New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-06

90 no, &c, 40 bushels per sers, think gst eosr
TAX, eus up ny corn from the ground, sud cat the
s up hte In n a'k-cutter, and mix with cut
sa ~, snd ] fod my cattle aud horses Dc IA veil az
Ser. Y shan upon good timothy hay. -
ssrn. 81 Lawmnos County-I planted
BrsipsTd msnuring With co manure - $50.
and hem n nurs in the hin. I mixed water wi,b ~.
MANURE n, make . sss,%19iqud: All the frs. seed
~ The ii Is gravey loam and him ~
.S Tor o,oin A. d fodder more yalusble than ,,s,
lard thst Yielded, h ee and half tons Of bay per acre
cultivate with sba, the asc1ay w sva,. sp.SGys
,Ssshy,., ;roIemsnt eva used TO kill wseds
NJ Rpn1gwyII efD1,> bees County, near the north
part The sill is g,avsIfy I'd sandy. 1 Tsnure wih
II cart loads of stable ~aaue , feet sns .a'
with dark colcred Canada cord, ald S"u1 o'snes per
acre The land was clover sod o one year ussuoice.
used handful of plaster and sshes p S sssr me
corn was up. In planting, cut tSongn .s' urox r.
requires a good deal of labor, but not 50 much a.
John F. PErrIsosE of Manchester, W. Ny ex-
psrience in corn depends upon the soil. 1 never W
corn for fodder when have grass enough 10 keep my
etock The advantage Of cut up corn Stake depends
upon how much grain is left with the sfatEa Corn
stalks for fodder consider equal to grass tuns OF
bay per acre when the will yield Az OF W bn.nee
per acre The col of land is deterorsted by
being blown away in Winter, and washed away ba1ly,
that s when the STALKS all cut up. therefore sd-
the Stalks standing,
Mr. WALwRorH, from st. Lawrence Co.-My ex-
perence of 30 years wholly contradc the last speaker
my corn land improves by cultivation. seed my iand
with 30 bs of clover seed per acre, mixing some other
grass seed with it, and intend TO cow 10 lbs OF clover
seed per acre.
Gen. MARSHALL of Wheeler, Steuben Co-My
views correspond with the first gentleman. think If
farmers would take more pains in planting corn they
would get better crops turn clover sod asdeep rs
can pull the plow, fret manuring thickiy with yard
manure. roll tie land and harrow, aud mark four
feet apart each way. dub my seed with warm soft
soap drying with plaster. tried hen dung, pound
ed fine and mixed with leached ashes half and hall,
usiDg handful IN the bill. consider the crop
the most valuable one we grow. L have grown ~
bushels per feed stalks to cattle, and consider
it very valuable feed. wish all farmers TO try soft
soep. leave four stalks in the hiU
Mr.. Harris of The Genesses Farmer. said. In answer
the question. that eached ssbes mixed with hen ma
nuTe and put at once IN the NIL, Will not DJure N
would guano.
Mr. PLUMB Of Onondsga-My soil is a clay, grava
loau-a good soil. | prefer t~o-yesr clover lay,
MANFRED with twenty loads Of manure per acre, aud
plowed six inches and barro wed and made very fine.
plant three feet apart, and cultivate with steel cult
and cut from the ground and Think the stalls
worth much good bay-:rop. | have counted
expense at 50 to $40 10 raise a crop. Ii won't
pay to hoe much. | have grown $50 bushels OF ears
per acre. We don't raise any crop valuable as corn,
and we do raise g cd wheat. l foddered $50 sheep
aud II till March, upon ten Of corn-stslks.
allowing The stock to run at siraw-stack beside l
raise the large eight.rowed yellow with q slau
cob and like il better than Duton corn 1t yields bet
ter than any white corn.
