Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1860-05-10
AGRICULTURAL.
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From the Rural Register.1
Corn Culture.
DEEP FLOWING.

was a good corn year, do not think il
would have averaged more than twenty
FIVE bushels per acre.
when came in possession of il l
took my plow, aud with two stout hor-
ses and sometimes three, commenced
turning up the soil from niue TO ten inch
es deep. Aud although | could see from
the actions of some of my neighbors, they
thought If ! dad not come on the town /
would ruin nay farm. Yet sii perse-
vered aud Oh the SAME ground where
there was twenty FIVE bushels of corn
per acre when | purchased il, | have
raised without any manure (although |
do not dishelieve in manuring.) one hun
dred aud twenty bushels per acre. This
Is my experience in deep plowIng."
A correspondent of Wisconsin paper
also gives the following views upon this
subject. from which our Southern corn
growers may gather some hints that may
be turned 10 good account: The corn
crop is always an important one. but this
year good crop Is an all important con-
sIderaIion. aS the high price and scarcity,
and in many quarters. Indicate that a
large demand must be made for 1t the
ineG: var alsO-hrnce our anxiety to im-
press upon the planters 10 use every means
lai their command for a successful result:
Lose who may not be allie 10 use any Of
the fertilizers Obtauable from abroad,
can strive to obtain as much of home
supply as possible. and more particular
ly. can bring up from the bowels of the
earth the hidden treasures therein:
''In the culture of Inl ian corn, one
thing has become an axiom with farmers.
and that thorough experience which Is,
that the seed corn should be sound. and
all right. aud adapted to our particular
soil and climate MoSi farmers are aware
that there is a material difference IN the
yield and quality Of different varieties Of
corn. The largest varieties, under good
culture and in Favorable seasons, gener-
give the largest yreld per acre; but the
smallest variety ripfns earliest. As some
lan has sad ! ihinN ia ulers should plant
Hlhpss varieilsa haFipg. referenge IS tar
As practicable 70 producnveness) which
soont 81 colnes 10 maiufity
The Creates. care sHsoid be exereised
in the selection of seed corn, not only
from the best varieties for the different
localities, but also the seed of the differ
ent kinds desired; and this should be
zone before the corn IS gathered IN the
field, where there is an opportunity for
comparison. The reason why we have
so much bad seed corn is either owing TO
liz being gathered while damp, and al
lowed to remain so until it freezes. or if
dry when gathered. il is placed where it
absorhs dampuess and afterwards freez-
es. Corn gathered when malurrd and
placed, when dried, where il is neither
exposed to dampness or frost, will grow
every time.
After having saved or procured suf-
fCleucy Of good seed corn of "A kind that
Is adapl,d to our soil, we should next (if
not alrt ady done) examine the condiiion
Of the soil with reference to its probable
productiveness This being aScertained,
our first. aud may say. one of the most
important considerations in the whole
routine IF growing Indian Corn. Is that
of properly pIowi1g the land selected for
The crop. Deep plowing >hould be the
motto of ej,ery farmer, Esp, cially in the
prrparatIoi, of The soil for crop of Indi-
an corn On all ordinary soil, for plow-
lug should he al least from light TO ten
iuches dtep. yes as deep as il can be well
be- gotten down. as general rule, the
de- pr the bitter; and then. if the soil
h,iD,, il.al depth appars to be hard and
co,upael, Il should be- alirred with the sub
,ad low. Then The water can pass up
land down freely aud all danger from ex-
ICrs- iv.- rains Is removed, because the
wafer r. adily passes away from the roots
of the plants also all danger from drought
or nearly all, because The water wall
pass fretiy upward ly capillary atlrac-
ZION, and il is true that every particle Of
which ris towards the surface comes
comrs lad n Wits what are called salts,
which II lrlugs from deep in the earth,
aud d.po>lls within the reach Of the roots
# tie plants. II it enters the roots Of
the plants, it carries with II food TO nOur-
,h such plants. Il IS said that by this
nrinclnIf a Gs,:!!y Gcss;!!-y altrav;iou.@io~1 @ t01
plants IS often brought from deeper IN
the ground than the roots penetrate, and
that the water of excessive rains should
pass off without obstruction into the earth,
and the upward flow of water after evap-
oralion should be uDimpeded IN order to
supply The >,rface soil after a droulh.
Every farmer who Is observing and has
tried deep blowing, knows that his fields
are dripr for it in rainy weather. There
may be some soils lying upon so porous
subsoil that il would be proper TO cul-
tivate shallow.
Its also said that The free passage of
air through the soil is almost as impOr-
iant as water. Wafer and air seem TO
be the plants walters. They act as food
carriers 10 the plant and must have free
course-and TO that end the soil must be
deeply mellowpd, consequently The neces-
sily Of derp blowing.
NV plan then. in preparing the soil
for a crop of Indian corn. would be to
pIow the soil deeply. turning all grass,
weeds and manure under, 50 that they
shall not be visible
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