The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-03-26

/ EtuNeFanl. nhtulc uttttt ueesihss pour
O',f eve,y Land
DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTIVATION or
BROOM CORN.
Mldoi Of planting The broom corn is
planted in raw,. abnut or feet apart, 80
thal Nurse may pass between them with a
plough, or cuiu,stor, or harrow. The hills
IN edcn row are from o inches % 2 feet ~
part. or farther, according u the quality OF
the sill. The qnan ity ol seed To le planted ls
estimated very differently Dy drllrrenl tar-
mers--some say tha, hai peck is enough
PER- acre, while nthers plant natt bushel,
and some bushel. In 0rdef To make Il sure
that tue land shall BE- we'll stacked. Tue
rule with some Is to cast 4 leaspuantdl, or
50 or 40 seeds, IN hall the manure At the
time 81 planting snou i be pa, Iato the hill.
and old manure or compost Is preferred. a.
being most tree from worms.
LE.iiuaiiOa - The brnom-corn should be
plnughed and hord three tmrs--lile last
time when about three feet high, though
sOine hne Il when Il is slx feel higi aud ahrn
they re conceded by II Is the, arc loiiing
IN the helu. The number Of stalks ,n n hill
should be from seven "a ten. u there are
only hsr or ,ix st.lks, they will be large aud
coarser; Il there are aboui eight, the brush
will be liner aud mare valuable. In the hri
hoelng, the supemumerary stalks should be
pulled up
Harrssiiag the frost kills the seed,
the broom m-curn is harvested al the COM
mencement of the frsl frost The long
stalks are bent down at 2 or 2 feet lr1n
the ground aud By laying lhose Of two rows
across each uther abliqucly. kind oi table
. is made by every two rows with passage
between each table, Tor ih. convenience ot
harvesting. Alter that the brush IS cut,
leaving OF the stalks fran 20 , inches. A.
il is cur il is spread on the tables, stlll FAR
iher to dry that Is il the weather Is fair.
Care should be taken that The brnsh should
not be exposed 10 rain OF damp weather al
ter il Il cut. As II il carried into the barn
snne bind il IN sheayes aud tbls y great
convenience for the iufther operation q ex-
tracing the sfed. 0ihers throw The brush
Into the cart ur wagon. unboand.
Scrapi1g praeess 81 Extracting The
seed s sailel " "serspiug lhe brush. Tao
iron horizontal scrapefs .re prrpared-gne
movable, q BE- elevated a hille, 50 mat a
handfui 81 brush may b. introduced between
them. The upper scraper i u,en pressed
down siih one hand. and tie brush drawn
through with he ulhcr. The seed being scrap.
ed Oh. This is tie .nld method A newly
invented scraper Is superse,iing the oil one.
Il is an upright instrumenl, q elastic wood
or steel. inserted ii bencl 81 convenient
height Tor tile operator. A quantity Oi
brush j. taken IL the hand and brought dosn
upon the top OF this inslrument. As il is
forced dawn. and draWn towards the body
il separates the elastic stick. from the cen
tral piece, but their elasticity presses snlIi-
ciently on The brush. 5, that the seed !.
scraped ~. The Advantage Of tbs sctaper
Is, III bn,h hands nj, be applied u the
brush. instead ol only one hand. - 10 the
other kind, md he eltsiic power ~ nature
Is substituted for The pressure If nne nl the
hands The instrument alsa seems "a dOu.
ble III. scr1pipg surface. The instrument
was invented Il Hartford. | have been It'd
it has no been patented.
A connDn crop i. 200 - 800 lb,. per
acre. Tiere have been rn.ed 1000 and
100 lbs per- acre. with 80 % 100 bushel, ui
seed. Tie large kind gro.s eleven feet
high.
III the .,alks are CO, olr before The seed i
ripe, they are better, stronger. more durable,
than il cur after the seed i ripe. The seed
il used Tor feeding horses. eatile. AID swine
II is ground aud mixed with lddian meal.
aud is REGARDED u excellent food-it weigh,
forty popnd- bushel.
Any one wishing 10 cultivate crop ol
Broom Corn can have Scraper madr upon
apple ,tnn 10 The Principa of the ln.iitu.
tion for The Deaf 4 Dalhb and the Blind,
Raleigh, N. &.
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The Yszao Bannsr states thar Mr. John
McFarlsnd, of the firm Il MrFarlanj &