The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-05-07

cogN AND CORN GROUND.
A. the time has arrived in many paris
n ~ country for corn planting, and in
rs Nc. Is more il will be lime in all.
A. 5sg 10 cAll The attention Of our read
?, - slls important paGt Of their duties.
9e .aSe II lsr granted that all who have
e.g !,als which they intend 10 put in
.Ea las spnag. were prayident enough
% p. ,agh them last winter. as nnlhing il
n 4. e,adacive TO success in such soiIs
..a The earn crop. than the advantage TO
as 4crlT'd i'om their exposure 10 The in-
s..a.e 81 The Allern t.ians of freezing aud
g,s,ny during winter and early spring.
w. L. q dlslnIegrlIes the more adhesive
a,G.. At mellags the soil, lessons the toll
.. liking. sad destroys the embryo cut
.an. But il is but fair To remark, that
til, 5raeii. To the e,treme Of the soil, can
,a.y be calculated upon where the pre-
:,4uoa vas akeh 10 plough only when
ii. illi was IN proper condition; for il
Gmoy haze been turned up when wet,
ID: possibility is, that it will remain in
co.'s during the entire season. thus add
IA. greatly TO the tolls and expense OF
ELEVATION, ~ well as lessening the pro.
duets OF the crap.
Ii any should have any such grounds,
.n.enied for corn, which is sill TO be
p.lugheI, we would adnonish them not
70 plough il wh-n IL may be either lOu
We, or too dry, but 10 choose that golden
,als OF bsireeniiy." when il may be
easily reduced TO a state Of puIvsrixa,lon
By means Of the roller and harrow. both
Of which should be freely used until the
desired end is attained.
We are firmly impressed with the be.
lief that large crops Of corn are only TO
BE- realized where deep ploughing. thor.
Oash til,h. generous manuring, close plant
las and frequent and cleanIy culture have
been rssonsd to secure them. The coru
plan. i, a greedy feeder and requires q
plentiful supply Of food; and although il
will grow in most soils, and yield some.
thing. still if il be expected Of il 10 be
liberal in its product, IL must be fed with
, ,umptuous hand--so also must the
ground be in such . condition - 70 offer
no inpedimen. to the desert oil i's tap
root, or 10 be horir'nial expansion Of its
,oo.l.,, a, hey may be stretching them.
seize. across the furrow in search Of nu-
nmsnt. II is also essential that lime or
uhss shall be in the soil TO acid in forl6.
ing the silicass Of potash. Why should
q corn grower be content with yield oil
three OF four barrels TO the acre. when by
attention to the thing. we have pointed
out he can with the same labor realize q
product Of from TO IL barrels on ths
zane quantity Of ground ! There are
hose who hold il tn be possible 10 grow
two hundred bushels per acre--our no.
tons Of product, though tolerably san.
guIne in our temperament, do not carry
u' that far, though we do not think that
no corn grower, with the appliances oil
improvement at command, should resi-
cOnsen.ed under fifty bushels per acre.
Bu. to secure such result, it is neces.a.
ry that he should plan, no corn except on
ground which had been previously we'll
MANFRED and made perfectly fine by roll
ing anil cross rolling, and thorough har.
rowing. These pains should a, all times
be taken; but if our corn and Indian
meal are to find a permanent market in
Great Britain, in that fact the planter
should find an additional inducement TO
increase his pains, taking in order that,
with increasing his force, he may make
double the quantity Of corn upon The same
quantity Of land that he now does, there.
BY greatly adding TO his revenue, withou,
materially increasing his expenses.
We have spoken Of the necessity oil
turning up cIayey ground only when in
proper condition, and we will here add,
That sandy. gravely sand or sandy loan
may be ploughed at any time, and that
The deeper The better.
Time Of ptanfi"g.-Tt is utterly i'm.
possible to say when is the proper time
'of corn planting, as every neighborhood
OF thirty miles apart has its own peculiar
proper time, selected no doubt for reasons
good anil sufilcient-but this we may pre-.
mise, tina. in very large majority in any
gwen number Of years, the early planted
corn will succeed best, and give the hea.
West yield.
Distance apart. There is another
mater upon which we will no, undertake
to decide, as every district Of country ha:
lis lavorite distance, though we are moi
only the advocate Of close planting, and
hfmly believe that very large crop can
not otherwise be grown. we are constrain
ell to advance the opinion that Oh goot
ground. well MANFRED, 3 by 4 is space
enough. Earl Sti,nson, of Galway, New