New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-11

ovs, one Ausdrsd snd 6y bushels Der scre, and crops
Of one hundred huhels not unusual in all those
States. s;il i, fsct well known to Us, that crop
crown upoa the richest prairie soil that yields from
forty 70 sIty busbels per acre, accounted kr.-rate
and fully Satisfactory to the producer We also know
ths. N nsny instances these crops could have been
doubled without any other eIpense than blowing the
around sour inches deepsr. Tns has been proved aod
can be again.
what fooIs not TO uee better piow aad stronger
team wsh could double my crop; guess would,
u stor. order.
Tbs expression comes from neSrer home. II IT, in
spirit, The cry Of all NewEogland, New-Yorh and Ne=.
Jerrey corn-grower-vttims of blind prejudice and
false education in farming. Scarcely ore OF them bu.
could, if he would act as we'll as wish, double bic pro
iucior a. easily ae his brother of the South West.
How can We do it /" The question comes TO US
mon every breeze and so 10 the winds We give the
answer Percbance II will be waited back 70 the eye
Or ear of the questioner.
You must abandon the absurd notions Of your snces-
,ors who plo red shallow and hoed deep. TIE system
not much better than the so common at the South
IF scratching where the rows are TO be planted, and
blowing the "middles" afterward, if such work is
worthy Of the name of plo~ing.
II no bare assertion that most Of the )rnelds of
ali the Eastern States might be made to double their
yield by the Of a pow that would reverse the
face ten inches bringing the lower five the top and
leaving them LOOSE and fr.ble, and then following in
he same furrows With tubso LITER that would loosen
he compact earth eight ten inches deeper 10 say
,othing Of the advantage Of turning under q strong
grass or clover sod to decay and furnish food for the
grain q. the very time when it was NEST needed. All
his is independent of manures ether from the farm
ward or seaside, muck BEDS city streets or from
Peru or any OF the manufactures of Observation-Disclosures,
and lie within the rea,h Of all planters who msy be
unable to roure the other means of fertility and To-
crease Of the crop, without some OF which il n now
useless to attempt grow Indian in all the Eastern
States.
We Jay it down as the first rule for all corgrowers,
whether manure is be used not, thst, at least in
all the old States crop of Indsn can be prota-
bly, grown upon land that has not been underdraned or
subeoi plowed and that is not plowed at least eight
inches deep for each crop, and most thoroughly pn-
verified before the seed is put the ground This OF
much more importance than the after working, par.
tculary where the labor of culture is, according p
e-honored notions in New England, devoted to hill
ing the earth with hoe up around the growing stalks
The same prsctce has been carried by emgrants to the
West but ia there fart giving way as it s slowly at the
East TO cultivation by the pow, cuvator, or horse
hoe.
No specific directions can be given for planting that
will fit all localities where hope these hints viii be
read but, as general rule half the labor OF after cul
,ure will be saved by proper preparation OF the ground
before planting One Of the best implements ever USED
for marking out the rows is subsol LITTER. We have
seen an ordinary pow coulter, eighteen inches long
fastened to beam with handles, and used for marking
the rows with decided benefit, it made temporary
drain for the young plants, which every farmer knows
cannot bear any excess of water for few hours
in hot Gun, without serious injury to al the after
growth OF stalk and production Of grain.
/. would greatly surprise some of the old corn plant
ers Of the Eastern States TO what crops are some
tin es grown a. the West, in fields where hoe never
was used.
II would be equally surprising to know how Small
a price per bushel it costs TO grow corn in some
rich virgin soils. The Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth of
Lafayette Indiana, has had three thousand acres OF
corn in season, grown for five cents bushe. That
is, he contracted with parties to pow, plant, till aud
grow the crop ready for harvesting for - an acre. and
the yield gave siYty bushels per acre.
Give cents a bushelw excaims one of a host OF
oorn-erovers. "If believed that story, l never
would plant another acre of in this State, where
every bushel costs fifty cent? and sometimes dollar
if we count our labor at anything like what it Is
worth"
True; and yet we really believe that COM wing can
be made as profitable here there should II cost
ffty cent? bushe which it need not. Numerous eA-
pe,ments have fully proved that it be grown for
less. We h.ve now before Us an article printed in
The Honestead Hartford, Conn.,, which gives US de-
tailed accounts Of the cost and profit Of growing 1ndian
.l.A Ca ;. &, IN
vern out that it will not grow corn with any profit to
the planter and hence he pning to emigrste to the
rich corn lands Of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa. or Kansas.
Here !, an eutrac. from that article which com
mend to the attention of al complaining readers:
Before we put in our corn for this season, let US
look at the methods used TO secure some OF tne Ete
MUM crops of last season. Nathan Hart, IT,, OF West
Cornwall raised the largest corn crop reported 70 sne
State Agricultural Society last year. Inc SOL was
rich iable loan which had been saes ioa .ne a Ss
forty years and had received no manure except me
dropp;ngs Of the cattle 1t had probably been Prey
we'll s1ursd IN this way; hay had probably sen 100
dered upon it. Twentyour OF cart Loads OF manure
cord We prerume. The land was plowed seven inches
deep on The 9th and 18th Of May. The SEED ws OF
the Dutton variety. II was soaked for 80 hours IN .
warm solution of ssltpeter and rolled 10 ster s a,u
two to two and half feet apart in the row. and the
rows three feet apart. 1t was hoed three times by
hand after the horseshoe at intervals OF egnt oays'
"The CROP vas cut up by the roots during the week
commencing Sept H. and husked the fr't week n NO
vember, The yield was 9S bushels, one Peck, s,1
quarts estimated value of crop, including Sa 70
pumpkins. ...............''''''''$'T "A
Balance profit Of the op....''''...'''''' GU -
own. II. Putnam Of Brooklyn stands re1t on .ne
list Of competitors. The soil was wet pseA toa
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