Nebraska advertiser., 1869-04-29

Weave an interesting statement
from M. John Molonv Jr., Dubuque
Co, Iowa, giving his experience IN
trying the AmericQn AQ~ricEIlnia
plan Of raising corn. He made one
mistake. and soon foundItO out Clay
ey 81 l0amV land must neither be
worked nor gone upon while - - TOO
wet to pillow. There h no objection .
low, fat hills, but they viii not bold
the corn up. It viii usually stand
better in fat culture than Il much
hilled. M. NJ. writes as follows
my crops for 1865 were pretty good
-Ibeliev better than usual. THANK
the AQricutHria for e, Ond 60 IN Tor
Book Farming; but my nelghbOrs
don't. In the fall Of 1857 I COM
menced hauling out manure on field
of oat stubble for corn. The held be-
ing near the road, everyone saw the
manure, and thought I was crazy.
NY friends came into the field and
ted me that I was manuring twice
too thick, and that I would have no
corn, but al weeds; but i had read
somewhere In the paper that ground
could not be TOO rich, so j let them
talk away. It being latein the season
I could not finish the hauling out, and
the ground was frozen 50 hard that /
gave it up, leaving about an acre VA
finished. In the spring 1 got az IL
again; every day that was not at 20
pillow / was hauling manure. / haul
ed what stable manure i made during
tho winter, then Igot atthe hOg-pens.
Some DAYS we're Wetand the ground
was so soft that / could hardly drive
through the field, butt got the acre
manured, aud LEFT Il SO, 81 heaps,
until I had the small grain in. /
spread the mannre in lands, and as
soon as 4 had q rod OF 60 spread, 1
plOWed ft down about teninches deep,
and worked In that way until / had Il
all ulowed and narrowed both WAYS.
It vas good order, except what 4 ma
nured IN the spring, and every lump
On that vas as big as my head; the
reason Of which was driving over it
50 many times with team and wagon
when wet, there being more clay In
shat side Ofthe field. About the 18th
Of Nay / 'listedD It both ways, with
a marker, four feet each way; on the
18th, I planted with Yellow Dent or
blackberry corn went through L
three times each way, using the culti-
vat0r all the time, and any weeds that
remained after the cultivatOr I pulled
out, as I was trying fat cultivation.
The neighbOrs said e would be great
corn il I would ploW 20 &c with the
One-hOrse plOW; they said IL did not
the wind would blow Il down. told
them1 EORld risk it. Having and
harvesting came on sooner than I eE-
pectcd, and I bad to give up the corn.
About the tine IL was caring ont, we
had q heavy rain with high wind: Il
blew down q good deal Of my corn,
and some Of the neighbOrs', too, but
more Of mine than of theirs of course
they laughed, and said il was because
Ihad not pl0Wed 70 st. The land was
manned and the corn from eight to
twelve feet high, and I suppose that
made it blow down. This year I
think I wiz use the pl0W for the last
time, keeping about midway Of the
row, blowing rather shallow, throw
ing the soil two or three inches upon
the stalk, leaving q fat hill, instead
Of the usual sharp ridge. The plan.
here is to run the plOW close to the
hill and throw the dirt from six 70
eight inches up on the stalks, scalding
them, and cutting or the roots also.
They say they want TO smother the
grass and weed. They might smOth-
er some grass, but not many weeds,
because the weeds are nearly as high
as the corn.-AmericGR AQricUgtUriSt.