American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-05-17

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. Ixow 10 ISaisc Corn. !,
EDrTon Ono F FAhxxR. AS The time has
now arrived for planting corn, perhaps )
few hints in regard to seed and planting
may "a, be unacceptable 70 the readers OF
the Farmer. The future crop depends
yety much upon the Vitality Of the seed,
and the manner, or way IL is planted.
esSy now TO DROP YOUR SEED.
d Msmy light crops Of corn are grown,
which might have been large, If proper
care had beentakensin planting the seed.
EVENT. the ground be well prepared tits in
vain 70 expect a large crop, if the too COM
mon practice is resorted 10 of hurrying the
seed into the ground at venture; that is,
he WHO drops thecorn, takes ahandful OF
corn from the dish, and lets out at each |
hillfron one toeight or ten kernels, walk |
INC as fast as he can; and he who carries |
the hoe strikes at everhill hit or miss, and
walks as fast. If the first planting fails
partially, there win be partial failure Of
ihe.crop. as no after planting can repair
theipjury.
sELEcrtoN OF SEED.
The best time to select the seed is in the
fall, at the time OF fharyesling. Pick the
largest and fairest ears. well ripened, with
long or deep kernels for seed and put them
in secure place 10 dry, Shell the corn
from the cob, some two weeks before want
ed for planting; after mixing the seed thor
oughly, count out one or two hundred kert
nels from the mass. and put them into
earth prepared in some suitable vessel;
setit in a warm place, and moislen the
seed daily until all have sprouted that will
ssgrow: count again; il any fail to sprout,
You know what 10 depend on, and what
per centage to allow for bad seed. II fif-
teen OF twenty kernels ont OF an hundred
fail, do not plant such seed if you can pro
cure better. .ss
HOW MANY HILLS 10 Tue ACRE.
M The ground and the seed being now
ready, let the next object be, TO grow as
many plants on the acre, as will produce
the greatest number OF bushels of corn, de-
. termining the distance Of the hills from
each other and the number Of spaces in
the hill accordingly. have succeeded
best by having the space between the rows
running north and south about fouI feet
= and the space between the rows east anc
west two and half to three feet, with fou
stalks in the hill. Planted in this wa,
the ground can be worked between th
rows each way, with the cultivator an,
~ the plow, which cannot be done with drill
led rows. #
y.sl now MANY GRAINS TO THE HILL.
In planting, drop not less than five, no
more than six kernels in the hill. if tn
seed be good, and cover from one to tw
inches ithmelow dirt. and press tie fot
fsons each hill in passing. il the ground |
- dry. ie esf ..-a saF sl
's'ef FULL OUT uNNEcEssARy STALKS.
After the corn is ripe, out Of the way
insects and birds, pass between every lv
rows and carefully pull outall over fo'
good stalks in each hill. grFt
YIELD PER ACRE. asaa,
~ ~ have harvested one hundred and tweI
ty bushels sbelled corn from the acre plan
ed in this way il the soil be rich, the ca
win be large; ifnot, they viii be small,
An acre viii contain about two thousar
seven hundred hills planted four feetapa
each way, the same acre will containth
thousand six hundred hills planted 70,
.. feet ,by three. From lootto ieo ears
corn viii she'll a bushel, say 1870 to /
tibushel.
Now IL an acre averages but one ear
corn 10 the lin planted four feet apart ca
way, the Weld will be q2t bushels; If t,
ears to the hill as bushels; ifthree ears
the hill 67t bushels and if four ears 10 t
& hill. 90 bushels TO the acre.
The same acre planted with the MI
one ear ofoorn to the Hill would Weld
bushels slellctl corn to the acre; and vi