The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-11-17

tOtI IOudeks
The following remarks were malc
dnring discussion at the State Fair,
among a number Of farmers:
Nm. Ram: | have been weighing
some Of my corn crops, aud can fur
nisl some statistics. A good crop Of
corn on ny farm will weigh forty tons
70 the acre. This when dry will be
title less than half the green weight,
say seventeen tons. From this deduct
four tons OF car. and we have thirteen
tons OF stalk fodder. Thia must cx-
coed in value onr best timplAy hay
I have been a stock raiser and a stock
feeder all niy life have Experimental
much, ard am W., satisfied that the
corn fodder, il we'll @avcd, is worth
more money, as stock feed, than the
ears which il bore. In my opinion 4
field Of corn, il regarded only az a fe.-
ltilizcr. will he more valuable if well
Icured and fei TO stock, and the dro
lpngs and wastngs returned to the
farm, than il left On the field and
lplowed under, or burned.
Mn. WILLIAMS: am a great friend
iof hay. and would not disparago the
value Of our grass crops as sources Of
winter fodder; but il we consider the
relative value Of corn fodder and tim
othy hay, am satisfied We can pro-
dncc corn fodder for hall the cost Of
HAY. agree with Mr.. Rabb, and
Iothers. that, if corn fodder is cut early,
with a view to save the fodder 10 its
best condition, well cured and fed to
stock, and the droppings returned to
the farm, there is the least possible
waste Of manure. am sure we can
iced more stock with onr fodder this
season than with the grain. Corn iod-
Her can be saved for ~ 30 per acre.
HI corn fodder shoul. hc left on the
ground as manure, SO should ourgrG-5 ,
I. fodder. cannot see the Difference,
land should think We should treat them
! alike. Indian corn, drilled or sown
'e eIbroadcast, with view only to produce
is cheaper than timothy. Stock
y Of nearly all kinds prefer corn fodder
! to hay.
!, M. WRrcHr, or KNOX CorEry, on
v.lCuLrvAT1So CoRS.--Twcnty years
sd.ago, when bought my farm, the mp
Y, te,and-irom shallow plowing-woull
e-onIy produce about fifteen bushels per
'acrc. adopted the plan Of deep plow-
!. ling, and now--by plowing fifteen in
ofches deep have this season raised
~ from the same upland one hundred ard
hcIthirty bushels to the acre. break as
si'Iearly in the spring % possible, but
n'lwhen I greatly prefer to break in
vi the fall. Ii is mellowed by the fros,
!, or winter, and perhaps otherwise cr'
~ riched. Many men, in breaking, take
-, too wide a kerf-bctter cut a narrow
81 kcrf and plow deeper. ] have corr
m planted the same kind Of ground
~ some three feet and souac four fee
= : apart. The extra yield Of the formc
i is nearly equal 70 the extra number 9
ii, stalks on the ground. Il plant corr
ob- four feet apart is ever advantageous
de- even on clay soil, it must depend o.
" superficial cultivation.
In cultivating corn use the bull
tongue, a narrow shovel, narrow a
the top, when the corn is young, 50 .
Ito stir the soil near the hilla. A broa'
The shovel cannot run close to the hill, an
IN allows the row to bake. When tn
pa corn is larger, ] plow shallow.
re. should not be hilled, but cultivatc'
",lcvcl--this is better for sowing wheat
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