, 1870-03-21
ORDER or BUSINESS
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Reports OF committees; ~ special pl staud-
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1. New business; ~ essay, ~ discussion, id)
other business.
BEST VARIETY OF CORN.
Several parties inquire what is tho best
variety Of corn to plant. have answered
this question many tmes by saying that which
sells best IN your market, and Will produce
the best crop. "A dealer, who il conversAnt
yellow corn generally. is in much better con
didon than tie white OF low mixed II farmers
throughout the portion Of your States tibu-
taIJ to Chicago, Toledo, and Eastern markets
will plant exclusively yellow corn, It will add
3 Ito cents per bushel to the value Of the
crop. At present tho best yellow corn comes
from the Illinois River counties"
THE OF MATURING
To eettle the question OF variety, We must
take into consideration the time thAt my par
ticu1ar variety viii mature, and the number OF
szaR azs At md p; autumn sSsn + esTsia s pon hf
We have one hundred snd twenty to ora hun
dred and ffty. hence large variety can be
planted. As We so south, large variety
should be planted; but We find it the most de-
Ei1able to plant that which will BE- certain to
mature in the shortest season. for auch crops
give us the best average IN given number OF
yeArs.
Hu1cmSo or THE ErHAwBERR1.
J: IL. PoNr1Ac, 1L1--We mover fail Of crop
OF this huit il nu1ched with ptaIrie hay, straw,
clover should not be used on account Of The
reeds. The strawberry is easily I7ised by dry
weather, but tho mulch ksepe the sol cool and
noist, and the plants are By this artificial treat
natural condition. Then the mulch holds tha
tr1sses Of fruit from the ground, and We have
nics clear fruit. The mulch should not be
taken on At the opening Of spring, 40 practiced
by some, but should Ne allowed to grow up
through, being careful TO tasist them By part
ing tho mulch, il too Thick, which is often the
case. After tho central portion Of the plant Is
well through the mulch, al tha othAr leA~es
will be developed On the outside without further
effort, It is to this practice Of mulching that
has secured such constant crops on our
prsiriea- On the east side Of the lake, whore
tho SNOW gives . winter protection, And
whcre low point Of evaporation wards on the
druuth, this mnlching is Of less value, and,
in fact, some cultiyasors claitn that it il Of no
yalue., We thus see thst climate has much to
do in our plans Of culture. The bluffs Of looas
along the Rock River, xnd the upper part OF
the Mississippi, contain the same elements Of
fertility AZ at Quincy and Alton; bat the peach
and sweet potato do not thrive On them Is 1t
pa1t Ct the country to smother Of 4 different
average temperature, too often lose sight Of
this fact- For this re4son NO Hhould be mote
anxious to teach the laws thH govern these
things, than to lay down set OF rules sppllcar
ble to localities.
The grower Of strawberries At St. Joseph,
Michigan, who would remove to the prairie,
.nd pursue the systcm that produces good
crops 1t that point, would hero make certain
failure. There he has certain matured condi-
tons for the plants; hero he must, by astiA-
cis1 means, produce the Bame conditions, for
plants OF any kind to succeed out Of their
natural homo muat have an Artificial home
provided for them The deelin.tion Of plants,