Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-10-03
10 !iGyaacs.
NUMBER 40.
From the american Farmers Magazine.
SAVING ssceG fas.n.

III FRIENDS NASH X PARISH =. Your P1ouqb
II IS an excellent implement, and works well
S n turning over the sd and ca old ground
that has beer worked 10 years Bu; good
: tools are not all that TIE thrifty husband
man wants to insure him good crops-thoso
that will pay him for bis expense aud labor.
, He may have the best Of itoughs, hoes. etc,
aud put his ground in the best Of order. bu.
unless he has good seed lie can not expect
I n good crop
During the spring Of 1856, the seed corn
III thls pant OF the country proved almost a
perfect failure, especially Che first planting.
AS most WHO planted eafly had TO replant
I This, with early frosts, male a large quan.
Isity Of poor o. soft aeorn No one could
give the reason for it. At the time talk
ed Tiih many of my ncighbors upon the
subject, aud found that nearly ali of them
planted the corn that they had cut up and
put into stouts. The corn Greg proved \
poor one Hardly farmer had enough
for his own use. This caused the price Of
corn to rise from the usual price ftbirtv
cents) to 81 per bushel, and It could not be
had at that, for it was not in the country.
last spring came around and many of
the farmers did the same as en- the previous
one. Corn that stood ont all winter in the
hill came up fnelJ :. while that which was
cat AID stonted up Or put iatJ birs proved
a universal failure. Therefore the erop Of
corr viii be nothing Ike full one this sea.
son. Inc season was cold ard very late;
and TAere the seed failed tie first planting,
Il frost comes Is early as common; sie sec
ond planting will be cut Of Nv reasons
for corn not growing that is cut and gtouted
or put II large bifs, err the same as friend
Baeou's, given IN the July nau9lcr Of the
Plough, Ieoa}, and 4fasgi, OF #Daca 90.
= he seed have proven such a 4lTs;sre in
lie srrins of 1886 thought chat [ world
try new node of saving my seeI corn, il
ans grew as IN my SLED was old corn eel.t
% nie ~ friend from Ohio, it nearly ali
gsew, the first planting In Die latter pat
scltenter, Eaen iny corn vas laiijy cut
q the milk, and was glazed. / went and
selected tae best Of it, picked it and strnag
Ii Up uhtse my seed upon poles, so that the
air had Tree circulation. It hung there
until i was nearly dry, tlea pu; it up il.
tie Chamber where a stove ripe vert
through, end i. remained there anti sprinc.
> len it got dr., i. shgis5ied In I'D
looked as if it had no substance in Il.
thought 1t was aneertain whether It youM
grow Before planting ] put senie mo 10
ground te sec fit would eel4uilata. and Il
eame up plaaled It in tie field; a1ill
While planting oae Of my reiehtoss 1ss
there, and he locked At It anl laughed al
me for being 30 foolish as TO plaat SUI h corn
mis- late season. why" said Ac, iii tl,a.
con grows, there is TO danger but 81 corn
VIII grow. ii that grows. nine viii crow.
surely Ills Germ had bael 10 I'd AID
stood IN tie stout until eolA weather eg,,,
ten it rms picked aa8 put MO crib =
l}Ut did lis ali grow? lie planted i. aas
aoout one hall u L cai9e, While the corn
hat IN tae ohaa51er escw 10 a kernei.--
Even II the kernel vas shyunk, tire rsr,,;-
Batting principle was not killed. This
proves to me that Germ Ior seed shaffls Ia
53therea as soon as he milk is ont Of It ana
Il IS fairly giazod over. An cid farmer.
"uo has seen seventy summers, said 10 me
oEee II you want to lave your seed corn
come up we'll save Your seed before your
corn l. tait'y ripe" dy advice to Al! far
mers ii'at have had Inc luck in haviae corn
ia!l Is, save your seed lelore y0ur eoru is
iaaly ripe; and nut il where il viii cure.
and keep II dry until you went to rlant Il.
;;iil!'ons Of dollars have been Lost during tho
last crop Of corn, and there VIII be dollars
lost this tail, ioF ho other reason than hc
piauti4G poor seed, Messrs. Et.isors, +
.tepo shat You viii give your opinion upo..
titis setjecf for it is Of sast Importance. /
nope yoo1 correspondents viii write, ana II
they have not tried it, may they 10 50 and
give their experienco through tao PioagS
Local, Gad AatA.
! LIS|, Warren O., iowa.
Ne would prefer to saleut seed as soon "a
,an'Iy fipe, but would he careful not to %
it sooner; aad weuld hen keep it in dry
anl oooi place, though It would not be seri-
DUSTY injured h Ninsering in a healed
room, as all experience shows. many-faf-
mers always keeping it suspended oyer the
kitchen GFe.-P}oegh Looaq, and 4aril