, 1869-05-14
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

Corn.P1nnt ntlnR-Value of Sheep In
tho Corn Eield-CnltivatoEs aud
rlows-How ssnza Jones und Tom
smith Manage their Corn Fields
Work Mt tic lndu.trinA Farm-
Meeting Of tho Com naittcc ON Course
OF study nud Faculty.
tFKox ocR AGRICULTURAL CORRESPONDENT
cHANrAI6x, Ill, Nay IL.
rLASrrSG corn.
llnc upon line and precers upon prccept, says
the teacher; snd It Is true saytng Is zegards the
ta.eais,s Of agricultural science. Te have been
sorne hundreds OF years growing corn In III m
tive country, and ret We Of Illinois mako but aor1J
crops Of It, The crop Of 1851 Is reported ut 7ee,-
sa1,O0 bushels, Of which Illinois grew "a, ~ 6s0
h1shes-an average OF 216 bushels per acre:
while Wisconsin averaged sas; Michigan, sL4;
Indiana, R29; Minnesota 20; Iowa, sa8; K8nsas,
$50; Nebraska, -; New England, 81. Ev-
cry person cousersant with con-grow-
Ing IN this Stale innFB thai, jo1 soH AnA
and climate, there is no State equal to Illinois far
this crop, aud yet the average Yield Is less than
that Of our ttset States and ta1ge percentage less
than .Nsr England Even Sehrzsk1 beats rs
twelve bushels to the acre, and Minnesota slx-
The remark Of Napoleon tn regard 70 the failure of
Murat as King Of NAPLES. rnaJ apply 10 Us: "Auras
WIS brave nAn, but he Old not know bis suo-
lecta" We may b. industrious. but as whole do
not know how 10 raise the best crops Of corn on
The prai11es Of Illinois. Tue best farmers of this
country arerage tosty buAhes to the aCse, yeaE Ia
and year out, and a few do better than tbs. but
the great Ina3s make about halt this average
do not think our farmers make a. correct returns
OF the acres planted and the actual crop Ii done
IN other States hut this would not account for the
disparity.
We should not he satisfied with le4s Field than
forty bushels When We fail below this tt is 4
proper subject otlnycstgahou, and We wil ind TINT
the land has been plowed too wet, or that II WIS
not put u IN the bcst condition; the seed planted
t<'sA ,ss-s.+ - .+s-sr ---A---, n.sA
the geAi dn1cNlfyt and the father Of ne2r1y all the
trouble, Is that VIC riant too many acres We put
fhe 3Abot Of what u due to forty Afes On three Or
four times that amount This Ia \ good plan II
acres we're the Question, but 80 long ~ It IL the
bushels Tint we Ut after, It IL n sery bad one
have t1o nclghbors who gspw corn largely.
They have about the 4alae amount each, and yet
one makes more money than the other. Both
work hard aud arc wel-so do money-tnating ta1m-
ers, cannot do better than 10 gre the woskitX
operations Of each OF tueae men. Should make
any mtsssateuacnts they vii put me right, for they
are wide awake rcsders Of Tlx TBlBrHr. hare
Ind oocaaton 70 speak Of mY neighbor Sam. Jones
on several occasIons and l have no aoubt that
his rlsns Of corn growing Will interest
many OF the reallets Of THE TRlBCEL
sa1n Il One of thoss progressive farmers, whose
ambition Ia to produce the mos1 from his labor,
md to I've, as he SAYS, like gentleman and to be
taS MasG or no naA nAhlt> or 70 allow alA WQIA 70
drive or ~or1J him. Sam came over Last evening
70 boElow sced drill, and he Have me his psn Of
oper1tionR for thus eeatonh crop. He haa been
hiring his eo1n ground CT into lands Of tour rods
Vide In the direction Of the NATURAL drainage, ~
before recommended, and intends 10 hack
f1rtpw 60 Is to make good surface
drainage, After p1oNing. the roller IA TO
follow The same aa5. ~ thai the clo1ls
Will not have time 70 dry oat aud harden before
the Air Il let into them b. the crushing force Of
the rollet. The plaute1 Is 70 follow al once, and
n!Ant IN hits, twenty-five inches in the row, Two
grains In the hill With roxs three feet eight inches
| wide The next thing to be done IS to watch the
sr1outln OF the seed, aod inst before 1t beg1ns to
I prick through the surface It will be thoroughly
harToFed and again rolled. In few days # Will
he nnb and a the ha1rpw has killed the young
[ weeds and the roller made the surface smooth
and pUlEerifed the sou, the air will be
Admitted to the rpot1, And the
I result viii be vigorous growth *Tne.e il An-
other thing that l Intend to d., says Sam; al
nean to clean cut tny h&.nyard sad sop dresa
with manure al that can Possibly ind tine to
do; will spread II thin SAT tEo loads 70 the acre
This Ind to BE- the best part Of the plan. The
crop must be worked st least four times With d
snlJ culttvstor, and not Laid By untn the brace
surface roots begin 70 snow; AFTER that the crop
must not he worked
How much labor vii ydu put on forty acres OF
corn r. "Let NE see, +" eays sa1n; "I can't plow
more than one and half &c1cs day On an Arer-