Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-25
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fseR FORK fariaer obmfAdfi sstes his expe>
riencs in raising corn es follows through the col
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win fstafd 70 tie fcsiit6ss Of In5iad Corn
should differ perhaps 1tom many W n regs luh
deen ploughib z OA1Dyfands ek periepee has taugh
ne tfof q fke iirsnss doe IS h6h better thAn
aeeper In ls58Ssfs afE4eg oHsr lzhsoDes Of meso
on syssrdsstlse HUsssf ohosBd good as ofif
piopsRGh tasfs i ga ~ at5e T. = plls
until had pLeughe shout ~ =, -
bass ~ St.tFo wren feasd tk 81 ny nae ses gas
81 fall nine inches eeal -, va s.
wkat IL see abe s0rks so ssfnes - essenl
toilet .oss5 ms wheel sana tsse up his traces sesst
net 10 pioueh fhcft bah 0f Fy aesp
He did SO, and LINUS tsi eh We ns psai
corn o01tHe ssbGH0W pleughiDg, Though much the
Tooyssia land deep Ploughed land turntdons
ahaus AZ coER 70 iV0acTa, ~ hspsit osEght
te-haSebtur1ea out 80 while she shailoEa PleOghes
rurned more thap 90 an A. ersge. piafted one
the shallow p4eug ed ana cultivated With
NV own hands-I amt three, fsst each way With
- .1isiIls ii eseh s. Il. % az s
Of MGg9h d ssacre vas eight rodsdby twenty;. u
uisDtsr asrsEpf FAtEtOsa.s eFsgy aadeS th9Slaabi
cd pF6its Cans sbeNeen the hils Of eoF1.
hfst eip g. 4 ansd e4E e feF stal il =
hoed sRiceg end when took CT my crop you c'Uld
Bosget youFhat fnll Of svGEy. zhIkg gsdfn
sxSssibg whsf WIS des4g ne4d + got from
my acre 124 bushels Of ears Of squad, sight loved
yellow corn. f6nf bushels is b., and zen And
half hRshRlE Of POTATOES. Potatoes were badly dis
eaaed 4hsqF eaS- corn sol dSeIf7b eaaEs-beans for
81 69FSad potatoes for 30 ceRtsspeF b5shel-fodd-r
seEsp you nay Sc lhs pE6auee Of my acre was
S6375sslME grandson sOWed spring wheat On my
are the next spring, and gat 29k bushels.
H.anyb0ey will show me h philosophy OF
tarning sold and dead earth in which there is no
fertility, put seed upon, they viii show to me
aintN mode Of reasoning More tta1 twenty years
ago ploughed up of pasture land for corn;
q portion Of it rested lime rock, not more than
three or four inches below the surface, the plough
turning up 81 the soil down 20 the rock leaving the
naked rock in the bottom Of the fuFrow for rods 10
getber; in some places there was scant soil enough
20 hoe the with, butt got good piece of corn,
yielding than fifty bushels to the acre, without
any manure. / have often traced corn roots TO a
great distance horizontally, but never found them
toFun very deep; they occupy tie warm and fertile
soil In preference to the cold and dead subsol For
example, take of FIVE elk inches onthe top Of the
soil on feet square, and plan, hill of corn in
the centre, and you will have poor hill Of corn,
but yon may put half bushel Of good dung in The
hill and mix il well with the subso and you may
get good hill Of corn. And this reasoning will
hold good anywhere We don't have manure to
make twenty acre lot rich two feet, even one
foot deep; ii plough deeper than the fertile parts
Of the soil we injure the crops, unless We have
manure to make the ground rich speak with re
gard to my own land; other lands may require diff
ferent cultivation.