The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-03-28

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|! Richland Farmers Club.
March l4th,. 1867.
Cub met at 81 p. m. President
MaRsh;aM in the Chair. 5000
| Minutes Of Aist meeting ffcad and
approved s.. s''.. !. f9'
/, On motion of Mr.. Brown, the. Club
voted to hold tho potatoe exhibition
on the goth Of April. beginning at 2
o'clock, p. M, accordlng to resol1.
ton passed Jan'y. 18th. j.
On motion. the President appoint
ed Brown, Kerfoos and Page, q com.
mittcc to make arrangements for,
and rules govcrning said exhibition.
Z The sahjcct for discussion being,
sCorn and. ssCplture.. ~ y.
Z Mr.. J. W.. Richards, said the time
will soon be..here when ives want to
commence srlanting. CORN. then We
should strive to learn the best modes
of paahtin Pcnttivating, &c. gre =,
+ He believed ii breaking ground
for corn II August, or,early lin the
fab; ground broke then can be plant
ed EARLIER and worked in wette,'
weather, than If plowed IN spring,
seed corn should be gathered early
in the fall before frost, it terminates
sooner and grows faster, than if left
in the Acid until cold weather, he
harrows the ground before marking
out, for planting, uses the double
shovel plow to cultivate his corn
with.
Mr., Foster said corn raising was
something he haze dnna-r = s-e~t7 deal
of, and something he had sometimes
almost made failure Of from the
simple reason that his team, was not
strong enough to pillow his ground
deep, and thinks farmers should pillow
as much as possible in the fall, and
borrow the ground before planting,
uses q hand planter, after tho corn, is
up 3 or 4 inches rolls the ground,
and is then ready for cultivating, but
believes in high manuring.
Mr.. Browns experience proves to
him that fall plowinggto be tho best,
he manures, broadcast in tho fall, and
then plows it under; his only objec.
tion j., it makes a. good aharbor for
micc, and they arc more likely to
take up the corn after planting than
if the ground was plowed in the
spring. plantsishen ho istready, pre-
lfcrs hand planting to hand or horse
planters, pat y. the grains J too
close together; md said farmers gen.
orally undertake to cultivate to much
ground. wo should plant fewer acres
and cultivate better, would raise
more corn, with less .expenso, and be-
lieves in using the hoe, there will be
a good many weeds thesplow will
not uproot which can be cut down
with the hoe.
Mr.. J. NJ. Wilson said, when plow-
| ing deep, it should be done in, the
fall, Sc the fresh ground can bo acted
ontby the frost, h, plows deep by de
gress so as not to throw up too much
fresh dirt at once, plows deep once in
two or three years, and thinks man
should not pillow all his ground in the
fall unless he plows deep, as the
weeds start, ssooner ON fall, than on
spring blowing, in low fiat land
would pillow in fall, and list in spring
and plant gu the lists has laid the
hoe aside, plants with hand planter
and is willing to compare crops with
any man, said the two horse cultiva-
tors are hard on horses necks, pre-
fers the double shovel or buggy plows;
and don't like to plant much before
the 10th or after the goth Of May.
Mr.. Kerfoot thought there had
been about enough said already, but
would say a few words in regard to
seed. lie said seed corn should be
gathered beforeffost. goes thro'
his field and selects the ripest and
best ears, ties them under q cover to
dry. BY so doing he obviates the
dificulfy and risk Of nronurinn. rood