Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1868-04-04

stinR rssarB for bis labor. Ssegld .
dro1ghs set 10 during the process q
sarisg aad filing, be nsy boas' ofhOa'
Jog a ieH uabbins, ba. Eill gather 20
coed corn. l have khoEn many far
usrS TO suffer severely 'or ,has setting
a. de6aues the Tvs Of Nature, ,be
teaching, Of Philospby ard ihs PlaiO'
ct dictates Of comnoa sense From
The tso.h 10 The fifteenth u jail run
Two deep Coulter furroEs 10 toe 'tntsF
between The rows. ,h1s forming fresh
aud deep bed for the roots aud 's'A'n'
Jog The creates. amount Of moisture at
a time mos. needed Let DO q Who
shall Try ibis mode Of culsiTatIHg corn
Do discouraged il the Spring, when be
shall see bis n%sighbor's crops. planted
10 the usual way, lon a RIDGE oassIrlP-
ping hi, in growth. Not having
depth Of earth, j! may be expected
thus to 20 ahead for time bat he who
shall follow the directions above given,
will have the satisfaction Of seeing bis
crop green aud Furnishing darlog the
sumner Wien all aro0nd will be pa'ch'
ed and wilh4fgd. I am flea TO admit
that there will no. be this difference
when rsiu shall fall 10 sufficient quaint.
tics whenever needed but 10 all oIdi'
nary seasons be contrast will strike ev-
Try bcholder, and lsad to tie inquiry.
What cause, this great difference 10
:hs appearances Of contiguous crops p
hare thus far written Of the c%ultiga,
ton Of ,orn 90 high land only.
On:mady IlJw,lands there need be
but li.Ils variation Of the mode bu. 10
law-lauds with an inperVjous soil, or
otherwise liable to be saturated with va.
ter, an opposite treatment is required.
Whereas the object in The frst case Is
to soliei; and retain moisture, we are
to O1deavor here to provide the most
eFec,ual means Of getting it out Of the
land.
la the preparation Ofllnd Of this
character, the first sep to be taken is
to cut 4 suficien. number Of bitches 10
the proper place, and Of the proper size
aud depth, to attract and carry of the
surplus water, If the soil be Of an inn
pervious character, it will be necessary
TO construct blind bitches Of the reguir.
ed depth, leading into the open sewers,
taking care to have their covering SO
far below the surface as not to be reach.
ed by the plough. These, together
With surface trenches made with a
plough, and properly located, will put
the land IN a proper state for c%ultiya"
lion.
Here ! would throw up the beds
four feet apart, pointing them in the
direction OF the trenches. | adopt mars
row beds on such land Tor the same rea.
sou that | would discard them on higb
land {: namely, because they con be
made higher, land so dryer and for
the further reason that the vator>furs
rows are thereby multiplied, both Of
which circumstances tend to dry the
soil.
There is ret another reason for it.
The higher and narrower the beds, the
more effectually will they be penetrst'
ed by the frOSts of winter, which exerl
a powerful influence 10 pulveriziDg anc
/ msllowing the land.
10 opening the beds for planting
the depths Of the burrows should Deepen,
on the character Of the soil and the liza
bility to injury from ver'moisturs,
= 10 the eultivating, l would be care
= full to preserve tho convexity Of tn
- beds much as possible. Care ais
.. shou!- be taken to keep the trenche
10 and 'ater"furroSs well open durin
f. the inter.
~ An experience Of more than a qual
ter Of a century has fully satisfied n
an that this mode of selecting, prsseryin,
nd preparing aud cultivatiDg corn On big
if land, will assure much larger GRO
than any other that have come uud
ibar. try il I,
M my observation, Let otue. w
many have and | feel confident tt
be the rich returns will bring them to
,ro like conviction.
AZ, Tie comparative merits of this, q
he the ordinary mode Of culture. shol
er. be tested BY az experiment on col
,lo- guOuS portions Of the field, and
and statement Of the result be publis
for the benefit Of others.
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