, 1860-12-12
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
TIE CULTURE OF CORN.

HAat. saJs one, "Ille OF corn culture IN De-
ccmber, just at killing time" and when pre-
partition is being made for the holidays? Ycs,
now II the time to discuss the past md to con-
slider the futu1c-thc days Of rest from ardent
toil-the time for thought and for the Iayine
OF plans forthe future. swell, then, do you
propose any new plan!" No, but the genius
Of man fs still seeking ont new inventions,
aud Just now 1t is busy with the implements
for the culture Of TINT great staple, corn. At
the state Fair held at Jacksonville there were
eight corn cultivatora, each differing, In some
respect, from the Others, yet all Of them con-
tainins the same general feature, and intended
to be drawn By two horses instead Of ono, ns
In the present plan. Those cultiyators were
to work both sides Of the rows, and to finish
1t at ono operation On some Of them the
driver was to ride, and with Others he must
walk. On these, any person who could drive
team and guide lever, whether boy or man,
lame, Lazy or convalescent, needing the pure
mir, could be driven; on those, none but the
boy Of well developed muscle, or the man with
good legs and steady arm, could drive md
hold These eight inventions may, then, be
classed as riders or walkers, and those who
prefer riding can now be accommodated, as
well as those who continue On in the old walk
For ourself, VIC take the seat, and while tie
LETT hand guides the team the right shall grasp
the lever to turn the implement that 60 nicely
fits the young blades Of corn to the right or to
the left, 80 as to follow the wayward hills or
the einuous drill
TEE OLD WAY.
Corn Is now cultivated with single horse,
with the use Of corn plow, shovel ploW,
1ts 9" ethe{ of these Implements am
must pass twice in the TOW, that is once on
each side Of it, to do the work well, and with
four foot rows the usual width, one man and
horse will work four acres in day, travelling
fifteen miles. Now the boy who travels fifteen
Land has no easy task, and to this may he al
tributed the clumsy gait Of many Of our farmer
boys, prematurely made old men BY this con-
staut travelling, day after day, holding the
shovel plow Or the cultirator; and even the
horse that threads the corn "makes no very
when the corn Is 's1aid By" To tread forty
acres Of corn and work it four times VIC have
six hundred and forty miles Of travel Add to
this the distance to and from the field, and
We hare a distance Of travel to tread forty
acres OF corn, equal to journey from
do you wonder that your boys arc used up,
when the working Of the corn Is over, and the
wheat Is ripe for the harvest. Do you think
TINT such continued muscular exertion fits
them to withstand the glowing heats Of Julyg
Do you think that it gives them love for fu-
nature: They come to the house weary and |
1aggtgscd out. Then, need you wondertl1at they
hare no taste for reading, no desire to store |
their minds with the useful? The first work |
ing Of the young corn Is I more slow and te- |
dious process. Each hill must be watched to |
see that no stray lump Of Garth is thrown on
it to crush it down, and yet the small weeds |
must be covered with earth to smother them |
out, while between the rows they must be de- |
strorcd- The cultlvator and the double shovel |
llow are great Improvements on the common !
ploW and the corn harrow, but intelligent lncn |
have for long time been looking forward to
something better, something that should do
the work more perfect and with less labor:
The farmers of the great corn zone have
thrown aside the hoe years since, and thus les
scncd the labor Of making the crop" It ap-
pcarcd conceded that our horse must continue
to work on, and that the desired end must be
attained In the improvement Of the shorcl- |
plow and the cultirator. These have been
SO that no further improvement ap-
pcared possible in that direction, when genius |
was directed to examine other channels, when /
10! It was discovered that two horses could be
put to the task, and in that way double the CO.
[,acity Of tho man to do the work, and thus we |
come to consider
THE NEW PLAN
AS Webciorc intimated, eight different minds
have during the last season been busy with the
same idea, That Of adapting the cultiyator and
;hoyel ploW to the use Of two horses, aud each
% our mind, has succeeded to greater oa less
..xtent; and though none Of them are as per-
ect as VIC expect 10 see them, yet the problem
las been solved, and tho principle deinonstra-
cd, that 1t will work ; aud now the boy, the |
nyalid, the lame and the lazy, can all hc use-
ul in this part Of the farm work. Here Is no |
Of man aud horse; two broad
yhcels can be made to pu1ycrize the humps, or
'arroF ones to sustain the driver and make
le draft easy; a *'pilot" keeps the clods truu
he hill, while the firm earth is thrown |
n1ong the stalks to smother the youn.
Feeds. Once through tho rows the
york is done, and eight instead Of
our acres per day is thoroughly cultivated. :
Lis VIC call progress, and it Is this cheapenlrg
I the cost Of growing our staples that is to
i've us the vantage ground IL the markets Of
be world. If corn sells ct thirty cents, and
osts twenty five, We have Il profit Of only | :
re cents; If We can grow for Ten cents an1 |
ell at twenty, though the price is q th:ralcss,
ct the profit IL double. Let our farmers,
hen, strive to cheaper the cost Of farul pru-
ucts Instead of haEpin. about the hard ti1ucs, :
nd they will find certain profit thereby. Ii
. probable that before the time for corn- I
lanting arrives re shall have More uf these
ess invcntions-this new application Of car | i
cit corn implements. RURAL =
Ch1,nDdk7,4, De. 10 1890 +