The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-04-18
From the Farmers Cabinet.
CULTIVATION OF CORN.

ion, is simply this plough your ground well, com
pletely turned six or eight inches deep, early in
the spring, and about twentieth of the fourth
month harrow twice lengthwse great care should
be taken not to diSplace the sods of the furrows
Then, the ground be dry, as it frequently is a.
bout this time, pass the roller over the field; then
harrow once or twice more according to the tilth
of the land; mark the field three feet apart as
possible, and cross it five feet apart as near north
and south as convenient, but do not mark with
the plough as that will turn up more or less of
the sod, or leave openings, but do it with log
with handles like those Of the plough; this makes
a neat mark, and the earth so movedis finely pull
verzed, and no sods will appear on the field
This should be done by the twenty-ffth of the
fourth month, for this reason, the ground is in
better order for planting about this time, eight
times out often, than Immediately before or atterI
and for the farmers Of the middle states it is de-
cidedly the best time TO plant What call hav-
ing it well done is, TO drop in each hill four good
grains, and cover them over with mould one and
halfinches deep; care should be taken that the
hoe is not drawn under the grains, as that oftenI
raises them too near the surface, where there isl
not sufficient moisture for them to vegetate. The
hills should be broad, so that all the grains may
have an equal chance TO vegetate and come up
staight, not springing from side to side of the
hill in horizontal direction. Towards evening
Of each day you plant, let the part planted be rel
led, or,f several hands are planting, the roller
may follow, and if the ground should become
wet, wait till it is dry; you had better be idle
than TO plant it when the ground is too wet.
The first rolling may frequently be omitted, but
sometimes, and on some land 1T is highly neccs-
sary. Harrow your ground with the furrows and
quarterng, but never at right angles, as this would
turn up sods; my reason for being thus nice about
displacing the sod is this; the egg, from which
the cut worms proceeds, being deposited in the
grass the fall previous Il say III the grass, for this
reason, they are not found upon lands that have
been titled two years in succession) and being
well turned six or eight inches deem places the
egg so deep and cold as 10 greatly retard the
worm from coming Gu, and by narrowing well,
but not deep, flis up the openings, and rolling
after plnting, presses and pulverizes the ground,
prevents washings, causes the ground TO become
warmer at the surface, the grain TO vegeta:e
quicker, and all at the same time, and the worm,
when it does come forth is very feeble, and be-
ing buried at the depth of eight inches and the
openings all closed and rolled, they cannot get
at the corn in time to iniure it, if planted when
half the length of commin pin, and about the
same in thickness as pin when they are first dis
covered at the corn; attached to them is small
web resembling that Of The spider, with which
Immediately cover themselves when disturbed.
When land is ploughed deep in autumn or carly
in spring, the openings closed and rolled and the
corn titled with the cutivator, or sod not broken,
/ have some doubts about the eggs hatchng till
they are brought nearer the suffice | ploughed
a field between six and eight inches deep for
corn early in the spring, treated as above desert
bad, farmed with the cultyator, the corn was MOI
injured by the worm and made sixty bushels per
acre. The spring following the field was plough
cd and sown with oats, when they were about
half grown or more they were blown and beaten
down;a second crop sprung up Immediately, and
| scarcely knew whether TO cut the first crop OF
wait for the second, however cut the first and
owing to the vast quantity of green oats, the crop
was compelled TO remain in the swarth four days
by this time all the cut worms of that field and of
some others, for what know, had collected un-
der the swarth to feed on the green oats; in every
horse track or small hollow that was under the
swarth there were dozens; | counted fifty three
on four inches square; they had cut the green
oats so as TO cover themselves with the chaff, and
they were generally found under each swarth,
and | think would make about one bushel per
acre-they were full grown. Now the eggs from
which this army proceeded must eitherhave lain in
the earth at the depththe plough placed them or
they were deposited in the ground while, in with
corn, or on the field after the oats were sown, or
perhaps several years ago. presume they are
no great travellers, or | should have supposed
some of them were from distance.
have done looking after the worms. The
corn once up, attention must be paid 10 it. go
over and replant all thathave not two good stalks
TO the HILL Corn planted in this way, the furrow
being shallow and the surface smooth by rolling,
will not admit of the fallow horrow therefore |
use the cultivator, and prefer one that is much
more while the corn is small, as ii does not Gov
er the corn or disturb the sods; when the corn is
out Of the power of the worms, if there be any,
thin TO two stalks TO the hill. My corn is the
Virginia gourd-seed; some kinds, perhaps would
do thicker. run a two horse cutivator between
the FIVE feet rows which distmbs the ground and
grass as they should be, and one horse the othel
way; the two should be used frequently, so as &
keep the ground clean and mellow. When the
corn is fit 10 plough put one light fuuow TO the
side of each row; this should be done while the
corn is small, to cover the little weeds that may
have started in the hills; in a short time put one
heavy frTowto the other side of each row, which
must be followed by the hoe TO cut out the weed
sc. IT, the sod is tough, plough the middle shal
low, butifthere is little or no scd, thin with twt
horses and plough, stir them deep. After har
vest, if the grass begins TO grow or the season b,
dry, pass The two horse cultiyator, but with shoI
Ter teethHhan before harvest, over again; fifth
does not make crop put out lime ill it will
Ploughing just before planting turning the egg
and grass down, and narrowing and rolling as al
ready described, is sure TO produce good crop
when il can be performed well the ears will b.