Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-05-16
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bly, IN the shock.
rEr,K,TION OF TuE oNor>p.
Corn /. much planted on lre-h break OF
I'D. anG made the 6r., crop in Eve years
rotation. IL will. however. succeed for
many years on the same ground. II The
strength !. kept up BY proper application
ofmAnure. Sometimes (iu Pcup.yl'ania)
wheat or rye Is sosn at the last working os
the curu aud pas,ured through the winter
by sheep or eow. and sometime. the corn
II removed when ca, aud the ground sown
with winter grain. The fr.t preparation OF
the soiI should De fkorgvSh Sra'HGgr, where
~ - nevdcd Tor no crop - more anectcd ~
water standing IN the soil than this. ~
surface draining mus, be rs-oried 70, the
he.i plan D. 70 plov the land IN ridge and
Plant on the top. Th- will al.o give more
posr,.hmen, to 70 the corn in very thin soils.
but. eIc-p, in extreme eases. u !. not ad'l'-
able. a. ii leave. the ground rough or un'
even, and interfere. with good cultivation.
some farmers Ocjec, to pas'ins fresh ma
nure on corn land. because 70 nAtes weeds
grow. but, With me. this would be reason
for applying i, TO this IN preference TO any
other crop. toe there is no other in which
the weeds are 81 easily kept down. While
desuoyipg them keeps the ground loose :
generally pu, the manure on the sod the tall
before: when pa, on Immediately before
Planting. II IL is coarse and not very well
ro,tsd, a, will have to he plowei IN but, u
IL /. fne enough 70 admit, ii - BEST applied
after ploxing. aud narrowed IN. The guam
iity o, manure need ouly Be- limited BY the
available supply; never knew corn u sa'
fer from t1o much manure. At the same
tune eIccllen, crops may be raised ON new
land. or on old ed without any manure. !
apply the bals Of the manure 70 the corn
crop. DO, give ligb, Goa, TO the wheat
M.nuring 10 the hill. either before Planting
or alter The cora is up. - .onst'u'e' prae-
uced but manuring the whole surface -
batter. IL /, can BE- done. Though the ma
pure ne1, the scct helps to start the eorn' u
1. ol very title consequences alter the roots
b..,u TO .rrcad over the ground. and there
will - but little difsegliy in starting the
eOrn provided the .Oil Is properly prepared
FLOWING.
Thi. may be done any time ,haiihe ground
~ill admit Of l.. from the middle OF Autumn
until planting time. For 'us. el.ys' soils
F.l blowing !. best. 1t alsO destroys the
Gu, worm and the seeds Of great many
veed. Sometime. u is considered al ooFeci
10 have the .Od fJr early pasture IN the
Sprip-, As IL furnishes sOOd br Tor m''eh
cJw.. etc before u Is necessary 10 pio~ It,
1nI while the usual pasture Is too young.
In thi. latitude. II sheep are fed on 1t IN
MID weather ,hrOush the Winter. they wall
GIVE IL an excellent coat OF manure. In
blowing, leave a. ie~ dead furrow. in the
srlt a. po-.ible. II the ground !. nearly
level and the shape Of the hrId will permit.
,h, b..t Plan is to begin IN the middle aid
throw the lurrow inwardly, leaving the fur
row oil around the outside. lihat IS, back
mrro~ the who'll field This. however,
will depend on the number of tunes 'hS
fslt ls TO be plowrd in tire rotation; as, The
ns1t iurrOv will have TO be thrown towards
the fence aud the last plowins eeiore seed
iuc down should Away, be towards the
middle. Do not lay the furrOw aa', but
eI,e u - as jus, - cover the grass. The
depth Of plo~ins wall depend IN the depth
Of the soh. n your soil !. 10, as deep a'
you can run the plo~. turn upa little Of
the .uhsoiI each time. thus gradually deep
euins Il. Slb.oil plosIng will be OF ad
vantage e.peeially where the top 'oil =
thin. Remove all stones TO the depth that
you plo~ Give the ground thorough
harrosibg. going fr.t the way IL was P'ow
cd. then crossing, until the surface Is Per
fse,ly Gsiios.
MAKING OFT AND PLANTING.
Ifyou are going to plant in hills, the mex
thing in order wall Be markipgou, Thus u
generally done with the plo~. running to 4
pole set up a; each end, and other. aions
the row a. you can see them. II You cannot
zee through. making double width as yo'
20 toward. the poles, and returning 'hrOOg'
the middle space. have used tor 'e'era
years a simple and very effective ImPIsmen
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