, 1865-05-05
Ut)iraqy Qrtbu,!t.
FRIDAY, MAY S, 1sT.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
The Art Of Cu}ture---A Vet Season
..-COrn Culture.


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|, Aas eons7 ~ nt.n s"io, noieueae. ram
STORM. Inc lana Is cold anu soaaen Win tne
heavy rains, and but little progress has been
made in plowing for corn. The indications
all mint to n vet enr,nr. Sb,wers cornr nm
.e,th ,;,t,e xra,n3n1 ami NOM dnw. 4o--sa.a a ~
OF rain. Inc northeast storms bring on
q cod, drizzly rain for two or three DAYS.
followed with cloudy weather. which re+ari7s
.ba drrtno of 4he eo,1 Nv an. t,,. ~
~. ~ o3s ~ oe4' ~" 1u.' ua9' "
mest 1afmefs' o1eafy look, and At the best
the weather endowed man with r.ason to
ortrc6me tn Soma ey+e1t The ,nv.ta,iona
ss ~ -.
enanees 1'o'u LUZ 70 co4u' anu from WEI I"
dry. I'm sweat sbnit thou eat bread, {" can
never be fully overcome until the dawning Of
the millennium. a day TO morta, ken vet In
the far OF future
Repson Ia ca1ied oepius when emn1oyed in
t,e sqni1;n :. ~ r1, nnrt st,on and comman sense
when afdfnr In tbe art of culture. or accord.
inr r., Tns,ic idea. ounpffon. homeIy though
cTsn1rssire ~ term. he preftr to cajl il the srt
is no more or less than brains applied to
fs,m;nr
n, yer Was there better time TO illustrate
this Truth than the present one. The season
* vet and backward for planting, Five days
Of The planting season Is passed d. snd not
IuA GfoN8
j. md plants are almost full ROBBED for Summed
! the orchard Is in full rccul,a. sheetrd WITH
the ink and white Of fiofal rr,de. The Gata 1ate
frost has left untouched The peach
The cherry. pluu. pear, and apple the small
c7ains sncf ma wheat. re. harley and oats
are erndlpr out strong ehoots. that will sonn
send m their spikelets for the harvest. but
ttc rreat staplc Of Cent,al u,ioois. com ies
under the ban Of eodden bands. with IftfIn
hope without IN application Of reason, OF as
We prefer to call It. The act Of culture.
Those who did not fall plow their stuble
lands, have little hope Of earIy corn. and
mus, walt and watch The coming aud going
of the clouds. On the other hani, those who
bave land which was last season in hoed crop,
NEED not feel discouraged, for q DAYS drying
wind OF sun will make it ieady for the cult,
yato..
We have before discussed the propriety Of
preparing corn By the use Of fine tooth
suikey cultiyator, but under the present cir
cumstanccs, beg leave to again call the atten-
tton to Its great value. L. will save an i'm
mense amount Of labor, besides getting the
crop In, in better Season. One team
Will prepare eight acres a dav ready
for the planter, when another haia
day with the planter, and the eams
amount with the roller viii plant aud roll M
same, thus making IN average Of fur acre
In a d,y-preparing, planting and rolling.
We have given this mode of culture thor
ough trial and know its value.
IL nlanting corn we use one of Brown,a
| check row planters, with sort Of driti at-
| fochment. 40 as to dron two prafns in a mi
+uo fret ar,a,t tn the rntr viii, rnwa f4ro T,or.
| ond ejrht inches anarf Th;s liant ~ t. 80
;nstahfe ~ 10 ST;dfh and n1onts fIa - rsnn,,
! width between three and four feet iops il
t,i1s chccl- r1wa ~ IN dr;,is Yr;th -
~ sorchnm bronm norn ~ heons ApP11"Sue
~ H. : 1,a.,a ~ .,ead Il H. y, a,ooi. s.u
w nass ~ 49,. uesu @ =. ~ tnGeA so*ins corn
1of the past I'VE yearF, put Always plant one
| way. The advantage Of this Is that wc can
| plant as fast as the plowiDg OF cultira'or
preparation proceeds, Whestas. if we PLANTED
in chcck 1owe. the whole field mnst ff,rst ha
| @.rsrorad nri ~ rnys m.rtaS 49, 'o1 -nr W
! Wrn such ~, Weatner ~ as We now nave. the crop
could not fa1 OF being late one.
| When The land is wet and cold, as at pres
| en1, care must be exercised to plant shallow.
| otherwise the seed might rot. II near The
er-fa ~ = rnrr 1;t41e ro1Tth Mi. 1,r;n@ - ~
.5 s 'e4' t''~4e ""'n4'n NIX o''pes ~ 'os~
WV. Va IA mt hs,,ero that , c,aot rowx,,,+
| er will be made after two or three year:: they