The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-26
ffom ths Albany cullivasOr.
Culture Of Indian Corn at the North.

Ffom ths Albany culGvasOE
Culture Of Indian Corn at the North.
EDITOR OF THE CULrsAToR :-Ii mus
be apparent In every one. that the sggre-
gate value al the Corn crop is immense in
this e"unlry, and as almost every enIliva-
Tor Of the soil throughout al lis variety Of
sohs. is a grower Of this crop 10 greater
OF less extent. il becomes matter Of i'm.
porianee that il should be managed 10 the
best advantage. know Of no beiler way
10 arrive 1t The desired result than The prsc-
Teal experience OF successful corn grow.
ers, made public lhrnugh The columns Of
The agricultural press. Wemay all learn
something lrom one another indeed ne.
yer had hired man even. IN my life, how
ever ignorant. thai had not way Of his
own Of doing something from which ob.
famed new and profitable idea. These
considerations must be my apology for
my apparent egolism in the frequent use
Of the personal Pronoun in this eonsidera-
lion. "a. st s=s tns#
do not expect 10 add any thing new
in information, upon my present subject,
which has been so nilen and so abs han
died by others before me, hut simply To
show BY what process have been sue
cessful in raising much larger crops OF
corn 10 tie acre Than would be considered
an average yield in this section, al least.
The average yield OF my corn crop, on
eight 10 twelve acres annually. has mol fal-
len so low as sixty bushels per acre in ten
years, while in more favorable seasons
and on my best lands. il will come up TO
eighty or ninety bushels per acre. II is
proper also to stale, tlni some Of the fields
would not cut five hundred pounds ofhay
10 the acre ten years ago. .ese.....- .-.s
The land intended for corn is always
broken up ffom SIX TO nine incnes deep.
varying with the fertility of the soil. late
in the fall. in order TO that perfect pulve.
rizalion of the soil, which the frost Of win.
Ter contributes SO essentially to secure.
The blowing is performed with great care
and precision. No baulks--no crooked
or imperfect mrned burrows are al all al
lowed, bur the whole soil 10 the required
depth is turned over. i have been ron-
bled to lind plows that do good work in
deep fllrrows-llle Centre Draft and Ea-
glc 40. 2, cut and description which is
given in the April number, vol. Nv. Of
the Culiivator, ,ums a perfect furrow
eight, nine or ten inches deep. a s= -
The heaps of compost manure are made
up on this land in August or after, beds
being plowed up 10 receive them. These
heaps are raised at convenient distances
TO load into the cart in The spring, and
spread on the land with the best economy
Of travel, aud contain thirty or forty loads
each, which is the quantity usually APP
piled TO lie acre. 'rhirty-ivc or forty
bushels is called load. In the spling
the manure is laid on The land in small
heaps; the rows OF heaps abou, fons pa
ces apart, because given number Of loads,
fine manure particularly, can be spread
with more case and expedition by making
more heaps of load, and placing them
near together, than by following the more
common practice of making large heaps
wider apart. .@as s~ asaa.t ss.s.er.-es
The harrow going twice in a place, is
started as soon as the workmen commence
spreading the manure, in order that i
should be Immediately Incorporated will
the soil, without the loss Of its valuable
properties By evaporation, and also to d.
vide and pulverze the soil above the sod
so that the plow afterwards may be usee
in light iurrow without disturbing it,
Great improvements have been made IL
hauows hy constructing them. in twt
paris. connected together with hinges
, the play up or down, upon the hinges o
either half, enables the harrow 10 adjus
itself to the surface of the land in all pla
ces; and whether smooth or uneven. i
will always hug down close, and "keel
digging" No farmer who has ever use'
4 a hinge harrow, would be without one 70
4 five times the cost Of making. When tn
: narrowing is completed, the plow with
y sharp point, and a roller on the bean
guaged to the proper depth, covers tn
A manure three 10 four inches, which, atle
G trial Of all ways. consider. about III
n right depth for fine compost. IT,
.The land is then lurrowed out as near
" north and south as the shape and SUI
: face of the field will admit, and also cas-
and west, the rows being three and hal
y fee, apart each way | prefer this dis
! lance 10 planting nearer. In my earle
! farming operations, used TO plant cor
). considerably nearer both ways, of cours
growing greater number Of, stalks an
ears to The acre. In favorable season
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