Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-14
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From the American Farmer.



The time for preparing corn ground,
must depend upon its locality therefore,
it would be futile to attempt to name any
day for the commencement Of such work.
The proper time every where may be said
to be, when the frost is out Of the ground,
and when the suil is sufficiently warm TO
encourage the termination Of the seed
But though it may be, and doubtless is,
loo early over a great part OF the corn
growing region 10 commence ploughing,
still it is time to begin to prepare for the
erop. AS soon as from the nature OF the
ground the teams can be sdYantageeasly
put to work, they ought to be gagged in
hauling out tbe manure. Tbs manure,
as being removed 7fron the cattle and
other manure yards, prior to bsiag put
in the carts or wagons, should be shovel
I'd over AID mixed with plaster in the
proper ton OF one buGhel to every go two
horse cart lOads. When hauled out and
placed in position, the piles should be
covered over with earth and patted down
so 80 to prevent injury from the weather.
Ii, when the manure be hauled out it be
lime to plough. the manure should be
evenly spread. (st the rate Of twenty two
horse losds per acre, As eyeRly rs posi-
BILE, and ploughed in as so0n after being
spread Is practicable, in order that as
few Of the volatile gssses be lost IS posi-
BILE to prevent. We have named twenty
IWo-horse loads of manure per acre this
ne deem = moderate crop, the season be-
ing favorable; but if twice the quantity
OF iaIm>yard manure could be supplied.
none need spprehend any danger from 4
surfsit. as the compliant has a stomach
like an oatrich and the appetite Of Lon
don scarcely anything in the
shape Of manure comes Amiss, while its
powers of digestion derides the idea of
TsPlelion.
As to depth Of pl0ughing.-1n all sound
land where corn may be planted-that is,
land not naturally wet, or with wet sub
SOLVE go for deep ploughing, say eight
inches 10 depth-thorough pulyerization
by means of the harrow and roller. If
tho field be clover lay, or grass sward,
after mAnuripg. it should be ploughed
carefully and truthfully without balks, to
the depth indicated above. the burrows
should be laid fiat then the roL:er should
be passed over the field to close up the
seams. the harrow should then be used
in the direction Of the burrows, until fine
filth be obtained. Too much pains in
this respect cannot well be taken, as
thorough preparation before planting can
not be too highly valued it ensures a
congenial bed for the plants to extend
their roots through, and saves much la
Dor and time in after culture. Before
laying off the ground for planting, the
soil should be rolled.
For distance of rows.-This 10 a matter
which we will not pretend to settle, as it
is one of those questions which will ever
be considered a debateable one. II has
often been mooted and discussed. but
never settled and, as we believe, never
will be. The proper distance is to be
regulated by the circumstances of each
caSe-location, climate, soil, kind OF corn,
are all considerations to be looked to in
dett rmining distance of the rows. So far
rs our own experience goes, We have
found four by three feet an eligible dis
tEuce, leaving. at the time Of thinning out,
,hree Of the est stalks in each hill but
10 support that number Of stalks and en-
sure their bearing fine, we'll filed ears.
generous manuring and cleanly culture
are Indispensable.
as to the application Of lime to the corn
crop.--Wilh regard to the application OF
lime to the corn crop, we do not know
that We can perform more acceptable
service to our patrons than by transfers.
bing the views of DR.. William Darlington,
of West Chester, Pa, upon the subject.
DR.. D.. besides being practical farmer,
and good one. possesses as much scien-
li6c knowledge as any other man in our
country. and is Withal, passionstely de-
voted to the cause of agriculture. Hence,
the experience of such q gentleman, is in
valuable. because it comes commended to
US by one eminently qualified to advise,
and whose identy with the farming inter
ests, and whose predictions, afford US
the strongest guarantee that could be
asked for, that his opinions are founded
in honesty. He says -
q" The quantity of lime per acre which
can be used advantageously varies with
the condition and original character OF
the soil. Highly improved land will bear
a heavier dressing than poor land. On
a soil OF medium condition, the usual dress
ing is forty or fifty bushels per acre. A
deep rich soil or limestone land in the
great valley, will receive serenity to eighty
land am told even che hundred) bushels
to the acre, with advantage. On very
poor land, twenty to thirty bushels per
acre is deemed most advantageous to
commence with. 1t is usually repeated
every five or six years, i. e., every time
the field comes in turn to be broken up
with The pillow and as the land improves,
the quantity Of line is increased. The
prevailing practice here is to plough down
the sod or ley in the fall or early in the
spring harrow it once, and then spread
the lime previously slaked to powder)
preparatory to ploughing the field in corn.
Every field in rotation. recAives this Kind