The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-30

.Josepb Wright commenced high farming Ia
Indian corn some eight years ago lie TOOK d
large field OF candy loan that had been worn ~
The sub-soH by hard usage, Strengthened the
brook that ran through il, into broad deep
ditch. which debouched into Seneca Outlet tn n
be put in lateral uaderdrains Of pipe tie, thirty
20 forty inches deep, and from twenty 10 iorty
feet aosrt. On this field Of twenty acres be Dire"
many loads OF stall manure during the winter
feeding hi Own large stock OF OoVlnes oaliy Ia-
tons of still -lop Oh the same Held, using us
fsttug cattle 70 draw the same from the ustlAery.
In the spring the lot piowedi tue chemical
effect Of 70 much urine left by the cattle on the
surface col bad now completely changed iIs
color from hungry dfab 10 a dark chocolate.
The corn was planted eafly 10 May with the
eighteen-rOwed yellow dent corn grown IN ONO,
in nils four feet apart, north and south, three
and half feet east and west; il was cultivated
uitb fve.tooth steel cutigator a. soon az the
plarts began TO apper, in order to let 10 sun
shine and hasten the growth, while it also de-
stro-ed the weeds The hoe was used only 70
hin up The corn very little. and 70 clear the
weeds around 10 but tie cutiyaiOf ~ds USED
until the corn reached above the horses back,
az often a. the surface needed stirring, without
waiting for the weeds % grow. THIS corn was
ripe. cut up, aud hauled of very early 10 sep
temDer then cutivatOr levelet the hiii- sru
preparcd ths ground 70 receive timothy seed,
which was immediately s0wn; the next summer
he cut good crop OF timothy hay, and the seas
on after be cut "a mOnstrOus crop OF the SANE.
Two crops Of hay might have been made the
second season but he turned in his horse, ana
boynes 70 pasture the second crop, planting the
field again with corn the next season, ttng the
second heavy crop OF corn.
This Geld has been planted % corn every year
since receiving every winter from tsenty 10
twenty-five loads Of green stall manure TO the
acre. The Weld has never been less than one
hundred and fifty TO sixty bushels Of ears TO tbs
acre. three bushels OF ears making two bushels
Of shclled corn the ears were large, many Of
them measuring nine inches long, and filed TO
TO the tip eud, the cob very small, and the collar
only stem Of half 10 iiVe-eighths in thickness,
but the kernals are are very long some Of the
ears yield three fall gils Of corr But isis neces-
sary 10 have selected Western corn every year
for seed. "a in our climate the dent runs out, the
cob gross larger and the kernels shorter ard
more round. every year consecutively more and
more. " hen the seed IS grown here. Although
10 requires q highly MANFRED, warm soil 10 grow
this corn. 10 takes 10 moro labor 10 plant aud
tend il than lint corn, and the cereal yield has
prove! 20 be oue-third more when planted side
by side. Some Of our a-iute Fayette farmers
are Low growng this variety Of corn with such
s1cce-s that they viii never so back to the flint
corn Nr. Wright cuts up bis corn very early
TO save his fodder perfect, puts it in large stocks
where the stalks cure well and are 4. 10 haul IN,
husk and nov away in later fall. Some are
husked in the field and kept n stocks until need
cd TO cut up with the stalk cutter in March and
April; these large hgneors stalks are cut fine
and treated with Indian meal for his so equnes
and bovincs. He grows much timothy and but
little clover, for the reason thar his land is go
highly MANFRED that the clover lodges. He has
lately leased badly worn field, on which 20
grow clover hay by the aid Of bis surplus ma
nure; for, although clover draws more Of it's
nourishmeut from the atmosphere than the cereal
grasses, il fails 20 grow on an exhausted soil.
5. WILLIAMS.
Seneca Falls, November. 1868.