The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-11
Appendix 10 mr.. Pclnsetts Report.
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Nv DEAR Sra: | have received rour
irtier 0l the 3lsi instant. and with plea
sure write In you in answer. As yau in
iirnale. ] have been for many years sur
cessIil IN nv r"'n crop. snd with bresiiy
state " yon ny mode nf Failure. with
somr raIarks "n the suheci.
Ia the firsi place. considering Il Of i'm
p1hanre. ] an particular in obtaining ms
srel Earh year The STALKS having the
largest numher ol rars. arc marked ia the
iirlI. and harve,led far seed. ny careful
atieniinn 10 liii. way. have had as murh
asien ears az one s'alk. lf thr planier
wishes large ears. mark those sIiiks With
large cars: prefer lhlse wiIh many ears.
Ahnnt this .perind Of year run a large
plough hrtaern The rows of the last years
crop, making clear inrnw. five Or elk
inches deep. aud in ihis.inTrnw. 1 run a
subsoii plnugh. with fur 10 six head Of
oxen. breaking up tile sul,soil sin or eight
inches deeper. In llns farrow, the c"rn
stalks cut up. straw and other manure is
l'1it, and when lhnronghly wei. u is listed
IN with small plough. or hoe il prefer.
red. In this stale, the land To remain I'm.
Ill lime f.r planning. -.
like early planting: therefore. The first
rain is sufficient to moislen The suil well.
after the 18th 81 March. prepare INV seed
csrn. having IL wrll soaked in a solution
OF coal tar. with boiling water poured on
II. and rubbed in aai aud ashes. The
corn planted as usual. the rows four and
half feel apari, and three ieei in the rows:
drop thee grains where il is inlcuIletl That
two stalks are 10 be left. A. soon as the
is well up, The plough TO he used, the
!. bar siae 10 The plant. Al the second
pionghing The iuriow may be turned 10 me
plant. When about two.ihiris grown.
the plough must be put aside. and in lis
place the rul,ivalor or hoe harrow must
be used. Al an early period il matters
mot how often the roots are cut, bui when
shout to shoot its iassrl. aud put out lis
ear, the ruols must nni he eat. or disturb
eel IN any way, or the crop will be very
murh lessened. liza great yield is expeci-
Ell from few acres oi land, the soil must
be very rich and highly nanured. in high
il.ih anil hig III cultivated. In such cas-,
by nay experience and observation, The
best mode Of planting is Two by fur and a
hall feet. 10 drip the seed about six
inches apart in the drill hen intended TO
leave one stalk 10 each foot, hu, ! prefer
decidedly 10 drop two grains (nr. il much
exposed In any way, three gralnsl Two
feet aptn. Well io,wd manure put on
the roots is very advantageous at all pc
rlnls in the growth Of corn. but particular
ly ab,ut the time nf irs sh"ntng out, it
then needs all possible aid i'll pcrltc.lng
lis ear.
canno, recommend too highly The use
Of the suhsoIler, coal. tar. aud a moist soil.
a. the time ii planting. Frequently Il
crust is formed few inches from the sur
face, which is broken through by the sub
soil plough. and the tap root is permitted
10 run deep intn The soil, atlordlng sulii'
cheney nf moisture in lime oi the greatest
drought. The tap root affords moisture,
and the lateral or surface roots fond for
the plant. attribute the small crops of
corn generally made on lice plantations to
the cutting Of The surface roots by two late
plonehIne or killing.
ln 1912, | cndeavnred 10 bring To the
view oi the South Carolina Agricultural
S"cieiy. the improper use "f the plough,
hy Staring some experiments ] made i"r
that purpo-e. which were a follows: !
selected eight large stalks of corn in my
garden nj Hampstead. just before tassel-
ling, had the earth cut, and taken out a
few inches from the stalks, the depth and
width of The spade, so that | could see
ihat the snriare roots were all cut To thai
depth, around the stalks. I'm the next ex.
pertinent. the roots were cut in a similar
manner on two sides. In The third expe
rlmcnt. the roots were cut, but the earIl
not removed. On the rema ming two
stalks, the roots were mol disturbed in any
way. The ears shot out as usual. ant
all of them appeared fine and large. Or
examination when they were all well ma
,ured, the car, from The two first stalks
were entirely defective, having bm fen
scattered grains on the cob. In the Sc
cond experiment. ears defective in con
siderable degree, bu, not sd much so as i,
the first. In the third experiment. deie'
tive, though less SD than in the oIhe
eases. On the two last stalks, where thu
roots were not cut or disturbed. the ear
were remarkably fine and WH .fH'd
These experiments were 10 my mln'
eNriusits ul h. subject . -