Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-05-04
Corn Fodder and Carrots.

" OF tolueFs nsANe AeihAu tN--fe's
provide in future. Tor the latter oHsrscacy,
would make few suggestions Many
persons have suffered some duTine the Ia''
winter, (,he writer includsd) to the tune o!
SOS rer ton Tor hay. and have bad to bS
70 get I, a, even this price. To avoid tie
repetition Of a like calamity, would sue
ce.t sowing corn for fodder. and would also
recommend scearinga plentiful supply Of
roots
Ihave sOrcd corn. though on limited
scale. Cor two Or thrce years past. and every
years experiences increases my appreciation
Of il. great value A. compared with hay. ]
have one bull that will weigh, perhaps 500
lbs.. aud COW that weighs 500 lb'., which
I"kesp on" during the year. l 'v'd
ONLY QUE acre Of cora las, "a on, some 81
which we cut green for soilins these ant
mails. seven square tols kept the's two ami
nal. seven DAY.. and without any other
f.! At th,. rate. one acre Would keep one
animal $50 days. or nearly year. What
va. no, required a. gre'n food. wasearrial-
" eur,d and kept tr winter use; and |
have no doubt bu, ,ha, this one acre Of corn
fodder was Of more value than tire acres
Of nv meadow land. on an average.
corn for hd Ter should b. s5Wn ,arly-as
s,on alter planting As possible. IL - then
r,ady Tor cutting early, aud letter orror'
,uniiv for cutting d, i. secured. Mr. Al
phsu. morse. of Ei,on, In who hy 'hsva
Is one Of the hs,t practical farmers in Mad.
i.,n Co. J prefer, Kind OF sweet corn which
he has, t. any other variety. Probably The
"Ob.o corn" will rank next 90 ,h'. variety
Tor tl,, Esrpo.-, hc' who're thes' cannot Be
conveniently yro,ursi, ,he iarmsr ned net
hesitate TO NV any variety.
The c,rn should d. .1wci Ia drills three
f,s. apart fr1a center :, cca;sr, and a foot
wide la The drills. Tske conuon corn
marker. aul nail board is inches long on
- ,hs esd OF each tooth 'hi, viii mark 'he
dnlls. Take corn enough ~ a common
pee basket 20 s5w oss row. Toe amount
can bs EASILY calculated by counting tlc rows
ON An acre. have alx4y, u.sl four 5u'h.
a.. 70 n, acre, but Mr.. Morse writes me,
that three bu,bsl, J. Sufficient, and be ha'
.ov,d 10 somewhat extensively. several year,
r.... The man whp .ov. the corn will
bay, go, bend hi. ilrk''aul k--P throwing
H. c1ra a little ahsai BOO i.c irtIl markell
A l.,il- pri,,is, all enable him 10 20 ID
,,ry e., %. and o., Will .,w ah'utas a'i a.
he woall naturally walk. When he e,'s
accustomed % o., quantity be may he a''
low , t.ke any amount Ut corn. bot Il ''
better O., clmayue, With jl'; enough sg'
ous row.
cover tie corn by passing the eul,.va'or
over each. and l', boy follow, % complete
a., covering with ho-. Wh-r ''' ''-n 10
~ s.a. 81, show "a, r,~,. r,.' OIL. rI.,i'a.
,5r l.tv-su ,asm. All ia ,''us o.. 'esSs
reratit
/, nav be harvested with an Oh cr''.'.
g., would b. likely 10 .r1.l a s'i crai'.,I
eu.i.n. rr,u %, rows, or en-; With corn
-, r,.,.-tJ = Law. = Grail, mai,
shorter an .',ltcr. On purpose q ca, corn
fodder. Ifhs wl,,Lsr .. Gne, i,t fireman
a~-k ny logger before :. e bound then
blu ia u..H r.1i..s. .ett up IN round
49,. .,.-- -l, bundles, brir-i1; ,bs
t.s..t... .,sr. and cap D., with smother huu-
die s,aal h.i, ar' --,, ,h- hgr'' l'n'y
.nnl .n ga. S4y until req -lr-i or sh'u.i
a., weather prove gl,,, ur.a,Hr,''' O. ae.
CO N ttt.. nay p, sub ,llani.y tak 20
d,,nanl Pat up 100 ,r,sY .hl,.. by rar.u.
a.. sl,t. ,ut. al s,s7.r: ,h, 'rr, i'sh.r'
-, 4.l D, well ani-4-i AMI capped, m'y o..
main an,il wao'.i 20 ~ ltml'the GO.
Ill. ..-sl 90 t, placed IN a NOW
F,r.4...ti.sl 1al i7 ,.f... O. che hs.i
L.v. h4.IIlu lt tlt1s an cqIal wgisat
49, b.. :, quit, a, FAR"
r,rh,p. Cor ro1, crops the carrot i' the
b., auI m's' generally cultivated. The
variety s1E - the long orange. The
gr,1ni should BE- rich. m,!.lS, AMI dry
lapI. 10 bot 20 pos ,t Boo iI1i' not more
than 30 or 80 f..t wide, az g heavy ran
shout a., time th, s,si isc'mius up. unl,s'
there are elur.rs 'Jr thg water O. pass oH
reaIilv. ~ apt Q, ruin the crop Rae t1c .
gr,a1i b,lr, sowing S,w with hand
dr. as .lll %. .ss tls rAk.us a. pylcuc'h.'
--Js.I- .. .... apart. ani aud - H.. .
fed q ,hsucrs. Draw a line flr the ir,,
row. aul =: &, straight. ThsnA,hias mby
readily 20 fssIt1 mlset row IN advance.
b, rl.-.,. = stick h5r,r,a,al across IN.