Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-05-14
THRr FARMER

. n IN ~ AAhAHAA NhNA
ground was pcwed, &oa asno. suggestion
of ours viii remedy bhat neglect, If YOU
have neglected il, but beicareful not TO do
so again. If youdo not, don't DO disap-
Spointed IL yeu harvest a short crop this
year. But whatof Your seed, specially
of cornl Those Of YOU who thought your
failure last year Attributable to imperfect
seed, are you sure that you have any bet
ter FOR planting this springs for, if you
are not pcrttcby certain, by testing their
vitality, Sc, do not plant them, hut pro-
cure other seed from them ihwhom YOU
hive confidence, rather than loose hall if
not all your crop Then again ii is not
only important that You should have per-
feet seed, Lt seed that will ripen early,
so that it may mature well before The
fros,s coma.F TO this aucrtreQuisitiou in
seed corn, loss u,lenIon Is Paid thnn its
great importance demands, Especially in
this porlhern latitude, Thapsandy If qcrcs
Of, corn were injured seriously ny early
au,umnaffrosi in lliis Slate last year
1T is trur, much of it was planted later
than usual in consequence Of heavy rains
occurring during thu Il nal planting tire,
aud had to battle subsequently w.th a se-
we're drouth. Ii our farmers would risk
the spring frosts thoy would suffer less
from those of autumn. Planting as soon
as the season viii permit, n good, sound
wen ripencd crop is more certain to re-
suit, than to wait 80 late in the season for
all the signs to be propitious. On the
subject of selecting aud planting seed
corn, we lnd The following IN the Country
Gentleman, which we esteem as uppllca-
bic to our region as any other:
Tho average crepiof Indian corn per.
'ucre in the Union, per census Of 1870,
was twemy-fvs bushels. The hichestav.
rerage in any State, was forty bushels in
Connecticut. The average in Nassau.
7setts was thirty.one bushels. Every one
Mt all conversant with farming matters, is
, aware Of the. great difference in the scR-
pacity of soils for the growing good crops
of Indian co n. Phey Yield per acre, as
raised Nv different farmers range from
twenty to one hundred or more bushels
per acre. "Of twen,y-ave crops Of Indian
corn, il Massachusetts, offered for premi-
UNI, average yield was ninety-lhree bush
els per acre, and the average profit, 5l,-
II. The largest crop was one hundred
and hirty-eight and one-half bushel -
Nineteen exceeded one hundred bushels,
and two fell below seventy bushels Now
; we think no one win attribute the heavy
crops above named wholly to The superior
lily of the soil upon which they were
grown. Much more, generally, in grew
ing a large crop Of. corn, depends upon
the manuring thorough preparation of the
d ground, after culture and season, that up
ON the natural quality of the soil and
the corn planted viii frequently materially
affect the result. Different kinds vary
much in productiveness and in the time
-required for ripening. This last is a mat
ter of mich moment in our northern cline
and short summers where SO Liable 10 wet
and late springs and early auiumnal froSts,
we should plant those varieties (haying
reference as far us practicable TO prodnc-
tiyeness,) which soonest comes 10 maluri-
~, or we may lose our crop. Generally
the smaller varieties ripen the earliest
The time Of ripening can be greatly has
tened by the selection for seed, of Inc IRIS
aTIpellSu euIS TOT II CIV years IN hutCtSslofl
and doubtless much be gained by the prao
tee Of selecting seed from stalks bearing
two, or more rather than a single ear.-
The famous Barden corn is AN ILLUSTRATORS
Of thus fact"
Thousands of acres Of corn "out west
last spring had 10 be planted the seeon(
and some the third time, before the corr
'yegetated, the result of which, were, late
crops, soft corn, AID small profits, nearly
all of which might have been avoided, b,
a careful selection of seed in the field th,
previous autumn, and proper care in dry
ingit {. Sounder, heavier, and better crop
of corn are seldom raised in New Hamp
shire than were those of the past season
The farmers Of tina, State, from ,hei
Northern location, have long since learne,
the importance Of making 4 right sci &c
ton of their seed corn, aud placing it il
situations where the cob viii become full,
dried before freezing weather occurs
Iowa Farmer.