The Hillsborough recorder., 1854-03-01

must necessarily enter yer
largely into the settlement Of thes
questions /; and after all, the discretio
of the planter must be often left 90 sci
tle them. Ny theory aud my plan
are made To suit the csmmon upland
cf the country, aud NAV therefore b
departed frum as occasion and the dil
Terence in lands nav require. Upol
this basis | shall take hill in preference,
TO drll planting. because Of the create
regularity of distance. the greater Ger
taintyfoi perfect stand. and the great
er ease with which IL NAV be cuitiyat
cd and prefer one TO two stalks in IN,
hlll, because il is more easily cleane.
with the pillow or hoe-better sustain.
ed, as the one receives all the food from
tue soil, which would otherwise be di-
yided-because it viii bear drought
w,th less damage-and finally, though
other plans may produce more ears,
those on the one stalk will be laryer.
equaf.ih Quantity and better in the qua.
litv of The corn.
Having settled the preference for one
stalk IN the hill, the Disfme: is 10 be
given.
] shosld advise the checking to be
four and ashaIi feet one way, by three
aud half the other. should then
expect-to make the crop, afier this pre-.
paration. with three pIowings-the first
to be gtyeh the narros way of the rows.
and the two last the wide way. The
crop is new planted. aud very inn
portant branch of the work is disposed
Of. st
The Node Of Culture remains to be
told. ! will preface that part Of my
essay with this remark: that, however,
much 'otl&r things may admit Of DELAY
and neglect, that the corn crop never
RECEIVERS from injury Of this sort. III
requires tu'be worked early, rapidly,
and to be, disposed Of soon. As soon
as the third aud fourth blades have
made their appearance, let the opera
ton be cpmmenced. The plow run
ming nexttn the young plant should be
narrow aud long. so that the earth NAV
be broken very deep and close to the
young corn, aud yet it not covered.
The best plow in common use, for that
purpose, is the scooter or Golfer. The
latter. in lands that are at all tenacio
or close, is decidedly preferable. If
this operation is as complete as it
should be, all the earth about the roots
oil the plant will be looscned, and when
the middle of the row shall have been
also broken deep and close, the young
roots, which soon shoot out in great
numbers, in search of food, will easily
penetrate the soft earth aud find their
appropriate supplies, and impart health
and vlgor to the young stalk. The
hoes should soon follow the. plows in
this operation, periecting the work by
toone stalk, and giving the hill
a nice dressing, leaving it perfectly
clean, aud returning little more
earth to the root Of the corn. In about
twenty days or three weeks, the work.
ing should be repeated. If the plow
work has been very thorough at the first
operation, it need not now be quite so
leep or close as before, but nearly so,
lsng some plow next to the corn which
will tumble the soft earth about the
'oots, covering all small grass, and sa.
ring much labor to the hoe hands.
At this time, the hoes should pass
'ver again, thinning out all the surplus
stalks, pulling Oft suckers, straighten>
ng the bent stalks, and making clean
i'll which the plows may have tailed to
10. In three weeks more the third and
ast working should be given. This is
IN important crisis, and much must be
committed to the judgment Of the ope-
ator. No work requires the exercise
i sounder discretion than that to be
,iven to corn, in this advanced stage
nd hot season. Ordinarily the work
hould be much more shallow aud less
lose than the former workings, using
ome plow which should not penetrate
eep, but which would leave the SUR
ace as soft and smooth as possible.
10 make the corn perfect, the hoes
hould pass over it again, and make all
omplete and clean. But il ample JUS
ice had been done in the former work.
ngs, not much will remain now for the ,
oes to do. Before the commence
aent Of this last plowing, sow broad
ast with peas, about ten or twelve
uarts to the acre, and the work will ,
e complete. In every working to be
iyen to corn, it would be greatly pre-
efable to have the ground wet, or ra-
her in good moist condition; but it is
al policy ever to delay these opera a
ions for more than two or three days, /
t most, to wait for the seasons, hold
lg the maxim that, /" lie that regarded 1
le wind in seed time, shall not reap in t
aryest."
close my treatise, by few remarks {
n the Sslection Of Seed Corn. q
The better plan is, to make the sec t