New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-05
Plant Corn.

| Our great staple crop, corn, OF which we had
great surplus in store. has been exhausted by the with
dawa Of so many of the planters Of the West 10
labor and perish In another field In addition
TO this source Of depletion of the corn cribs.
there is the partial failure Of tho crop OF
le63. by the desolating frosts OF August aud Sep
tembcr. Then there is to be added tho demand and
waste Of war All these causes have reduced the stock
of Western lower and made the price higher than
have ever known it. We hope that the crop of 1854
will refill the empty cribs. We have hope that 1t
will reduce tho price to the old standard. Compared
with former years tie price must remain high Fork.
beef mutton, and wool all comparatively high,
higher than before. simply because corn Is high
Each Will continue HIGH AID therefore every bin of corn
additional will give the farmer additional profit.
An additional reason why great corn crop Is needed
this year is that the wheat crop viii not be an average
one The Winter has been unfavorabe in the extreme
Who ever knew good wheat crop TO follow an open
Winter with cold spells and frequent warm ones
We hope for good oat crop, but as this grain is high
beyond all precedent it viii tend to keep up the price OF
corn
These arc some Of tho reasons why farmers should
plant corn why they should exert themselves to plant
large crop.
Do not say Labor is too dear cannot afford IT,"
II is not 3d. The price OF produce has advanced more
than that oflabor You dono give as many bushels ocorn
per month for labor YOU have heretofore fiveyears
ago we paid farm laborer sl2 month. Three years
ago we paid SIS This year We paw 500 When the Ia
Dor was at the lowest worth Is cents bushel
It Is now worth at tho same place 81 %. In other
places the advance upon the price OF corn is still more
favorable 10 the farmer compared with the price Of 10
Dor Thus farm labor is not c4ty to the farmer US
II was five years ago.
wsgrev n crop Of oats with cheap labor. They
were worth 70 cents bushel We have inst paid 81
buslel for seed 10 the land, and the quality
not as good.
Our neighbor sold the Of his rye daring the
past Winter for than he got for grain and straw
four years ago lie will probably do the next
Winter.
We ask po,rios plant corn because It viii furnish
the snews Of Every bushcl added 10 the general
stock will be equal TO dollar added 10 tho National
Treasury Every good hill Of will furnish quart
toward that bushe
In cuyating the corn do not depend upon hand labor
The great crops Of the Western pralres are grown by
horse power with pows and horse hoes Great fields
never saw q hand hoe either In planting or tending
The writer Of tbs article has grown bounul crops by
blowing in the Seed blowing between the rows. and
growing a crop at less than s. al acre expense.
In all tbs month Of May plant corn. In tho latitude
Of this city the middle Of May Is the average beet time
but We have grown good corn planted the middle OF
June We always plant in July sugar corn for table use
late in Autumn We commend the same practice 10 all
fsmies.
Every day in all this nonth you may plaGt In all the
first half of June well earlier such carly rpening
varieties as the improved King Philip" may be
planted You have five weeks Of planting time Donot
fail to use H. Do not be discouraged by any one who
tells YOU that you grow crop because there is
no manuro-it is already all approprated-nono TO
spare for your extra crop The house sweepings the
dish washings the water from the bed rooms and wash
rooms; there is nothing better to make corn grow.
Where grows In the garden, near the house, all this
wasted fertility can be utilized and converted INTO iood
Bat where you cannot obtain manure deep tiAlage'
and frequent stirring Of the soil will grow corn Hoe
In the dew drops and you will find them IN golden ear
drops Forbid the weeds 10 grow and corn VIII grow
But II viii not grow unless you plant It, and plant IL
now. II you love your country, and would seryeit
plant corn Increase all the crops Put your own hand
TO the plow and with all your energies encourage Others
In this behalf let the press and pulpit speak Tell al
the peope that in the time Of the Revolution, when the
colonies separated from England, food was pro-
duced for the army and the families of soldiers by their
siyes mothers and daughters Let show the world
that the race has not degeneraedi that we can sup
port million Of men under arms. and that country
by the hands Of its own population and viii pro
dnce an abundance Of food To show this, LET US ut
once commence and through all this month continue to
pant corn One additional hill Of corn 70 each man,
woman and child would feed an army.