 or l6 days. Which
ploughing should be, done with a short
shovel, to run next to3he corn, run at a
little distance from the corn, and shallow
Then take tWister and fill up the furrow
that was made by the short shovel; ther
& finish your row out with scooter, tc
prevent the land from washing. Thu