Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-07
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How to RAISE q Isarse Crop. of Indian
Corn.

HOW.to Raiss s LARGE Crop. Of Indian
Corn.
The right kind of infringement IS as Is.
sentfal 10 he production of large crop OF In
sdian corn as 70 rise q bountiftil crop Of wheat
Some farmers viii raise Jrst double the nuns
her OF tushels Of grains On q given soil that
can te grown By other men. This is,a fact
that cannot be Fefdted. aud the reasan for it
Is to be found only in the system OF, manage
1ndian corn likes dry, lively and warm soil,
IN which thegesis an abundance OF iertaliaing
matter Itis the height of folly TO attempt
to grow q heavg crop of Indian corn on n
ceiSt. sdpsoP hcaVS satl ,sybleh IS not In a;rood
state OF fertility. If tho usual tiIne Tor plant-
ing Iudian corn occurs about the middle of
May, and the ground is not in the best con-
ditiun for being plowed, better defer planting
till alter the hrst OF June. rather than to pillow
the ground and put IN the seed too early in
the season. There is never anything gained.
but great loss sustained, by -plowing the
land-especially heavy aud fcul land-too
early in the Spring alter tho growing season
has commenced. The main idea is to defer
plOwing the ground and planting the seed un-
I'll the whole earth has been warmed by the
sun TO such degree that the seed will veee-
tate quickly, and the young plants grow ra-
pidly. Ii the seed be put in too early, the
young plants are apt to get chilled by the
cold nights and chilling storms of rain.s The
first step toward producing q remunerating
crop OF Indian corn is to prepare the land
If every portion of given field is not suf6-
ciently dry, let under drains be made, so as to
relieve tho soil Of all surplus water. If me-
cessery, let the entire month of May be oSllll
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crop of Indian corn cannot be raised WI
the landis charged with an excess of moist
during the former part of the growing
Another point of eminent Importance
defer plowiBg the ground until the Sc,
-ready to be put in, US late plowing, espeJ
where tho ground is infested with noxi
weeds, will save all the labor of one hocii
OF the young plants. When the land
plowed, let the plowman commence in the r
die OF the field and turn the furrow slica
inwards. By this manner of plowind
ridges, half broken up aud middle fu
will be avoided. If the soul rests on a
and cold substratum of calcareous clay
not pillow too deep with the common pis -
A subsOil pillow may be employed wi
ground is of this character with .satisfa
results, Another consideration indispeH
bly, requisite is manure of some kind. II
coarse barn-yard manure be the only fertilizer
employed, let it be spread broadcast and
plowed under os soon as it is spread
If there is a sufficient amount of manure to
cover tsn-acre field one inch deep, better
spread it on Eve acres and plant only half the
field than to attempt to cultivate ten acres
with only light sprinkitng of coarse fortil-
izing material, as moro grain may be grown
on five acres when henyily manurcd, than on
ten acres having only light dressing Of fer
tilizing material.
If the the corn. is to be manured in tho
hill with guano, rawbone superphosphate, or
hen manure, it will pay to remove the soil
where each hill is to grow, and spread tho
manure over an area of eighteen inches in
diameter, after which it should be lightly
covered with mellow earth before the seed *
planted. A large number of farmers could
collect several hundred pounds of ben ma.
: nure which would be almost as effective in
producing bountiful crop of corn as dres-
sing Of Peruvian guano. These general sug-
gestions will be sufficient to enable almost any
practical farmer to supply the necessary de-
tails in practice for producing bountiful
cropcf corn with the smallest amount of man-'
ual labjr.-M Y. Times.