The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-11-02
from he ssushefa Geo Csl,isator.
CULTURE or CORN

W. Jaw " tM@aM UAk NtrMA M@tisFf.
ford Cor The suhjoined letter. giving N,
experiments In The culture af corn On !
new system. We are the mare Obliged
% him. who We know 10 be young lar.
mer. because Of the excellence OF his ex.
ample % The older men. 10 giving 10 The
results Of his experiments ian example
which se trust will not be lnst on our
plaaleu generally. The experimen,
speaks Cor itself. and We commend The
litter q The careful consideration of onr
readers--lei them reflect upon lis truths
and improve upon is suggestions.
cn~fesd CO Sep, rs is4s.
Msssrs. Edifor.-The communira-
tion which am about 10 nskr. | design
edmaking % the Albany culuvsior las,
wear, anu wouid have done 81 had /, no,
BEEN for nv aversion 10 appearing IN lie
public prints. II several times thought
ofmaking the communication orer fic,i-
lous name, but reflected that facts are no,
- splto be received a. such. unless man
Touches Tor their ruth in his own proper
name.
I.may be- proper 10 saw. in the on,.ct.
that an cal.ivaling land on Film, river.
which settled some four years since Cor
my father, and which. in The common
language here, is .as rich as land ever
GETS 10 be :"
Last year ] planted Coz experiment one
acre Of corn III HE following manner:
The ground was 6rst broken very deem.
and then laid OF f,co fret each way-the
corn planted in the checks and covered
with the foot. When il was ~ abou,
halt leg high, | had II fat weeded and
ihinned 10 one stalk. When siIking 4
had i aat weed again. and this finished
The culhsa,ion--il never had been plowed
a Ill. About The lime The rom was
grown, severe wind prrsiraled il in sese- /!
ral places, 50 that feared my experiment |
would fsil ~ last. In addition 10 this dis
asier. i being In m exposed situation,
The squirrels destroyed good dcal--ihe
outside row was, think, entirely con-
sumed. A.aproper Time | hal what vas
len gathered, shocked out, and measured
the ears in barrel in The same manner
as We purchase and sell cora. had one
barrel sheIled, and as l had no measure
upon which 70 depend. weighed the corn
thus shelled. According 10 The weight
Of This barrel, the produce of The acre, as
gathered, was FIVE thousand one hundred
and four pounds. /
Now farmers differ as 10 The weight ola
oushei OF corn. In the Southern States il
varies from so tn Sc pounds; the latter be-
ing the maximum weight. This allow
cd and you will perceive, upon calcula-
hon, that this will make il oil bushels and
nearly half a peck.
] have given YOU the result Of an expe-
nmeni tried under many disadvantages.
VIII now give the reasons which indu-
sed me 10 PLAZA. as did l, il a fact we'll
SHOWN, that corn natures better in col
oer climate than ours, and from this in
.errcd that il suffered too much from The
intense and collected heat of the sun in
our climate. This is one reason why
painted so close, FOR when grcwn in mid
summer, The ground, and therefore the
'"ols, would be protected from the sun
oy The shade Of the corn itself. Another
reason was, that in aprrcrria,ing a given
aumoer Of stalks to the acre, they had
better be planted at equal distances from ,
each "lher in every direction. so thai the
roots Of one stalk will not interfere with !
nose Of another. by this system you
make II more profitable, as every particle :
VI earth will be reached by the roots, and ,,
az portion Of soil be free from effort :
while other portions are overiasket. !,
Another reason was, that when planted a
30 as To shade the ground, (sirange as il '
NAY appear. il would better stand
=; by preventing the largest por- Il
"0l, oil shower from. cvaporallng. as il a
I. ',,e case where The sun has free access v
!" Inc ground. That ibis idea may not 4
a,Fpear 50 novel. ask YOU 10 retlec, tina, i,
,"e spots which remain mois, for the u
'osess time in the woods are those which 4
''e covered with the denseli growth. .
another was, that il would save labor \
~ me cultivation; for when the corn is. .
''sh enough 10 shade the ground, weeds b
SUI grass cease 10 flourish. And still an G.
=. '''er reason was, tina. il saved The neces- ,
ny Of cutting the roots with the plough. ,
Know this is a con,roversed point a .e
Jung practical farmers; but would jus, d,
. soon expect that an animal would be .
=" - thrifty by having his limbs broken j.
n's mouth laceraiei. A. To suppose thai =,
pant would be mare vigorous in conse- u
'ehee Of having lis leaves or roots injur- ,