The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-26
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INDIAN cORN-RYR-GUANo,


E.lrsrt sf . Letter rom n Col 'sberough, Of
TalSsl e.. Md. 10 ,. : aklAasr.
As 10 Your inquiries relative 10 corn
sown broad cast. Coz fodder, | have had
ihssxperienceof but one year. and am per.
fecIly satisfied Of lis value. My horses
have performed equally well as on fodder.
prepared or cured afleF The oil plan. The
spprehensinns ron express, thar the blade
md Top would be Fendsled :. raluelss By
Gessicalian before the stalk could be sui
fieienlly dried 10 save il from heating and
Epoiling," &c is gronndles. cut my
corn just before The usual time for saving
blades-il remained on the ground lor
.sOus % hoars Tor The purpose Of wilt
ing. was ilien taken up, bound into com
Iaoa sized sheases and about S or G Of
them sci up together on the hniis In
Place. itihus rem lined III sufficient cur
cd for slowing away in the Farm house.
J,-uai recollecl The precise time occupied
il curing. bat iop-luddrr has been 50
treated Cor years in Caroline county. and
then put up in stacks. ID Is astonishing
hos much wet weather ID will stand aud
vel be good fodder ifbonnl IN slleayes as
Aforesaid, aud SET up Recollcet loo. tina,
the stalks Of the broadcast corn are moi
larger Than the stems OF lhe tops or gnnd
corn, planted Al the usual distance; aud IL
YOU were 10 resort 10 The old fashioned
fodder house-simply for curing. the Mat
Ter could be Is certainly accomplished in
that way as in the ordinary curing Of top
fodder. IL it's said iou, llIal the saccha-
Tine principle IN corn resides near the
bottom Of the sialk--and Of course this is
all lost by the old method. cannot
speak Of The weight OF the crnp--bui Of
this ! am ceriain--il will produce more
valuable fnod Cor stock, per acre, than
any thing lha. has come under my view;
II Is accomplished with less labor, less
preparation. The pas year, ms seed was
mol properly covered. and the birds CIT
much Of the grain before il sprouied;
there were many uaked spots of several
yards square, but, nevertheless. there
we're 10 large ox-eart loads frum a lttle
over two acres. ..
Here is but one cfap. have not US
ed Il as green food either for horses or
cows, ba, have no doubt il would be ex-
cellent for The latter. have never tried
The Rye for early cutting, in fact, never
sOwed Rye but once in my life, anu shall
never do il again. In my opinion, il
should never be tolerated on farms,
where wheat Is the staple. After the
greatest precaulionl was pulling rye ont
81 my whcst fields Tor years. Would
not Lacernc be preferable! Many are
trying IL here. | have heen restrain
ed only because have no land near my
harms fitted for its production AL entire
" tao stilf-but every effort will be made
before long 10 tighten. by hauling sand
from along shore, &c. / have thought
that the application of the maximum a.
mount OF calcareous mait,r would also
lend 10 render those stiff lands more fria-
bic. Calcareous manurcs have already
been applied years ago, bun M, to the ex-
'eat conlemplated--ihe increased quaint.
y would be applied solely wi h view to
tighten.
lcaa readily conceive the value Of Gu
alo. The only article we have bearing
Inc least similarity, must be the sweep
'ngs Of the hen and turkey houses-wbich
are powerful nlanures, hut small in guam
NY II will be long time before an
y. Shore farmer will send TO S. America
lor manure. You inquire abou, the dis
lance Of planting coru in 1899 for the pre-
mum crop. had seen such accounts
o. making large crops in the L. States,
mai J determined TO try If the same thing
could no, be done in Maryland. | had
grown as large corn as ! hal ever seen
III held culture, nj 4 to'4i apart from hill
" NIL, and was satisfied that the only
mode oil making number of bushels per
aacre, was 10 increase the number Of stalks.
accordingly one acre was in drill At. Gin.
apart from row to row, and Is inches dis
th' IN ilie row--two plants in place
y product l23 bushels and peek; the
o"ler acre was crossed at 3li, each way,
sRd two stalks TO The hill % bushels and
peck the product; The first acre howey.
er' was the besl land.
BE 8. - MIR. Kiich Of Maine, in a
communication To the Monthly Visitor, al
'eF describing several modes OF managing
"'eS, and The i'll success that attended
'nem' IN substance gives The result Of an
experiments made BY placing them in a
sarrei. lie Flushed room in his garre'
fnperslnas ol rats aud mice, To which wa
aa'r secured against eh ldlen anl mra
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