Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-04-11
Plant Corn.

The questions OF cheep bread Tor
the workingman and whether there
will be good supply Of beef depend
upon how the people plant corn.
If pork next Fall is scarce and high.
those who have it to sell may think it
is prosperous time for them. butit
will BIO more so if the people generally
have planted corn. II is no true ar
gument that If all did so the price
would be "ruinously low" No coun-
try ever was ruined by cheap bread.
We adjure you therefore, every man
OF you that owns an acre OF soil, to
plant corn--in the English acceptation
Of the word, anything that viii make
bread--but more particularly we en-
treat You TO plant maize or Indian
corn. We ask II now because now is
the time to prepare for it. We ask il
for the good of the country--for the
benefit Of the farmer. Is there a man
living who took our advice and in
creased his crop last Spring. and who
has since had a moment Of regret that
he did SO? II he has. his deeply ben
Gifted country has not. The people
return thanks to God for n bounteous
crop. Without It, what would those
who buy bread have done in all this
terrible Winter?
Last Spring general effort was
made 10 increase the product of the
land. Heaven smiled upon IL. and the
people we're made glad. There was
cause then-therc Is cause now--that
the people should plant corn--more
than was planted last year. for no.
where are the granarics full; nowhere
Is there surplus laid up against an
unfruitiul year, and without such a
surplus no counlry can be independ-
cnl, no people prosperous and happy.
Let them plant corn.
We have had Winter OF severity
huch ns those who are most able to
work have never known before, and
may never know again. But that Is
not certain; the next may be one Of
still greater severity, and II SO, what a
demand there will be for grain--the
poor viii cry for bread. Let the far
mers plant corn.
Owing to the fact that the ground
has been covered with snow for many
weeks, and that snow is an absorbent
Of fertilizing elements for the earth.
we have reason to believe that this will
DO a great grain producing season. Let
the people plant corn.
Not day Is to be lost. We know
that the ground is still frozen-that
the SHOWS Of Jonupy still linger on
the surface; but. we repeat. not day
is TO be lost from your preparation, If
you intend, more than last year. to
plant corn.
Let it not be argued that the price
OF corn is falling--it is still lar ely re-
munerative, while all its products are
equally so. Look at the prices that
farmers have realized for beef and
pork, and though the latter has fallen,
it is still above the point Of profit to
the maker. There is no prospect that
beef will fall below ten cents pound
on the hoof for all that is corn fed du-
ring the year. At that rate it will
pay to plant corn.
There is pressing need now for a
great crop, as great, or greater than
that Of last year; and we may have it.
if those who read this article will bear
in mind the burden of It's song, and
urge upon all with whom they have
any influence, to plant Compliant
more than you intended--more than
you did last year, if only by one grain,
one hill, one rod. one rood, one acre.
one feld-still let your motto be that
which begins and ends this appeal
PLANT CoRN!-N Y Tri6aae.