T. G.. PETERs-I have fOuud that manure hauled out
and spread in the Fall on clover sod is the best 1
planted fourteen last Spriog gravely loan,
pIowed four five iocbes deep, three by three aods
half feet generally, and where 1t WAS MANFRED IN the
Fall the corn the best got more stalks and lees
grain the psrt 81 by 81 fest than the by feet
grow for fodder as well grain, and cut up from the
ground snd cbaff the stalks for feeling There is
other feed for milk COWS in Winter equally valuable
don't know az shallow plowed Land will ssud drouth
as well deep powed but my land stands wet as is
is not usually urderdrsiped. On a stiff soil you must
plow dteper, If land is mads very fns IL stands wet
and drouth. uss Aldens horss-h,e aud count It the
best implement know Of 1t won't pay to hand hos
corn with me, except TO kill Canada thistles esti-
mate that get 200 hills per at three fees
than three and-a-hsf feet, and get more good
from hat widest apart. If the corn s the most valus-
ble then plant three feet apart; il stalks
are valuable, pla,t three feet apart. have grown
frgm fifteen TO v buf hels per acre, and had the poor
est where did the most hoeiog
Mr. JAMES GEDDEs got good crop without hoeing.
and thinks that 1t will not pay TO hoe where he
lives in Onondsga County, and upon land that pro-
! duces good corn.
SoLoS RoBISsos-I plowed last Spring an old worm
out field that had not been powed bsfore foe thirty
yesrs as deep as could get the plow, and then
subsOil low in every furrow, and MANFRED il with o
compost Of pigeon DUG and muck, spread broadcast
ard narrowed in. IL was planted with improved King
Philip seed. which 1 consider the bsst variety that
know, in drills three and half feet apart, running
forth and south leaving the stalks about ten inches
apart. 1t was worked with plow and Kuoxs horse
hoe and very little hand hoeiDg and notwithstanding
the severe drouth which prevented al ea'ly baDeft
from the manure, got very good crop-the
l0pg and und snd cut the stalks from the ground
soon as the glazed aud have got great aud
valuable lot of good fodder for my horse and COW.
advocate surface manurpg upon sod, and planting in
drills and fiat culture snd very little hand hoeing.
An hour having been devoted TO the discussion of the
corn question, of which the above is cut a synopsis of
the valuable practical remarks it was resolved TO give
the discussion a more miscellaneous turn, aud Maor
Dickenson Of Stueben County, was called upon, who
said that he could talk of and miscellaneous mat
ter connected with farming at the same time. He
glad to the crowded with practical farmers
| takiI Q an interest in these discussions.
A. B. DICKEssoS-I think climate hss inst as mach
to do with corn growing soil. know or no better
union of soil and cmste than this valley of Chemung,
and have the best crope grown here Of any part
of the country If YOU have land perfectly prepared
for corn, it should be plowed just as deep Il bad
been poweo before, and that would be fifteen nches
deep but to turn up new upprepared land that deep,
would inure the crop the first year. With regard TO
boeing corn think it best bereabous To work at first
right around The bill of corn. and that will give IL
= good starts then you work with the culdvator.
l. dspeu ds upon the land how far apart to plant and
thai kind should be planted that will ripen. can
grow more here per than could at the West.
have see l25 bushels Of 60 pounds per rel grown
in This valley and 60 bushels of 60 pounds
pei buehel grown a. the West. On good hay you can
fat cstte but you cannot upon stalks, bat they
are better than poor hay. cannot make an acre OF
corn stalks COCO acre OF grass. If you want
raise big crop OF corn, put on BARNARD manure
year after year grass, aud aerward plow 10 and
make ii mellow and rch 10 inches deep, aud then corr
will never eXhauet the soil.
M. PFTTIBOEE OF Vermont thinks that IN his SlaH
he would have TO plant corn on si1ehs or not ct al,
| and without manure lie wante to know how v ar
mon; farmers to top dress their land nanured
piece of land and plowed deep, and planted WITH corn,
aud did not get tweny bushels an acre. whas aoohsr
person ust nozzed piece adjoining and got forty