Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-12
agrtrHItural.
Interosting to Farmers.

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urc Of business then, and also, u posi-.
Ible, moro cifectually accomplish our
desires, will have a two fold claim upon
our attention.
One might infer from tho untold
- naures, and the labor spent 10
Apply tbom most advan-
liiierent crops, that tho
well nigh exhausted
ptorost; but 80 far
hsuppostIon, that oy.
ory provoment readily
ayaifs hiinl III ovory opportunity 10
add 10 his limited stock OF knowledge.
Indeed, In each Individual experience 10
10 DO found something now, aud fro
quentIy Of real value.
The opinion very generally prevails
that barn.yard nanures for corn can ut
no timo and In no way DO 80 pro1tably
applied as when scattered Broadcast
Immediately before tho pillow; and my
own efforts, till within n few years past
have boon spent In striving 10 sccuro
this point; but, rs frequently happens,
little devlations from established plcs,
though at tho timo deemed wrong, arc
often the stepping-stones or indication
TO now and moro printable methods.
Some years since, a portion Of tho
winter, rs usual, was spent In hauling
manure from village for composing,
but rs tho season for this labor was
speeding away, circumstances rendered
lie necessary TO manure broadcast q
portion of sod field at this time,
though under protest, while the remain
ling part was treated In tho old way.
Upon tho early MANFRED portion the
grass started sooner and more vigorous
than the other, and the ground when
broken showing corresponding in
crease of roots, at once suggested to my
mind the complete division and pcne-
tration of the soluble matters Of tho
soil, and the corresponding effect it
would have In Immediately furnishing
support to the young corn plants. And
so il proved in practice. for that part Of
the field grew early and steadily, and
maintained its superiority in growth
and return of grain, and again in sue
ceeding crops which wer, not MANFRED,
there was evidence, in early maturity
at least, Of benefits arising therefrom.
The fears entertained that loss would
ensue from evaporation, washing away,
or sinking too deeply in the soil, were
Igroundlcss in this instance; and the
general tenor Of other experiments,
much like this, inclines the same way.
If, then, our manure is in such coudi-
Ition in the latter part Of winter MS to
admit Of spreading on the ground, ex-
lperience dictates that no less will en-
sue by so doing, but an actual gain may
be made in accomplishing portion Of
the labor usually performed in busy
Ispring. Our seasons ut best arc not
too long for the full development of In
dian corn, and consequently it is wisdom
in us to leave no rational means untried
to secure an early, vigorous, and regular
Igrowth. Many farmers being overtask
ed with work in the spring, delay the
hauling of manure till planting is over,
and then apply it to each hill but va
Irious weigbty objections may be given
to discourage this pra tice. If dry
weather follows, something's lost at this
season by evaporation, and the corn al
so damaged. If showery, tho young
plants readily obtain nourishment and
make rapid growth, but fer the want of
similar food, as the roots extend through
the ground, the rapid growth is check
ed, aud of course damage follows; and
lagain it is impossible to 80 incorporate il
with the soil as TO secure regular, even
breadth of small grain, or indeed any
other crops that may succeed the corn.
Planting TOO thickly, under the belief
that large crops will necessarily follow
and oftentimes, too, without consider
ing the kind of corn we may have Sc
lccted as to size, growth, and maturity,
is often practised without single cal
culation or thought as to what is to be
expected per acre from the relative
distances adopted by different cultiva-
tors, ranging from thin to medium and
very thick planting. 1t occupies but
little time for any one, and would GER
tainly be pleasure also, to make rea-
sonably accurate estimates of the mum.
Der of stalks per acre to produce this
or that quantity of grain, and an addi-
Itional incentive would also follow in as
lcerting by measurement when ripe for
harvesting, how nearly correct these
calculations had been. think it may
: be said with truth, that farmers, rs a
general rule, are by far ia advance OF
IaIl other classes in theregular and stub
lborn practice Of guessing--a fact by nc
means crcditable TO the profession. III
, an individual clearly understands that
, by making ont his rows three feet asun-
der, and dropping one grain every
twelve inches in the row, he may sue.
coed by good cultivation on good &. ound
lin raising l35 bushels to the acre count
ing one ear TO each stalk and l20 ears tc
> the bushel,) he will be much more like.
: ly to do so than If he had not observed
, this fact; for in some measure his bust.
, ness will be systematized, and point
will be made and active operations used
to reach it. If his ground be thin, it i:
much better that he should know that
by planting in rows four feet apart and
the grains the same as before, that if sue
: cessful he will realize 80 bushels pei
, acre; or he may reduce still lower, anc
: mark the out rows in check hills, -four
feet apart each way, and by raising
!, three stalks to each hill, thus secure
= about 81 bushels per acre-quitea cred
: liable crop.
: Little facts like these very often do
:: fine our labors, thus making every
d stroke effective. Again, if we once
v make a trial after any one Of these cal
4 culatioss, aud fail of realizing our ex
h pectatioAs,f we can readily pass from
3 point to point in making examination
a aid correctly ascertain where and by