The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-03-29

1t should be remembered that The season
was what would generally be called good
was an abundance OF rain, but II
did not fall in such proportions, or at such
times, as though, best calculated 10 ad
vance the crop there were only two days,
however, throughout the season land that
a, a critical STACEY that it showed Signs OF
suffering from drought, but Of course II did
suffer ior some days belote II began TO give
h~a-
.u ih t ~ have dealt in facts but if you
wiz oea' WISE a ltlle While, as have
pen IN manu. "t"~aw indulge little in
speculation. The RESIN { ,h,ssxnr,imen,
has served to satisfy me, that. : nra",;ca
bic to make one hundred and thy CnshoIs
TO the acre on our best corn lands, Props,
wr"-aj, and with good season-though
liIile. Ia dry season it might bring very
that this LOT wouNa place, am convinced
more than IL did ii II haupiclded me much
any other kind Of corn than tnaan,ed with
planted. Some two or three year y was
was puIsuaded by my neighbor Burton, vii,
was good practical farmer, to try VIVA
IS generally known in iha, neighbOrhoot
as Gooch's corn" which be represented
as remarkable for producing regularly Nv,
ears 10 the stalk on commqn land-whicl
my experience taught ne is quality pecu
liar 10 that description Of corn, aud will foI
that reason answer good purpose on very
poor land; bu! il is the most indlfalen, con-
IN use for good land--ior on The best land
have never been abe 10 get more thaa the
same two short ears, measuring abeut eight
inches IL length-aud 10. this il must have
proper room-shlle with The large cared
gourd seed corn on land Of the same quality
the yield has been more than double. By
some mistake or negligence on toe part Of
my overseer, who prepared the corn for
planting this vas the corn selected, although
| bad determined never to plan, another
grain OF II on any quality Of land that had
This was The only piece ofccrn had Of that
description.
Again, the ears made were small, gener.
ally OF the sizs of the Baden corn, which
when ! tried II, usually took 900 ears 10
make barrel-and estimating 900 of these
ears 10 the barrel, i, would show that there
we're 900 stalks that produced, on an ay.
erase, though some of the stalks had two
ears, aud by the calculation before made,
there were | 400 stalks mat did no. pro
duce, which no doubt diminished IN GREAT
degree tie product Of the balance, as lhey
served not orly TO draw heavily on the coll
Dat to crowd and prevent The .fee cifcula
ton OF ar. Now If these II 400 stalks
are taken out, aud The remaining $4,000
are properly distributed, they would pro
luce much larger if not greater number
y eafs-so that BY planting IN rows three
ees apart, al The distance Of ten inches, il
would give you 1850 hills OF stalks Of
corn, at which distance il mus, be obvious
from the experiment already made, thai
every stalk would bear ('or ia that case the
same number did bear, when crowded uE
With / 400 that did not bear a full ear
then estimating Coo ears to the barrel.
which would be ample, and you would have
twenty nine barrels aud tsoIhirds Of bar.
rel which with the extra ears, tor many
1t The stalks would produce tHoj would
1gefF1n the thirty barrels.
Al all events, this is the experiment !
mean to make next year, and from il, With
good season, ! anticipate $50 bushels OF
Cortland wish this communication may
have the effect Of inducing others to try Il,
i Il s only upon quarter Of 40 acre.
have already Ia.d Of ny Iol aud an prepar.
ng i for tie trial.
Yours, g.. JOHN II. Bolts.
Washington, Dec. q, 1913.
we have moi been able 10 comply will
W. Bots request BY obtaining the certli.
ate be aludes to, because we have seen
'nly f'5O Of the gentlemen; bu, they corrob.
'rate his statement 10 the fullest extent;
ia! IS as good as if a thousand had certified
Q Il. Ed.