Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-07-03
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SOWING CoRNtsIs0fs SFODDER!I
Tbe great injury done Is Che oat crop.
andto the early corn The late sdrougn
has created some apprehensions in the
minds Of planters, that here wilI be- un=
usual scarcity of' todd er a Turing. the com!
ing winters IAN, Gag cnltnral friend I'M
forms us5thatit is, not too latesayet to-
remedy the evil. Heisays the. best and
cheapest way TO make fodder, at any rate,
is tossoW the corn, either broad cast. or in
drills and atoscut and cure taibefore ii:
natures the grains .Hessaysa that pres
parediinlthis way, tthe,e fodder isssmush'
moresnutriious than that grownlin ,thesor-
dinaIy wayz!that it is better than he best
dGy-s His plan of culture which We hope,
to see fairiytried issas follows saia ,,t ~
Take a small portion of your best low
land that Is clear Of slumps pillow il
deeply. with good mould Sboard plo@,iii
harrow it-smooIh- ) then run light burrows
one way ab6a tithfee feet apart.s In these
strew, TIE ofhpfetly thick y ,'say forty or
fifty grains TO The foot, and cover Zhghtly
either with the. hoe or harrow. When the
cornsis about eight inches hig h,, nun "a
cnltiVator onlight plow between The rows
to kill the weeds aud loosen the. ground. !,
audit necessary, give light dressing
along the rows with a hoe. This is all
the.Morkiug required; as generally sPeak:
ing. itSO0nGcoyers and shades the ground,
and destIpY sials wee ds3and grass. 81
.s,Ass SOON as 1T begins TO tassel It'll
should be cut. This, should be done
with a scythe orscommon cleaver. The
only difficulty is 10 curing it. This re-
quires much care. AS much tsaGcbarine
matter" iS,contained in the stalks and
they are liable to ferment and spoil I'M
less we'll carcdaor.9 4 TheI us al plan is to
cut earl, in-thg morning. say until 8 Or
3 o'cloeRS let-ft remain Ydn che ound
Observation-Disclosures during Asday.
In the eveDinGzpiIe itruP i'm llttle stacks
to be spread outsthe'nextday. Handled
In this way for four or five Gaysait may
be putinte stacks with a littlessAir thrown
among it. These Should be- 50 arranged
as to shed the rain, and may be allowed
10 stAtIdEtwo'orThree weeks. Then the
whole meytbessmekal ut baolaads iraathe
iOddenahOuse. scattering, oy r, eacht slRyer:
of fodder a,slig ht lay r.Of8att2hNa
'sAu,lhls way planter can make from
fourtdei1 tons off auesscre OF ground that
would yield. say forty bushels Of corn.
It can be doae gt.a cost, including every
thing, of less than two IdollarsIa and fifty
cents'psfe ions; - and if properly saved, one!
ton1Wih be worth two tons: Of ordinary
blades. and will be equal to tie best
clover hay. Fodder is usually worth in
the market, frun1'atwelvesto. tfwsnty five
dollars per tom, Even atztKe'lowesT 6g-
ure,, it.sSoald Rbe a profitable, business;
butfor planters. in the present state OF
crops tegafd the plan as invaluable;
deficiency a. Re .oat and eaE q vi ioddcr
crops. oceasiohed BY the severe 6roughts,
at comparative .trifling cost: This crop
canbe sso8Ed; any time in. The month Of
July or August. provided there is good
season. The; quantity of seed per acre
should befrdrh't%o and a hatt 10 three
bushels; 2tNncSsee Farmer. z s 20 7--
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