Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-09-17

And we, whose hearts are dry as summers dust
Burn to the socket.
With due Difference, with everJ tender re-
! collection for those gone before u.s. we deny
I this. 1t is poets thought, and that only.
The really good, the hard working in brain
and heart, often lived till the end. Often
times the tmid and tender hearted turn to
the wall and die, as the Frenchmen say, OF
chGgria, when they, couli they have lived on.
would have been blessing to all around them
TOPPING Conn OR CUTTING 1T BY THE GROUND.
By topping corn before it is ripe you pre-
vent the corn from receiving that portion of
the elaborated nutritve sap which if would
! have received from the stalks and Ieay es cut
of, had they not been separated from the
corn. On the other hand, by cutting corn bv
the ground before the leaves and stalks be-
come dry, and the corn fully ripe. and setting
1t in shocks as soon as cut, the circulation of
the sap continues, until the stalks become dry.
and the corn improves in the shock. The
same thing is observed in wheat, by cutting it
before the kernel is hard, and placing it in
shocks before it willis. the wheat improves in
the shack and will make more -four and of a
better quality than if it was allowed to stand
until the kernel was hard
We have two objects in view when we cut
corn by the ground. Namely, the preserva-
tion of the corn and stalks from frost. which
frequently occurs before the corn is ripe. and
spoils corn and stalks Whereas. if corn is
cut by the ground before the frost strikes II
both may be saved and be of good quality.
The corn grown in this section OF the coup-
try is not so large in stalk and ear as tina.
grown further South, the stalks being smaller,
make better fodder, and are excellent for
milch COWS, producing increase of milk of
the richest quality for butter making, and the
corn weighs more by the bushel than the
Southern corn.
have 20 doubt but that corn cut by the
ground before il is fully ripe. may not be quite
as heavy, but if it is well cured in the shock
it will be equal in quality, and the small loss
sustained in the weight viii be trihIng when
compared with the loss of the corn. and the
stalks for fodder when the frost strikes it be-
fore it is ripe. Surely if there should be no
frost until the corn was fully ripe /; the corn
wonld be good, but he stalks would be drv
and of little value. Finally, to sum up the
whole matter, there is certain state or con
diton at W hich corn may be cut by the ground,
and the diminution in the weight of the corn
win bear no comparison TO the loss of the fod-
der, if the corn was struck with frost or al
lowed to stand until it was fully ripe, and the
stalks, if well saved, will amply pay all the
cost Of cultivation.
| once planted two acres of corn, part of
it on the Sth, aud part on the 10th of June
1t being so late in planting, l expected it
i'd be destroyed by frost, About the mid
die of September there was slight frost, but
not SO severe as to materially damage the corn,
and fearing there would be more severe
frost Immediately cut the corn by the ground
and shocked it. The corn at this time was
what we term glazed, and it ripened well i n
corn to the acre, and the stalks proved to be
excellent fodder, and the corn was of so good
quality that had no difficulty in selecting the
best seed from it. At another time | had
corn struck with frost before it was cut, that
was equally as good before the frost came,
and both corn and stalks were spoiled. Coun-
try Gentleman.
An apothecary's boy was lately sent to leave
at one house a box of pills. and at another six /