Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-03-16
son, deep ploughing and clearly culture,
large crop may, with certainty, be calculated


g upon.
: As to distance Of rows, that is with corr
y growers SO much of mooted point, that j
might be considered almost an invidous task
Tor any one to undertake to say what is ,h,
a right distance. Without assuming such az
t extreme position, as would be that of under
j taking to settle poin. that has been debat
I ed Tor more than century without any con
clnslon being arrived at, we may, in a spiri
OF humility, be permitted to state that, in tn.
: course OF our practice, on good ground wei
e MANFRED, we have found 3 feet each way {
very eligible distance. This allows ample
r room to work the corn until it is fit to be
I laid by, as also for free circulation of sun
and air. AT this distance we have left
stalks IN hill and found it to answer we'll
This no" ever should be too close OF poor
land, unless the manuring were carried to
very high point-therefore, the question oil
distance must, Of necessity, be left to the
grower who alone is able to Judge TO wha,
extent his land will bear being taxed
f With regard to The depth of ploughing for
we 60 for the utmost depth that may be
found practicable TO he reached by the pow
er and capacity Of the team, as we believe
the deeper the pasture the more luxurienl
Will the corn grow, and the better will it be
able to resist the influence of excessive rain
and drought. Wego, too, for exac, plough
ing and thorough pulveriza,ion, the avoid
ance Of all ba!ks, and the breaking of every
clod.
In respect to the application of Lime 10 the
Corn crop we do not know tina, we can per-
form more acceptable service to our pa
irons than by copying the views of DR..
Hilliam Darlington, of West Chester, Pa,
a gentleman who, besides successful prac-
hcal farmer, possesses as much scientific
knowledge as any other individual in our
country, and is, wi,hal, passionately devoted
to the cause Of agriculture. The experience
then of snch man is invaluable, because it
comes commended to US by one competen.
to advise, and whose predictions are the
strongest guaranty that could be asked, that
his opinions are founded in honesty. He
says
1.-The auaniity ofl:'7 W." me 1on-
sliion and original character of the SOIL
Highly improved land will bear a heavier
dressing than poor land. On soil of me-
dunn condition, the usual dressing is forty
or fifty bushels per acre. A deep rich soil
or limestone land in the great. Valley, will
receive serenity to eighty (and am told even
one hundred) bushels to the acre, with ad-
vantage On very poor land tacenty to hir-
~ bushels per acre is deemed most advan-
,ageous to commence with. 1t is usually re-
pealed every five or six years.. e., every
time the field comes in turn to be broken up
with the pillow; and as the land improves the
quantity of lime is increased. The prevail
ing practice here is TO plough down the sod
or 1ay in the fall or early in the spring;
harrow it once, and then spreal lime pre-
vlously Stacked to powder) preparatory 10
planting the field IN corn. Every field IN
rotation. receives this kind Of dressing; and
as our farms are mostly divided into about
half dozen fields, the dressing, of course
comes once in six years, more or less, &C
cording to the number of the fields. Some
enterprising farmers however, give their
fields an intermediate dressing on the sod,
after they come into grass, which consider
an excellent practice, tending rapidly to i'm
prove the condition Of the land.'
In speaking Of the state in which the lime
is applied, he says
al is usually obtained in a caustic state
from the kilns, deposited in heaps in the
fields where it is to be spread, and water suf-
ticient to slack it to powder is then thrown
upon 1t. AS soon as Stacked it is loaded
into carts and men with shovels distribute
7, as equally as possible over the ground
1t is generally considered best to put it on
The ground whilst it is fresh or warm, as
the phrase is; and it is certainly easier to
spread it equally while in light puIverIzed
state than after i, gets much wet with rains
am inclined to think, too, that it is better
for the land when applied fresh from the
kim
In answer to question put to him, as ''to
what crops lime is most advantageously ap-
piled, and at What seasons" DR. Darlington
says
at is usually applied, as already init
mated, to the crop of Indian corn IN the
spring of the year. Occasionally II
is applied preparatory to sowing wheat, III
autumn. When used as a top dressing, on
the sod, it is generally applied in the fall =
say N ovember. The prevailing impression
, is, thatuis most advantageously applied TO the
Indian corn crop: and hence the general prac-
ice But the truth is, it is highly advan'a
geous at any and a, all seasons-and ou'
shrewd old farmers have saying-"Ge
your lime on your corn crop if you can-bu
be sure you get ii on the land some time m
The gear"
As to the mode of spreading and incorpo-
rating the lime, he remarks
ss1'he lime is spread as equally as posi-.
bic over the field, and the ground is well
narrowed in different directions, in order to
incorporate the lime with the soil"