Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-11
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Rotation and peep SOFIA Corn ExperI-
meuI,


ment.
Regular rotation of crops and deep blowing are
working wonders upon some Of fhe old and long,
worn out farms Of New England In the discus
sons before the Maine State Board Of Ag ieultufe'
which met at the seat Of government in January
many Of the delegates bore striking aud Uniform
testmonyto the valus Of both Of these practices es
pscially upon lands that had been cropped Laro
One Of the members mentioned held OF nteeh
acres /" badly bound out" which was PloWeo three
inches deeper than ever before, ana RILer an ap-
picaton of three bushels Of plaster OF Paris, pro-
dueed a Weld of coo bushels Of oats. This is for
ty bushels 10 the acre Another reported yield
Of 50 bushels shelled corn per acro-56 pounds
to the bushel, from field similarly treated.
Results very like these could be obtained from the
old fields Of Kentucky, which nov grow nothing but
sedre and briers if deeply plSwed, and application
of plaster were substituted b. generous quantity
of baru,yard manure, or compost Of which the
base should be stable dung and sora2iDgs from the
woods.
twelve miles from Louisville, which was treated in
this maOner three years ago, and gave yield of
corn in return that much more than paid expenses
Without further preparation il seeded 10 grass
sown upon the ttubble, and will this com ng
season BE- mere than fair pasturage or meadow, for
one of which il is designed, The corn in this ex-
perimep', vas manfred in the hill.
Our farmers complain of'the great labor and
heavy cost Of sub experiment. But such com-
plants without reason. Every farmer who
keeps merely two three horses four five cattle.
half dozen sheep, and dozen hogs, if he vii!
only litter his stalls, pens and barn yard, with the
cheap litter afforded by the woods short distance
from his dwelling house, in quantities enough TO
furnish his animals with comfortable bedding be
can have every year, by planting in time in the
spring, mountain of compost such as we have de-
scribed that will perfectly sstonsh his own eyes.
So much for the cost Of that part Of the expert
ment Il really cost nothing, for it viii pay for it.
self in the increased comfort supplied to his stock,
and the diminished quantity of food necessary to
carry them through the winter As for the labor
aud expense of hauling out that is not very formid
able. when you post up and look the thing right in
the face.
In the instance to which we have referred, after
the field was checked off fer the seed, tWo-horse
wagon and three men MANFRED four acres per day
giving to each hill large shovel full of the
post. The actual expense in this case prObs>
bly, two collars per day, but in any would not
be over four dollars, one dollar per With
out the manure, the old field might possibly have
yielded 25 bushels 20 the acre: with it, it yielded
about AZ bushels. Difsrenee-l5 bushels, which,
at only SO l-S cents per bushel, is So.
all this is clear again. for the cost Of hauling out
and applying the manure is fully repaid by the
condition in which the crop left the ground for
gTass.--LouisUiHs Courier.