Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-09-23
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Topping Corn


The question whether IL is b's; 90 cut the
top stalks OF corn early in september, or TO
wait a little longer ana cut up the whole at
the root ., It'll undecided Much may ye,
he said on one side and on the other with.
out offence.
Il s,cm 20 BE- now asrc,d that whether
the top Is 10, standing ull the whole Is cut
or not. that it should not De separated while
rrcgu-lor while the ear /. filling it draws
from al Tart.-fron every vein-the juice
intended to all In The grand re.ul,-the
SLING OF the kernels inclosins the cobb.
And there seem. to be no doubt the ci7cu-
iati5n continues fJr some time alter The
corn d. cut up at the root.
Ii agreed also tha, there may be cases
wtcre corn c.cape. The irost better ia the
shock than cot Of is. You may De lucky
enough o. cut your corn at the root - ear.
ly a. 10 save mos, Of It. Sull, unless YOU
know when the iros, j. coming You may rob
your corn OF ten day, good weather which
harrcns O. come after You have bid your
corn nom the sun. aud from that free and
wholesome air which We often have in the
fr.t hall Of SEPTEMBER:
For in case no fro-, happens ull the mid
d.. Of september We mus, insist that The
corn will DO heavier and better out % the
shock than in i,--sl.S why talk about fine
and clear weather while corn and grain and
grass are coming 20 maturity?
We are aware that some writers object to
making bay in the sun. They tell Us that
medicinal herbs arc dried in the shade. and
they express fears tha, she sun j. no friend
to good hay. Clover particularly mus, %
put ia heaps As soon As it i viliei, and it
mus, no, b opened TO the sun, bot only
turned over occasionally in the cock, wait
ius four or Eve days ia that position les, .he
glorious sun should draw some of the virtue
out Of il. Al this i. @ De- done 20 prevent
the los Of few isars' which NAV sc1tter
oE-whcn il is known that al tho leave.
make up bat small part Of the weight Of
the hay. The stem. are the chief concern,
and ho who leaves them out ior four or Eve
days. when two day. are enough 20 cure
the wholc-she leaf and the stem--secms
not % understand well tb, business oi cur.
ins hay.
Clover is the hay that is 20 be treated
in this way. and lcft out for four or Eve
day. instead oC tvo-thousb clover, Of al
the movn kind. OF fodder, Is the .eas, cal
cuhtsd to shed or the rains. Herissrass
and rcd.top will turn OF water well /, bu,
clover Away. makes a poor roof in wet
weather.
Il j.. believed by many Old farmers tia;
corn ma,urcl In open bills and exposed
while growing % all kinds Of weather,
y soln1er auI heavier than any which
Ia. bern kep, from the SUI, whether by
means OF cars or o,hcrwise-thoush At may
b. .bers o, bot li,,ls difference IN the
weight.
The next question = which i The easiest
mode % harvesting? We have irisi both
modes. and ar, confident that we are ,uhicc,
t5 les hard lifting when the tops are cui
before the corn is mature.
The tor- are pa; in shocks or pike, aud
suffered % remain 80 tiiI they are dry enough
60 rack In barus % stacks Nohelyy labor
attends this husinc.-.
But the c0Fn, it j. said 0. heavy and must
b. pat on to th, cart 80 il must when
stalk and hu.k are kep, together. Manual
labor is required ,o throw up the corn-aud
the same b, required to throw IL from the
cart.
Now Tor stripping % the hu'k'. Each
ear mus; be taken "a? by iis1.f in either
mode. l. 10 easier 70 take bundle ia
your lap aud pick the ear. from the s;alk',
or to pick up an oar IRON ihe top Of a heap
and strip it wi'hou, any stalk attached to
it3
something depend. on training Our
farmer, iu thi. quarter are used 10 th,
practice of hu.kins iron the heap with
NJ top stalk in the way. They ~ they
can husk more baskets in a day without a
top stalk attached than with it, They
are used o. thi. mode. and i; requires time
20 become acquainted with new one.
The corn stoycr may possibly be worth
more when tie whole is cut at thu root
bat the butts are always eaten when ,h,
tops are oG-and those who prcs' the sub.
jsgi oC "eut ieed. must agree that the old
mode leaves the stoycr partially eut-not
half 50 long as when al is cut together.