Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-26
A G. RICUL T U R AL.
IN DIAN CORN.

farmers, whether one hundred bushels Of
shelled corn can be produced on an acre.
The fact, however. e It's having been done
has been SO repeatedly established, that
il can no longer be disputed. II we look
at the uaIter more nearly, we shall see
ground 10 hope that we may do even more
th'n this. II we suppose the hills ofeorn
planted at three feet apart each way, we
shall have upon al acre 464O hills
Now. upon the fauher supposIlion that
four bearing stalks should remain IN each
hill. each producing one ear, and each ear
producing seven ounces avoirdupois OF
sheIled grain, the whole amount OF the
acre would be s470 lbs. Of grain and,
allowing 60 lbs. TO bushel, $50 lbs. are
the legal weighl) the yield would be over
one hundred and forty bushels. Or il, in
stead OF one pound and three quarters 10
hill, as above, each ear should average
eight ounces, yielding two pounds to a
bill. the crop would amount to $3.50 lbs,
or, al sixty lbs. to bushel TO one hundred
and sixty.one bushels TO the acre. Bat If
this can be done, why is it not done 3
OILY one answer can be given, which is.
in general. want Of sufficient care in the
cultivation. There is want OF care and
exactness in no: making the hills. so that
the number mentioned shall be compre.
hended on an acre. There is too lnlle
seed sown. so that little chance is had 10
select from the hill. for continuance. the
most vigorous aud thrifty plants. Manure
enough IS not always given 10 the land !;
and By placing the manure in the hill
without spreading it upon the land. the
plant is prematurely forced in the begin.
ming, aud does not 6nd food enough to
brar il out in the latter part Of the season.
10 truth, the habits oil our farmers are any
thing but exact in their cultivation. Few
fields OF corn do not present many missing
hh's; and few hills present four thrifty
stalks in hill! We have still murh TO
learn in this matter; bot there is every
reason 10 hope, that he time is not distant
when. TO careful farmer, one hundred
bushels OF sheled corn 10 an acre will be
no more uncommon than are fifty bushels
at the present time. | remember well
when fifty bushels 10 an acre were con-
sidvred as the maximum product ever
likely TO be reached; vet the average
yield Of a farm in Mortified in this coun.
~ has been for years not less than seventy
bushels 10 the acre.
The mode Of managing and harvesting
Indian corn is a subject deserving Of at
,ention. A diversity Of practice prevails
in this as well as in other paris Of the
country. The custom OF making hills.
that is, raising the ground in Il conical
form round The plant, is well nigh aban.
doned. Many half hill it, but many cul.
tivate it upon an entirely fiat surface
My own experience has taught me, that
no advantage comes from killing the corn
at all, even 10 respect to That point which
was mainly designed to be accomplished
by this practce-thal Of keeping the corn
in an upright position and preventing is
being blown down. When the surface il
fiat. The cora may be blown down; but il
is more likely TO rise again than If it were
hiied, as, in the latter case. the hill oper
ates as fulcrum over which the stalk
in bending. is broken. The roots are the
natural supporters Of the STALK, and plant!
spontaneously accommodate themselves L
their condition. On a fat surface lhel
throw out more and stronger lateral root
than where the corn is hilled. The croI
is cultivated now with q cultivalor or tri
angular harrow with pointed or duck fee
instead Of the plough, which was former
ly used. The cultivation of corn canno
be too clearly; but il is advisable not I
60 10 among il with plough or harroy
after the grain has tegun TO be formed
Before that time. | am satisfied that lh
ground cannot be kept too loose betwee
the CoimGn's Ag Report.
New METHoD OF GRATING APPL
TREEs.-PIunI the seed in rows ut
suitlbe distance from each other, and III
hills say about FIVE feet apar, ia each row
But one tree should be suffered to gro
in a place. Now when the young IRE
is sufficiently grown, in the spring of Il
second or third year, any quality of fru
may be grofed into il in the io!lowin
manner: First, bend the tree over al
nbain for II firm resting place, eth,
on block or board resting on the kne
(aiier il has been divested Of It's branche
and with stout shart pointed kni:
pierce holes directly shrough the cent
Of The tree. about five inches apart, in
which the scions are to be introduced
leaving above, two or three buds.
trench is then to be dug, in a direct Ii
between the trees, about four inches dee
and the whole tree bent down and burit
leaving the tops Of the scions abo
ground. In this new condition, the scio
become uniformly thrifty young tree
supported and nourshed from the burr
tree. from which issue, ir due time, ro
from is entire length. The second We
from this operation, the whole parent Il
may be dug up, the new growth saw
apart, and transplanted. II will thus
seen that If the tree is five feet in heiph