Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-05-15
From the ! ouisyrlle Journal.
CULTIVATION OF CORN.

ly aud deep. To effect this let the plow
pass twice IN the same rurrow i'm such n
manner as To throw the surface 10 the
bottom OF the furrow and to briuu Yp
some five inches of the under soil 10 The
Lew p!owed surface. la land with some
depth OF soil, aud which has not been
treated IN thus manner, very nearly and
perhaps quito the original fertility Of
the soil will ut once be restored, and per-
maps better crop vii be produced than
ever grew on the same land before -
This was the result in the case Of Mr. p.
Chambcrlin, OF this ncighborhood. lie
last year plowed in this mlnner a ten
acre field, the worst worn spot on his
farm, and without any manure the pro-
duce OF this field was more than eight
hundred bus 'Iels OF corn about eighty
two bushels to the acre. lie planted
this field in rows four feet apart with
two stalks every twenty 10 twenty four
inches. BE not afraid of bringing up
clay TO the surface. Depth of loose
soil is indispen SABLE TO fertility, ami a
loose soil Of zen inches deep, may, by
the plan of dJIble burrows, h, created
IN very shor. time on the most I'M
promising lands. A poor un Ter soil
when thrown TO the surface improves
with great rapidity. Mr. Lewis Suun.
ders, distinguished farmer of this
State, Informed US that this was his regu.
lar system, and he never departs Fl ON
Vt IN the case Of sod, which he a'ways
turns under 10 the depth Of ten inches.
Planiing.--A great diversity Of opin
ION exists as TO the number Of stalks To
be left on a given surface. One fact is
clearly established that no very heavy
crop was ever produced here the corn
dId not stand unusually thick, and it is
IN general true that the yield, in the
case Of very heavy crop, is in the d.
rect proportion OF the number Of stalks.
ms we took occasion TO demonstrate
early last Yearly the citation ufins,an
cas-. The heaviest crop Of which we
nave any :hentic evidence was hat Of
Warner Young, OF J"ssunine county.
Kentucky, being little over one humid
red and nlncty-hve bushels 10 the acre
IN held Of five acres, tic fled being
Iai out IN squares Of three rect, with
Tour stalks left in u hill. The next Lar
geSt crop we now remember was that of
George w. Williams, Of Bourbon coun.
~, hentucky, being ubount one hand
red and sixty bushels - the acre, drills
two feet apart, one stalk every foot in
the drill. These crops were produced
IN year (l94), We belieye) OF extra,r
binary corn crops, and the advocates Of
thin planting deny that Mr. Youngs
plan Is the best for The average Of years.
and contend that about half the numicr
of stalks left by him will produce the
heaviest yield in series of years. Mr.
Young assured US last winter that his
crop IN the dryest years was one humid
red bushels TO the acre, but last year, i'm
which very little rain fell in this neigh
borhood IN the corn growing scason,his
crop, we learn, was very shOrt-nuch
shorter than his neighbors' who planted
thinner. No one denies that thick
planted corn will produce less than thin
ner corn, in very dry season, but it is
very clear to us, from our own expert.
ence as well as careful examination oil
the experience Of others, that corn is !
generally planted much too thin. The /
experience in this immediate neig Dor |
mood last year Is very strong on this |
point In that year there was an unusu |
al quantity oil lain in June, and the first
OF July found the corn in q state Of!
great luxuriance; but that after the first
OF July, for thirty days, not drop oil
rain iell-afler the first ofAugust there
were occasional Moderate rains, but the
season was regarded as quite unravora.
Die, and the crops were generally indif.
iereEt-by no means above an average.
Yet Mr. p. ChamberIin of this neiqbbor. |
hoop, produced one hundred and Twelve |
DuShelS to the acre, the corn planted in |
drills two and half feet apart, one
stalf every twenty inches. We have
already stated that he produced over
eight hundred bushels the same year on
a ten acre ficld-corn planted in drills
Tour feet apart, Two stalks every twenty
10 twenty-iour inches. On the whole
we feel authorized To recommend plant.
ing at least as thick as in the last case.
or II squares are preferred, that the
piowlng may be done both ways, Law Off
the ground three feet each wav. and
leave three stalks in a hill Every far
mer must perceive that the great dcsld.
oratum IS to transmute nu;riment Of the
soil and atmosphere into corn instead of
corn and weeds. If the corn is PLANTED
thick, and once gets fair start. weeIs
VIII not grow, and certainly tho growth
oil WEEDS IS quite as injurious TO corn as
too great an abundance Of corn itself
Corn should be planted as oarlv ns
possible, and from four TO six inches
deep. The yield depends greatly on
his. The Germ planted deep is not ii bic
10 be destroyed by frOsts, which will