The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-07-04
From he Neu Geaesee For,,,.
A VISIT TO DARIUS C0USyoc,.-.
FARM.
EyFERrIEXTs II RAISING rrrx

Il n IL VI.
EXPERIMENTS IL RAISING CORY
business calling me TO Lcnawee c,n,,
Michigan, CHANGED 10 call on nm,
Comstock, al hts excellent farm ip,b.'' 'u'
of RalsIn. Mr.. c. is venerable Menu 7J'a
Of the society of Friends; and, alb~,~'
he has passed his e0lh years. is d,I, !.
gagged IN looking 10 matters about n, H.
His eye sight has somewhat failed ut~
Causes him much Inconvenience, as h. ~.
student IN matters pertaining to bs orrr.,
non, and Of course takes agrlcpI,p,,lr.,
Of the day. | noticed the New Csr,.'
Farmer, Cuhiyator, aud Western I'm.
lying on his table. Aud here cspro, \.
The opportunity pass without relatinoa ~,
TO show IN what estimation tbs eolieliars,
farmer holds agricultural papers. he ss,,
he would give farm bend one doll,
month more than the present price ~,
would take sGd read UNDERSTANDABLE
good agricultural paper. For. sad IL
: | should then be the gamer, as be wa.r1
know more about his business. VIA,
great blessing Il would be 10 tue patton 4
the same spirit could be Infused mic e,tr
farmer
Experiments in raising Corn. MIC,
motto IS, ii farmer ever runs in del, b,
II be for manure for that, It well appJ,a
will soon pay principal and interest. M
Z. had seen i, stated in your parer. Ma,
over one hundred bushels Of com had lsc
raised on an acre Of land. lie applied I'M
y loads OF coarse 5arnyard manure to ,.a
acre, and turned il under in tie uldg.eF
May, by lurrow seven inches deer. /,
was then rolled, narrowed, lurrowed. AID
planted, 10 the usual manner. It wasor,e
hood and The cul;jva,or passed through /.
twice. One portion OF the field aas pst.
ed with the large dent, AID one with he
Dalton corn, The dent produced ll3
bushels TO The acre. The land vas cots!
cred poor, but the manure told the slory
The same season be let ten ceres Of 90!
land to cultivate on shares. The pera
had The privilege Of drawing mature lron
his barn-yard; but he concluded It Wy.a
not pay the cost, and what was The caa.e.
quence ; This corn was called fair croo
but It took the whole ten acres 10 oL!asss
much as the old gentleman got from E,
:wo and halt acres
The result Of the above experiments q.
Cured 10 1870 Last year trjeud Cor
stock again tried the experimc1, ahaa
Joseph G,h1ons thus describes 10 ue ma
letter:
He selected two and quarter aresd
sandy Land "a clover ley, Hh.c. lad Ia.a
moved the preceding years, Oalt, be
spread % loads Of barn ya-d usryre @"a
acre. From tue tenth To the 6i,e1.r Of
May i was turned under ty iJfrog asa
nine inches deep; then about tUea0y .a
LOADS Of old ashes, scrapIugs Of i.e a.-.
house, chip manure, &c, were aGigt, O.
Ter which II was well narrowed .sa'as0'
Of the Burrows, marked oU;, and planted sai
the latee deut and red biaZa varieties
corn, in bills Two feet apart, With from %
+, : kernels in O hsll, so that there might fe
Sufficient ior three good stalks N each, 2.
ter wedding. Wher It came Up, haa..
uf lcached oshes on each bah. ssonrd 10
check The grubs which were plenty TIE
culiiyaior passed through il three tua,
aud ii was twice hood When i aas bar
vested, t, yioldcja hule over 100 bushes
Of sound corn 10 the acre 10 tho are
field there were near tvo acres ot the So.
gar beet, which Welded 1889 Jusae: e
the acre, or over 80 tons.
What n striking comment IS this on he
propuety Of reducing farms aud adopting 4
new Ss'rm OF civilizations.
4 Yours, respectfully,
!. SNOW,
H.