Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-02-22

system with this machine is, that 1t de-
posits the grain at intervals of about
l9 to 14inches apart, in rows say 4 feet
to 4 feet inches apart. The plants should
be thinned out so as to leave but one
stalk to each deposite. The corn is
thus regularly dispersed over the
ground, whereas, if in hills, the amount
Of stalks on the land would be about
the same; but the more uniform distri-
button of the drilled corn over the sur
face of the land. l am confident, will
produce the largest yield, and if pro-
perly cultivated will withstand the eff
fects of drought better than corn planted
in hills, while the drilled e9a can be
cultivated easier and in much PETER TO-
tation. For instance, if the Htire croS
is in one field, your working will always
be in regular succession from q
to the other. The period y
working to all parts of the 6e}dfztf5e
regular. Otherwise, if in. hins to be
plowed both ways when the field is once
plowed over, say from east to west, you
turn across and are obliged to rework a
part of the corn Immediately Uih part
that has not been ,Oorked for 8 or 10 days.
The system of cultivation that l pursue,
and which believe as successful as any
other, is, as soon as the corn is planted
and before it is up, if you chose, to run
twice in a row with one-horse Rounder
or Livingston county plow, the bar side
to the corn. L. start half my teams
thus; when they have preceded this
way long enough for the land to want
stirring again, / start the second half;
to follow with Cultivators, twice in a
row, which levels the ridges down. As
soon as a third working IS needed, or
when those who used plows in the first
case get over the crop, start them with
Cultivators, also twice in row. By
this time the corn should be thoroughly
and carefully thinred before the fourth
working, which should be done with
shovel plows. Those who thin the corn
should always carry hoes for the pur
pose of cutting briars, alders, sprouts,
&c., that may have escaped sfhe plow.
The fifth process, which is apt to be the
last, should be with Cultiyators twice
in a row.
You now have the crop "laid by" as
the term is, with the ground in level
condition, to avoid washing and in a
good condition to receive small grain in
the fall or spring. We have row come
to period when we await the process
of maturing, and the further manage
ment of the crop will vary aeeording to
the design to feed to Gle ~srsens kinds
of stock; but it is good economy, as
soon as it is sufficiently ripened, to cut
and set in stacks (if in hills) of 16 hills
square, or, if in drill, little less than
that proportion, as there is apt TO be more
on the ground unless carefully thinned.
There is more danger from too early
cutting than too late; and all corn in
tended to be cribbed should be secured
by the first of January-otherwise it is
very liable to receive material injury be-
fore it can be housed.
The stacks or shocks of fodder should
be doubled after the corn is shucked out
by laying about one-third on the ground
and settirg the remainder carefully
around.
This method of saving provender for
stock in winter is by far the most speedy
and cheap that can be pursued.