The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1846-05-09


bushels Of ashes or Poudrette, and q
half busfel Of plaster Before the corn
was planted, it should have been soak
ed in warm water twelve hours, IN
which water, two pounds OF saltpetre
for every three gallons of warm water
should have been dissolved As soon
as the corn gets hand high, let it be
worked with the cultivator, and re-
planted, and !hinned down to two stalks
in hill, at the same time the han,'s
can uncover any which the cultivator
NAV have covered up. As soon as
this is done, sow broad cast two BUSH
els of Plaster per acre over it, then
work it deep with good cultivators,
every week until it begins to tassel gen
orally. The hoes should pass over it
once, to chop up any weeds or bushes
the cultivator might leave. Let the
ground be thoroughly prepared before
you plant, and afterwards merer lei a
plo,o appear in your corn.fe'd. wonld
not advise the removal OF suckers.
would enlarge in argument to support
these views, but will content myself
with two extracts from Agricultural
Reports, that set forth my views bet
ter than perhaps could myself express
them, and one giving an astonishing
fact as proof of their deductions being
clearly correct.
About the time corn is maturing,
brace roots shoot out from the joints
near the surface of the earth. These
| roots often strike deep into the earth,
affordng both nourishment and support
to the plant-if higher hill has been
made. these roots shoot outhigher upon
the stalk, where it is brittle, and likely
to be snapped ofi'by the fiji st high wind.
If there be little or no hiling, the corn
will bend and yield to the storm, and
rise again, having sustained little or no
injury. This would particularly be the
case where the soil is very fertile and
highly cultivated.
swell grown corn has from forty to
sixtv large roots extending from the
Joints under ground, which with the
TOP root, penetrated deep into the soil,
if not obstructed by hard subsoll.-
From these large roots innumerable
small fibrous roots shoot out in all d.
rections towards the surface, extending
across she rows five or six feet, in search
of nourishment for the plant. The
deeper the perpendicular roots pene-
trate the soil, the less injury the plant
will sustain from drought. And the
more the surface has been broken and
puverized. the further the surface roots
will extend in search of nourishment TO
mature fine and large rs."-Repor'
on Corn in the Southern Agriculturist.
Mr.. Woodstock, in Connecticut, rals
,, ed of the "Dutton corn improved"-
one hundred and fiftv-one bushels aud
eighteen quarts of. shelled corn on one
acre! "The land on which it was
planted was ssowe1 ground" manfred
with common yard manure, at the rate
, of from twenty to thirty cart-loads t,
the acre, turned over fiat, and rolled
, and the corn planted on the furrows
1t was hoed four times without billing
. or turning up the furrows between the
rows. The suckers were all allowed
to remain upon this corn until the Gus
, tomary time for cutting the stalks
! ! Extract from Report by the Commit
= tee on Farm Products, prepared tor
EC,,;etv in Copnerticut
These extracts furnish many valua
> bic facts, which enable the reader t.
g form conclusions obviously importan
in the cultivation Of this plant.
= As soon as the corn has mature'
. . sufficiently, which is generally abou
= the last of August, it should be cut Of
close to the ground and setup in stocks
ri AS soon as cool, frosty, dry weathe
!. / begins, it may be stripped in the fell
! of the shucks, and housed, the shuck
= left on the stalk. The husking is dom
. by throwing the corn from two heap
- together and then setting up two heap
i or stocks into one.
" As soon as The corn is'housed, yo'
. then should begin hauling in the fodder
= stack it up all around the barn yard;
4 is done by merely setting the stalks u
as used, and they keep sweet the Who'll
:, winter Just as they would do in slngl
i stocks in the field. By having it Sc
h up all around the barn-yard, you thu
- break the wind and have your cattl
. . food conveniet to your hand as yo
!, want 10 feed it out--This food give
- - pIentifully will keep cattle in fine orde
- :, the whole winter, without anythin
i else unless it be straw or leaves TO
= beds under their shelters.--Amer,ca
Farmer.
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