The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-23
PLANTING CORN.

Veil, are you all properly prepared
her farmers, for seed time when it ar.
pl" ? We ask not whether your ground
rms. lowed, &C., as no suggestion Of ours
WIZ WIZ r :. NEEDY that neglect, if you have ne.
VIII VIA it, hut be careful not to do 80 again
Rie N"n not, don't be disappointed if you
h.yyrast, short crop this year. But wha,
n asr"nr .. ed, especially Of corn? Those Of
" Wy whot fought your failure last year at
!!.; hh to imperfect seed, are you SURF
NV. ION ba ve any better for planting this
.nas for if you are not perfectly certain,
~ TESTING III III vitality, &C., do not plant
~. hn, nro cure other seed frcm them in
"han, vouhav, confidence, rather than lose
h.if 70 not ali rour crop. Then again it is
~. or,,, ;mnor tant that you should have
ns Nv s s.sdI I'm seed that will ripen early
p ~ no, Z NAV m, .ture well before the frosts
.oms To this l. after requisition in seed
corn less sttenti, IN is paid than its great
;mno,t.nce demam Is, especially in this nor
.hIrn iat;tnde. .TEr ,usands Of acres of corn
were injured seriou sly by early autumnal
frosts IN this State last year. 1t is true,
much of it was plant I'd later than usual in
consequence of heavy aims occurring during
the usual planting :inh ;, and had to oattle
subsequently, with sex ere drouth. II our
1armers would risk the spring frosts they
would suffer less from tn ose of autumn.----
= 'anting as soon is the Sc ason will perml'l
- Nd, sound well ripened crop is more cer-
~. . result, than to wait so late in the
'a,n for all the signs to be propitious.-
s s.' ~ Aabject Of selecting and planting
on 'ae ,, we find the following in the Coun-
sesu r 1u, ,sn, which We esteem as appica-
~. ~ onr - Von as any other:
vac .sThs .rs,. xe crop of INT ian corn per
-. ~ tho I'M, y; per census o. 1850, was
$3.50. ~ s hnsb u. The highe>t average
;n any Sta,e. was forty bushels in !Honnec-
t;cut: The average I, Massachusetts was
thirty one bushels. l. very one at all 20
yersant with farming h ~tters, rs aware %
the great difference in the capacity OF soils
for the growing good crops OF indisn corn.
They weld per acre, as raise aby different |
farmers range from twenty to 'ne hundred
or more bushels per acre. "Of .Wenty-hve
crous of Indian corn, in Massachu setts, Of.
fered for premium, average yield Wa nlhe-
ty-three bushels per acre, and the av,Tage /
profit, Sill. The largest crop was one
hundred and thirty eight and one half bus y
els. Nineteen exceeded one hundred BUSH |
els, and two fell below seventy bushels.
Now we think NO one will attribute the
heavy crops above named wholly to the SUI
periority Of the soil upon which they were
grown. Much more, generally, in growing
large crop Of corn, depends upon the ma
nuring thorough preparation Of the ground,
after culture and season, than upon the nat
ural quality Of the soil: and the corn plant
edwill frequently materially affect the re-
aalt. Different kinds vary much in produc-
tiSeacss and 10 the time required for ripe
ninE This last IS matter Of much mo-
ment in our northern cline and short sum
mers where so liable to wet and late springs |
snd early autumnal frosts, we should plant
those varieties (having reference rs far As
practicable to prodactiveness,) which SOON
est GENES to maturity. or We may lose our |
crop. Generally the smaller varieties ripen I
the earliest. The time Of ripenins can be /
nreatly fastened by the selection for seed,
q Sf the first ripened ears for few years in
succession; and doubtless much be gained /.
BY the practice ofselectiug seed from stalks
bearing two, or more rather than = single |
ear. The famous Barden corn is an Illus !
tsotion Of this fact
Thousands Of acres Of corn nout west''
last spring had to be planted the second and
some the third time, before the corn vegcta-
sed. the result OF which, were, late crops, soft
corn, and small profits, nearly all OF whick
xight have been avoided, by careful select.
ion OF seed in TIN field the previous autumn,
and proper care in dryingit. Seander, heavier
and better crops of corn aressldom raised in
New Hampshire than were those Of the past
season. The farmers Of that State from their
Northern location, have long since Learned
sbs importance Of making right selection
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