The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-09-22
CORN PLANTING.
An Interesting Discussion Among
the Planters. D
+ II EiK MEETING SATURDAY.

From the Official Reports Of the Conrie
Journal.
The meeting was called to order, til
President in the chair.
After some routine business til
question "How much nearer than fou
feet apart, each way, can corn be plant
ed on good soil without injury to til
crop" was taken up FOR discussion.
Mr.. Theodore Brown said he kbei
it could be planted q little nearer, wit
three stalks in the hill. It wonld d
) as well at three feet ten inches .apar
as at four feet. He. has had some lit
tie observation in the matter, and find
a neighbor, who is an excellent corn
grower, plants about three feet tel
| inches apart with three stalks in tn,
hill, and, has no firing, and has know
lit planted four feet by three feet min,
inches with four stalks in the hill. Hi.
opinion is, it may be planted two in.
ches under. four feet each way withou,
injury. But he has seen leaves at four
feet apart SO completely interlaced you
could not see twenty feet along be-
tween the rows, with four stalks in the
hill. This year has planted four feet
by three feet ten inches, and three
stalks in, the hill, hitherto without fir
ing. His yield last year-four feet
apart each way, with four stalks to the
hill was seventy six bushels shelled
corn to the acre, after deducting steal
ing, a good deal of which goes on along
the road side. This was from the large
variety or big-cobbed corn. Never
had corn fred by leaving four stalks
in the hill except in 1874. Does not
think the present drouth anything like
that two years ago. The season did
well till, August. i There, is a very
great difference in the measurement,
gathering at different seasons. In the
fall last year he made eighty to hun
Edred bushels to the acre; in February
tsiXty-fye bushels. p Believes more
corn may be raised lii drills, but it in
Wolves too much loeing. Thinks over
sforr feet too far apart ON this account /;
you cannot splitin the middle: Lay
ing the earth close to the root of tile
stalk does not iniure by throwing off
the moisture, which is not wanted ut
the foot of the stalk, but further ont,
where the roots get tlleir supply. The
injury is in loosing the roots, Drying
does not always follow blowing i'll
dronth, if recent. Flowed his corn
since this drouth set ill.,. and. if it has
fred it is since last Wednesday,
Though the, ears, may not be so large,
he, believes he will get more corn from
four stalks in the hill than from three (;
but, there is more labor shucking.-
With his smaller variety of, corn four
stalks yield an average of good sized
ears. If we want a heavy yield we
must give a good seeding; say as much
as the ground will bear. The ears
may he smaller, but the amount of
grain will be larger. With two ears
on stalk oneis generally larger than
the other. s.aif ,r ,,,f I,,4..,fl..g. ..t-.g
r. The President said he planted two
stalks in the hill and three feet part
He will thus get about the same num-
Der Of stalks as at four feet apart and
three to the hill. Wherever he finds
only one stalk in the hill there is no
firing. He had planted four, feet six
apart by two feet, and wrought the
bulk of it we'll. That WE'LL Wrought
fired, and the balance he could not get
Eplowed did we'll and, turned out better
than the other. Three feet apart can
not BIZ worked when it gets very high,
and requires short single:rees. Some
years ago had SOME planted four. feet
apart and one foot and a half in the
row, which produced one hundred and
three and half bushels an acre, and
took the prize of the State Agricnltu-
raj Fair Of The season the first OF Sc
cond of its existence. sssi,a2I
w. E. Minor said lie had planted
some four feet apart and two feet in
the row, cultivating only one way. He
chopped ont the inside rows to one
stalk, leaving two on the outside. the
one stalk did not fire but the others
did. Flowed every ten days till late
ily. Has had corn to fire as early as
June, if it laid over too long un-
wrought. In field of sixty acres has
had one acre fired badly and tile rest
not fred. q He can get a third more
corn off the ground drilled five feet by
two in the row, in the ordinary season,
than he can get from hills. This is
about twelve and a half feet to two
stalks. Four stalks in the Hill can give
only very small ears. Would rather
have two than four Frequently found
two cars on one stalk, and more corn
from the two than the four. Four feet
by two and a half apart and two stalks
to the hill will often repeat two ears to
the stalk. Five feet apart is better
than the four in Ills way Of planting