Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-10-23
From the American Agrienit"risf.
Arc Corn C0bs, good Manure

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. Arc Corn Cobs, good Manure?
This question was lately put 10 me by
gentleman at Jackson, North Carolina.
answered yes, Of course; {; that ! consc-
cred them very valuable, Sc. To this,
another man put in an objection. He eau
toned the first person not 10 use them too
freely. If he did, he would not make any
corn because" said he, J." tried them
last season, and where put them on thick
est, lost all my corn"
"Ah! how do you account for that =!
said |.
oh, easy enough. There is so much
lime ia cob,, i, burn, up the land so that
the growing corn all died"
So much lime in cobs !" exclaimed
i" Well, that is new to me. Are you sure
! that was The cause =
"Oh. yes certainly. What else could
! il bes don't believe much in lime, no
! how"
"Perhaps you did not pIow your cobs in
deep enough. Wha, kind Of land was .p
"Well. ii was good strong clay land,
and they were pIowed as Geep as we
ever plow in this country. How deep
would you have plowed r
:. Ten or twelve inches 7"
Ten or fuelre inches! Well, don't
want yom to plow my land. You'd turn
the soil all under so deep it never would
do any good again."
"My dear sir,I would not only plow that
deep, but would use the subsol plow.
also, and then don't think that the lime
IN corn cobs would hurt your land"
"You may talk as much as you like,
but know il was the lime in The coils that
killed my corn /; and lime will kill any
land in this climate and as for a subsoil
plow, woudn', let you bring one on my
larm and don't believe they were ever
of any LeDef, 10 land 10 the world"
"Wha, sort of p!ows do you use. my
friend, and how much team 10 plow -
Why, the common sort Of plows in
this country and never want any plows
on my land that one horse can't pull.
I've seen enough Of your new tangled
Yankee plows-l believe they are jus,
poison 10 The land, do; (; and as for plas-
ter and guano, ,ha, you talk so much
about, l've tried both and they ain, worth
u cent no, nor lime eilher.'
Now, pray you to take notice that this
wise man is not only farmer. but he is
an overseer-one who hires for high Wa
ges-.ets himself and his knowledge and
skill to another sets himself up as a com
petent teacher Of the right mode OF farming,
manuring, and managing land and. as
you see, understands agricultural chem.
isiy," abou, upon par with nine tenlhs 0!
his class and yet this man has charge OF
an estate ,ha, is probably worth seventy
or eighty thousand dollars. How can a
country improve when nearly all the ag.
ricu,uraI operations are conducted by just
such bigo,ed ignoramuses as this man
men that rdicule the idea Of learning abou,
farming in book. And not only that,
but when such men as the Messrs. Burg
wyn's are conducting their enlightened
operations righ, before their eyes, and BY
means OF lime. turning old broom sedge
fields into the most luxuriant clover pas.
lures. they no, only ridcuIe them because
the frs, crops don't pay COST" but con-
tend ,ha, line and deep blowing will ruin
any land. How can you teach man az.
ricultural science, that contends that slime
in corn cobs'' killed his corn. and who
never reads an agricultural book or paper.
s. K.