The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-05
Fraa ,hs ss~ Eas'aad Farmer.
HARVESTING INDIAN CORN.

HARVESTING INDIAN CORN.
Various experiments have been insli-
iuied 10 show how The crnp Is afeeled by
taking or me mp &C ihe stalk. an he
results as Gar a we remember, agree IN
making the crop larger where the stalk Is
len uncut. Where grain alone is the OBJ.
ieci, II 10 better 10 leave The stalks whole
until harvest time Than 10 cut then.
We believe that al actual trials concur IN
prosing this. But The sover. or corn lod-
der, is an object with nearly al farmers.
and this. q part Of il, Is undoubtedly bet
Der when -, OF while yet green, and
well cured. than when il stands exposed
n the weather until the corn is lully ripe
Whether lhe gain in The qualify OF The
Top stalks Is enough 10 paw Tor emitting
and curing them, and 10 pay also for the
loss of grain, Is point unseIiled by any
actual experiments, as FAR ~ we know.
Common practice is in favor OF cutting
the stalks.
Bot We ! ke better process, by which
We neither top the stalk nor LEI il stand
until II j. ripe For several days. AZ soon
a the earlier ears Of cora in our field be-
come TeH glazed, while the late ones
are yet in good state Cor boiling or roast.
ing. We cut a The roo, lay about fur
hills together, bind a. soon as convenient,
with rye straw. setup about eight bundles
together, aud put around these two bands
Of straw; thus left, even without cap,
the corn sands the weather well, is not
liable 10 mould, even in long storms and
lags. and the stnver keeps clean and cures
well. The corn dries plump. bright. and
sweet--we think more 80 than when |, Il
uncut. The late ears cure much better
in this way. Al husking Tine Won may
find small ears but you viii scarcely find
green one. The labor by this process
is less Than by the process &c topping !;
and se on the whole prefer ito any oh.
sr method We have tried. 10 our paper
two years ago at this time. We described
the whole process infinitely. There all
the instruction is given which We are able
10 furnish.
There is question whether ihe corn
cured in this way is as heavy as that lha,
rlpens on the standing stalk. We have
handled and scorked upon the corn in
both ways; but we have not weighed
with view 10 settle the question Of
weight between them. our opinion is
tia. al the 25,h October, husking time.
the cob of that that has been cut and stock
ed. is mucn the driesi, and that il shrinks
less in the bin than the other, and unless
that which is left standing Till ripe, should
he very considerably the heavier in De-
tober, we should expect the oiherio weigh
most the following winter and spring. In
our Judgment, we get the most weight Of
grain when we cut up and ripen in stock.
IMPROVEMENT Or CORN. WHEAT, e.
bis Editor efihs .fms-ieaa Famr:
had the pleasure a few days ago, Of
showing you couple Of stalks Of corn.
each containing seren perfect ears. They
were taken from a field Of twenty-five
acres, IN the farm Of Gen r. NJ. For
man, Of Cecil county, Md. and fair SAM
PIE Of the crop. General Forman inform
81 me that he had many years ago ADOPT
ed The plan Of selecting his seed corn, all
ways taking /, from the stalks that have
.'e greatest number Of perfect ears; and
@a' by continuing this practice he has
brought his corn 10 the high quality repre-
senIed BY The specimens alluded to. This
nas been uniformly the result with all
VINO have perseveringly practicedh. The
Of New Jersey. forty or City years since;
tNen the maryland twin corn" was pro-
uaeed by some gentleman on the Eastern
Shore; then the Baden corn was announ-
eel, and the Mercer corn, also; all we're
Produced in the same way. General
rorman in;ends TO measure an acre.
s!,. shall be fair sample of The whole
ne.u, aud le' us know the quantity ofshel.
lea corn IL shall have produced; this will
.''ao'e our farmers TO compare the pro-
saei OF this corn with that Of the common
kinds
word or two on the utility ofa'tend-
''s'o such things by our farmers. The
.onaer is that every body does not do il.
anu The only reason can suggest for its
"o' being done, is, that people are not
generally aware, that all kinds OF plants
"ay he improved by careful attention to
'"r"eea'ng, just as murh as animals are
mere are at this day very few farmers
- ignorant as no, to know thar their hor-
f feS' cattle, sheep and hogs, are wonder.
S'Ay improved by judcious selection Of
"'eeders You will scarcely find far
nsf now that does not improve his stock
=! m's means. need not enlarge on