The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-07-23
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.GREAr YIELD or ConS.--Wc clip the follow.
Mg from the Aiabamian, which we commend
20 our readers. and call upon them to make
tho experiment:
Mr.. Geo Walker, Of Susquchanna county,
Pa, produced, the last year, one hundred and
sixty bushels Of corn per acre. The following
Is his statement:
/ plowcd five acres Of green swnrd, for corn,
the beginning Of May, aud hauicd one hun.
drcd loads Of manure on the ssunc. Aftcr the
manure was spread on the ground il was well
narrowed, and planted the last Of May, in rows
three and a half feet apart, running north and
south, ana three feet apart in the rows running
east and west; from three TO five grains in the
hill. Two bushels Of lime, mixed with three
buShels Of plaster, was applied to said five
acres very soon afer IL came up. A pillow did
not enter the field after the corn was planted.
Tho ground was kept loose and mellow and
tho grass and weeds suoducd by the use of the
cultyator, making but little use of the hand
hoe. A specimen of the corn was exhibited
at the State Fair at Lancaster, in October,
being Of the white flint species, eight rowcd,
small cob and long ears, more than one foot in
length.
In addition TO the enormous yield Of one
hundred and sixty bushels to the acre Of
shelled corn, the same field, containing five
acres, produced twelve tons Of superior pump
kins, some of which weighed more than forty.
one pounds. Said field is situated on one Of
the highest hills in Susluclnnna county, be-
ing an oak, pine, beech and sugar maple ridge;
soil a sandy loan. GEO. WALKER,
EANlY ToMAToEs.-Ih order TO have tomia.
toes ripcn thoroughly with us, they should
have Nh early start. A writer in the German.
town On. j. Telegraph thus discuorscth about
this valuable fruit
There is probably no fruit which is ut present
more generally and dcscrvcdly esteemed than
tho tomato. Its medicinal virtues are more
universally recognized by practitioners, and
very few gardens arc destitute of il, though
owing TO various causes not necessary to men
ton, success in cultivating il is rarely attained.
The soil best adapted TO this fruit, where il is
required early IN the season, is a fine dry sand,
AS hovellull of old, well rottcd manure in cacl,
bill will be sufficient, and the plants, after they
come mp, require only 10 he hoed and wceded,
TO insure an abundant crop. sticks, To keep
the fruit from coming in contact with the dirt,
may be supplied, OF few bushes placed around
the plants will bc good protection. TN very
rich land, the vines possess greater yigor, but
the maturation of the fruit il retarded, and j,
less rapid and hcalthful. For sauce, pies ant
pickles, as well us for Il variety of other uses
the tomato is unsurpassed by any vcgctabl,
with which W. are acquainted. The yield j,
very large, consequently a full supply for do
nestle purposes and uses may bc obtained from
a few hills. The yellow tomato is general,
preferred to the red, though both are good, -
Preference Is, perhaps, in this, u matter o.
mere taste, after NIL. In the vicinity of larg,
markets, ms much clear profit is realized from
few roisof land, cultivated in early tomatoes
as from many a hundred acres farm, which
produces only the ordinary kinds of vegetables
and grains.