The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-26

Dbl n onset Tie labor y also considerably
increased. There are more hills 10 plani.
aad hor. and he ears being much smaller.
lihe labor 81 bushels j. greater. and no man
can husk small ears and hubbins'" a.
faa Is large ones. Beside, I ind BY &C.
ltnal experiment. thar 4 fiosely planlei
! field viii NOT stand : dreughi near - long
Is . field planted wider apart Every
stalk requires is due proportion Of Innis-
lInre from The earth in order 10 carry The
ear or corn 10 fnli perfection. and ofcourse
The greater tfietlnftupon the soil CIR mons
tire. In planting on scale ol eight 10
twelve acres, therefore. 1 20 for more
space between the hills. notwithstanding
there has bcen So mnrh said in iaror Of
shading the ground by close planting. 10
prevent The eiTects u drought. II is Of
considerable importance 10 have strait
rows both WAYS. the use OF the horse and
chliivaior being much more effective in
ibis case Than in crooked rows; BESIDES
no farmer having spark Of honrsi pride,
wishes TO gaze all summer az 50 unsighily
an object as crooked corn rows. or expose
the same 10 ibe gaze Of others.
IN planting the corn. which is 4 nice
operation. care is used 10 scatter it well
in the hills. putting in six 10 eiglnkernels.
I always direct The planters 10 occupy
eight 10 twelve inches square in each hill.
This may appear small matter 10 some.
but j, is fact, that corn planted thus will
ear heavier. and there viii be more stalks,
bearing two good cars. ihan If the common
practice of mmblng the corn into The bill
at haphazard is pursued. Indeed one
could better afford TO pay man two dol.
lars day to plant corn in The way have
recommended. than the common price,
planted in the common way. The corn
Is covered al least three inches deep IN
\ sandy and gravelly snils. for two reasons.
| In this section of The country we irequeEl-
~ have late spring rrosis. which nip the
corn after il is up; and II covered but
slightly. the vitality Of The tender plant
is often destroyed BY freezing down TO
The roots, whereas. if covered three inches
deep, no permanent injury is done. A.
gain, we sometimes have dry weather a.
bout planting time, and if the earth dries
down 10 the corn after il has sprouted, II
may not come up a, all, IL Il does il will
be long time about il, and At the end oi
.iss~s sseeks y IH n"t Uc rcar so vigorous
MS that planted deeper. The seed is plant
ed dry. have tried variety Of sleeps
for seed corn, but have settled down 10 the
impression that il is as well planted dry
as any other way. The mos. effcctual
"scare crow" have ever found, is line
of white Irvine strung around the field, and
supported BY long stakes. ' 's T.
i In working the corn after il is up, The
main dependence is npon the horse and
cullivaior. The construction Of many Of
tie cultiyators in use is faulty. The up
f, per part of the tooth Is so short, and the
flame work in consequence. is brought so
near The ground, that the implement goes
|, bobbing about over the top Of The weeds,
|, and cloeging up with every impeachment
il meets, the weeds of course are not cot
|, of or rooted up in thoroughor desirable
manner, although | grant they are some.
, what mangIe,l. Ina future communica'
|, tion may give drawing and description
OF cultiyator madesat my suggestion, by
|, am ingenious blacksmith in this place,
which is moi liable 10 the above objections.
Az wedding time the horse and cultivation
pass through the rows both ways. perfect.
tiy pulverizing aud mellowing the soil. and
as Inc rows are always straight the soil is
, worked up close TO the hills each way
, rendering The labor of wedding with the
> hoe comparatively light. The corn is a
gain worked both ways with the horse
and cul,ivator at the second hoeing. the
$ feeble stalks are pulled out, leaving fom
TO six standing in hill, and a broad fla
/, hill made. find it cheaper for me. Sc
, far as laboris CONCERNED, 10 earth up lit
3 tie than to hoe perfectly level, and the hills
/. being made broad and fiat, |, is for any
!. thing can discover, equally as well fol
the corn.
: I never hoe bu, twice, Having plowet
n The land previousto autumn, nothing greer
D started up before the winter set in, and III,
= frost Immediately following, the gras
# roots were killed. In the spring the liant
J, was well narrowed and plowed above lh
/. sod there were no seeds Of weeds in III
il manure, il being well fermented compost
y and thus the work of the season was in
d great measure done before the seed wa
n planted. After the second hoelng the cor
o has the entire occupation Of. the ground
a no further trouble being experienced iron
n weeds Of any kind. The thorough work
q ing of the land before planning, and ais
r. by the use Of the horse and the cultiyato
e through straight rows both ways, at I'll
first and second hoeing, has the further at
r vantage Of bringing the corn along throug
r the fore part Of The season with great RI
st pidity, which is Of essential Importance
If particularly in our northern latitudes.-
!. There is no variety of corn that is neitIe