New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-31

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9. PLanting.-Chcose warm, mellow SOIL
such az you would confidently expect to grow d.
least fifty bushels Of Indian Corn TO the acre Po"
early, pillow deep and thoroughly. Plant as cary
YOU could venture 10 plant corn. If you have
bot.bed. start little seed n one corner oil H.
you plant considerably put in your seed al neien'
times-say, in this latitude, One-quarter each on
the IL. IOth and 20sh Of May and lst OF June re-
spect7ely Plant (for seed q hills, SIX SEEDS !"
the hill and at distances of four feet each WaJ'
Try some five feet apart east a0d west (so az 10 ie'
N tbe sun between the rOws), and some IN drills
GOV fur 70 FIVE feet apart east and west, with the
seeds six inches apart in the dill, and thih 'ne
plants TO one foot apart. II you have seed IN
abundance Cow little in drills two feet apart, the
seeds in the drill but two or three inches apart.
Cover lightly, as the seed rots ii covered deeply
Keep the hens at distance or it viii come up 700
soon.
g. TW0ge.-The Sorghum comes mp looking very
puDy-much Ike brOOm-cOrn or barn-grass' III
you set q blockhesd to weed it, be will probably
pull it up and report that it never terminated.
Cultivate Ike Indian Corn-Only faithfully. Ii
suckers start, majority say pinch them or pull
them of-tha! is, in growing for seed. This need
not be done in growing for sugar.
4. HarrestiRg. Whenever the seed shall be hard
and black cut of the upper part Of the stalks, say
three feet long, and hang them up ike broomcora,
in dry chamber, suspended from the ceiling, so as
to be out the way of rats, &c. Now cut up your
stalks, pull of the leaves, and satisfy yourself that
all manner of stock will eat them; cut up few of
the stalks as you would corn-staks, and try ike
experiment with them; and put the rest Of the
stalks through any kind Of crushing uill that may
be handy-a cider mill would be better than nothing
catch he juice and instantly warm 1t over a slow
fire in large kettle, skimmiDg off the scum so long
az any shall rise. Then boil the juice about four
fiths away, as if il were maple sap. Use a Lite
lime or lime water to neutraize the phosPhorc acid,
which otherwise will give slightly acid but not IN
pleasant taste to the syrup. Save some syrup onh-
out thus neutralzing the acid, as you may like it
better that way. Don't waste the scum, but throw
it to the pigs where il will make at least excellent
manure Feed the pumice or crushed stalks to
your cattle; and, having thus cleared the ground,
be ready to plant or SOW extensively next Spring
,. Foddr.-We estimate that, whenever seed
shall be sufficiently abundant any rich, warm land
viii Pre- ducc third more FODDER per acre If sOwn
with Sorghum than if sown with Indian Corn, aud
that tbe Sorghum is at least twenty-five per cent
more nutritious than the corn. But all that can be
effected this year is to grow good supply OF seed
and prove that this plant is valuable both for Syrup
and Fodder Next year will be soon enough for
most cultvators to think Of sowing for fodder or
grinding for sugar.
One word of caution TO experimenterS: Don't
run the thing into the ground. The Sorghum will
prove a valuable addition to our crops, if we don't
render it odiOus by some Multicaulls fOelery. But
wheat Indian corn and clover are not going out OF
fashion for some years yet.