Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-07
E5rsf Soil Tor Brssm Carn-rIOU to
Cure and Send to Market.


A correspondent of the Cincinnati 90
-etts saws the best soil for Rising broom
corn is similar to that required for Indian
corn. II should he rich, warm, loamy
land, not liable to early or late fros,s
/ Clay lands ale not suitable for it. The
average is about 500 pounds of brush per
acre. 1t yarie. according to season and
soil from 300 to 1000 pounds
Another correspondent Of the gazette
writes as follows
'In putting in the seed it isadyisable 10
/ Get d dril made for that especial purpose
! You could drill in about twelve acres per
! dav. with one man and one horse, after
the land is ready for the drill The drill
viii also put in jus; the right quantity of
! seed to the acre, that is about ne bushcl
! OF seed 10 twelve acres Of land. To raise
| broom corn probably, you ought to have
/ plenty Of shed room 20 cure your broom
/ cora in the shade. There Is some differ
/ cuca I'm the views of broom corn Taisers
| about the proper time TO commence cut
ting. Sose commence cutting when the
! brush has zone blossOmiug; Others wait
! until the milk is almost stopped from the
seeds: others until the milk is all gone.
| BY Visiting too long before YOU commence
| cutting, your broom corn is liable to get
too ripe, thereby gcttipg red, which re
! ducts its value greatly. We would re
commend you to commence cutting as soon
! as rou car surape the seed off. and 10 cut
! your broom corn and haul to your scrapcT
(Which ought to be close 10 YOUR shcd),
and scT4pr he seed off the same day you
cur. and spread it ont in your shed. in
LAYERS about four inches deep, with room
between the layers for the wind TO pass
through. In the SciOtO and Miami river
bottoms the farmers raise from One-thira
70 one-halt ton TO an acre. You vii
need machine 10 scrape the seed oil
with, also a press TO bale il for shipping
I'm baiing broom corn always bale ia,
brush ends in and the stalk ends out B,
careful and no, get the bales too large,
bale weighing 2JJ or 500 pounds is th,
best size 10 ship snd handle.
still another correspondent, who ha
had long experience in the culture o
broom corn, gives the following direc
tons:
First, as TO soil, any land that grow
good Indian corn will Erow good broom
com. or back upland or bottom isthc best
Ahou, 800 pounds to the acre is called Al
average crcp in our section; or good Ian,
with good culture will give from 700 +
1000 pounds.
ITO have the brush No. l, it should b
! cut before the seed is ripe, and cured i
( tine shade after il is cleaned, bnt the gen
] | cral custom is to let the seed get ripe, an
S when corn is - high as at present, it is
Great help in getting the stock through tn
winter have saved from thirty TO font
bushels OF seed TO the acre, and good see
+ well cleaned viii weigh fifty pounds (
the bushcl When ground and nike
with little shorts, cattle eat it readily
and thrive on it nearly as well rs on cor
-, meal. Although the time Of cutting Ia
much to do with the color, yet there is
great difference in varieties. ! have thi
e. year raised, for the first time, the eyeI
BE- green, and believe It 10 be superior in In
following particulars: First, il retained II
green color until fully ripe Second, it
T Of finer fiber, and more uniform: an
third, does not Sc, q 50 heavily. and bu
+ little of it becomes crooked. Al presgy
/ prirrs. | am confident that it will bring 5 I
= f1SgO per acre more than the old sor
Nv experience leads me 10 think thl