The constitutional union., 1861-03-15
THE FARMERS COLUMN,
CORN PLAATIEG.

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 We take the following interesting commu- nication from The Southern Rural Gentle man, one of the best agricultural journals in the Southwest:
 MR. EDITOR In fulfllment of my pro- mise to you, 1 herewith submit, for the bene- it of your readers, and of all who arc dis posed to profit by it, regular system of corn culture-for any season-which, from expe- rlence and observation, 1 am satisfied Is the best and surest yet adopted in this country.
 lst. When corn is to be planted in cotton land, take large two-horso shovel blow, and with strong team run 1t deep un0er the old cotton stalks, with mole boards, so as to open a deep, broad furrow. Step-drop, or guagc the corn at from twenty tothirty inches apart putting three to five grains in placc-to be thinned to one stalk-coyer with one of two furrows, with a scooper blow When the corn is four or five inches high, run round 1t two furrows to the row, with small scoop CT plow-with cross board-close and deep
 In two weeks blow in with soldier sweep of the proper shape-two furrows to the row-hilling up the corn well, and burying up the middle. In two weeks blow in again with the turning blow, deep-lapping the furrows well in the corn. In six or eight days, drill peas on the remaining middle, and break 1t out deep at one furrow with large shovel blow and your corn is made-only you have to thin 1t out by hand of wet days when the corn IS from one 10 three feet high.
 Z. When old corn ground is to be planted, center fuwOw should be run, and the land well-bedded, with double team-plowing deep the corn planted in the bed and cultivated as before. If old corn land has not been much tramped, or from any cause tolerably loose, and you are in hurry it may plant ed and cultivated as in cotton land.
 All rows-except on very poor land should be three and half feet apart, so as to answer for corn or cotton and there should be, at least-on all good common ground one stalk to every square yard, in cultivation One hundred good ears will make bushe :; and if each stock brings one good ear, it will make bushel and ii each stock brings one good ear, it will make bushc; it will make torty-eight (46-l0O) bushels per acre; for each acre contains, exactly, 4S40 square yards, Any good, common land, ought to make at least, forty bushels corn per acre :; as this would allow S40 missing hills and blighted ears to eachac
 Philosophy of his System-of P2qntny and Cuhirating.-The best, warmest, and dryest land is in the old cotton bed; conye- quently, the corn will grow off earlier there than anywhere else, and as there is no grass seed in the old bed by planting in, you are seldom troubled with much grass in the drill The old cotton stalks should not be beat down till just before planting, as while standing with their numerous branches, they break the force of the descending winter rains, and thus keeps the ground mellow and loose In my judgment, all that corn requires is, that the land should be broken deep, close and thor oughly, once in its cultivation By this sys- tem-this only is done, and l consider all be- yond this waste of labor. By this system all hoeing Is avoided-a large amount of which is generally indispensable, when the barring and shoveling system is adopted. By this system, corn will seldom succor or over shoot itself and as very few corn roots are broken, it will generally stand drouth better than when cultivated differently.
 ,Mope cf Stcecps-1he best sweep in the world for corn or cotton, in my opinion. is solid-nearly a triangular shape-rounding under the bottom-cuts fifteen incheS-and is bent backward and downward four inches from the outer corners, so that these run only about one inch shallower than the point. Why don't your toundery men cast some sweeps of this description, and let Us have them?
 Gross Jeam fer Scooter P5oa~s--I presume most farmers know how this is fxcI. 4 small board lacked to the foot and Lcam of the plow-paralicl with ,he rod, and on the side next the corn--to pulvcr.zc the ground and prevent the large clods from rolling on the corn when it is small. Hoping that this may be beneficial to some,
 remain yours, R.KG.