, 1870-03-21
TIE FARM. AND GARDEN.

culture OF Corn-Soed Oats -sone-
shlun About TomNt0eS-fnsoKeati
to Nur.erymen-Alton Hortteultu-
fnl SpciekY-ness Variety OF Corn
n1ulehinF OF tfso 8tEnwbcEEJ-
fFRon ouR A8K1cUL1UzAt uoRx<sroNDEa<l
CuAnk,u1, liz, Masch u.
AIKD CORK.
Ihaye ssveral inquiries h regard 10 seed
com; several parties requesting mo to look
them ap hzst-fato samples, md others Wishing
N endorsement Of their stock for sale- Ono
neiehbor has sold several hundred buahels Of
tisstrsate seed corn BY advertising, having first
tasted its guilty, but his stock Is al sold.
have no tina to look up samples and test them.
Thoso hAvng good seed that thoy can
warrant, viii find customers BY Ad1e1tia-
ing. Last week called attentiou to the
mode Of testing seed cofn7 that attended to
VIII save tho phrter from loss. There Is An
abundance Of good seed corn IN this part Of
tho State, and thsre is also large amount tha.
looks sound To The casoM obeerver, that b not
good. All OF our best farmers can md do
know whcn the seed Is good, and few or none
Of them would deceive ono in the purchase. I
have purchased various lots Of seed corn Of
largo number Of our best farmers within the
last dozen yeats, but hive IN no instance been
deceived, though I cannot - the same OF
dealets. have no doubt thk drBt-rate seed
corn may be purchased by the carload as q
rom % e1so 70 e g.y I yellow T asga osas5 issa ya !.
low, pure white. with their grades, can be Ind
pure yellow that Eipens early Is now thu noet
popular, g it commando premium in the
mlrkot Of from four to six cents buahol
In Illinois, corn ~ i co.n ' IL. e i nes nes s veiy
Weosterau II is tine, bat tersely Expresses the
one q u Y n more 14
teal value to farmer than "bater,s dozen OF
nne-srun theories, VIII give the farmers the ns-
e' " is IS s. Te poWed ande4, VIII - COMMON eaH ,e
two-hosse. plow, t~o acfes and nfty-fouT
rods Of 1.eh, rolling pf.lhe clover sod. Ii the
hosse harrow, hid 1t on one way IN rows about
Rouru eeed corn about twn feet apart, from one
when tie com vas about 1hree inches high. 1h1r-
rowed It with common tWo-horse harTpw, then
aes Sh N aa SS sa
ri aele: n nasEsai earefuly eaia-
l,loo bushels ofgocd sound core, grown On 10
acres and s. rods measured. This 1eld Was culti-
caTered Se s down rnsa lie fa of 1ses AZ eensral
eovefins Gov IN Z: down tneir and fpi,y nd Clearly No
land should DC cultivated more thaa az o. sl1
years At the outaoe, Without giving
That accamplishes atwofold object by furnishln2
the best Of raztur1xe md nAy for stoet, and Al
ss 30 sssR
the ground, and q heavy storm IN September, 1853,
I think, damaged few bushels to the acre /
this spring, four feet Que way and one ssalk every
foot the othe1, and EiVe Jou the result in bushes
next fall Respectfully yours,
CULTURE or coRa.
Broad stubborn facts Ike the above are OF
value, and 60 to confirm what h.s been sdyo-
Gated in thin connection, ,-that sTard land,
fAll-plowed, is the very best for the corn crop.
It confirms the theory, also, that has bstn sd-
plants receive their food Mr.. l. h1a also
confirmed tho position that the system OF 70
tanon ia grass, clover, and tiled crops that
g1asa and clover form tha basia to 6e alter
mated with these several crops. The cheapest
fertilizer for tho farmer is clover, for two, il
roots supply plant-food from their own sub
stance. They supply hu,nxs, that colors the
sol, in order that it viii the moro readily ab-
Ho1b heat, and, by finely conlrninuting the sol,
prepared 70 hold the plant-food that is offered
to i by tho raiu, the dsws, and the air.
= Here we have = crop Of = hundred bushels
to the acre, without any extra cost, by einply
folowingth the requirements Of nature. As q
general thing, the same amount Of labor pro-
but it is applied in different form. Some OF
our readers may think this subject Of corn-cul-
ture has been spun ont to great length, but
they ahou1d bear in mind that thu same gen.
esA rules that apply to this crop will be found
useful In others, for they embrace tho science
Of culture. We need not stop to quarrel with
any theorist WHO believes in the doctrine that
the leaves absorb plant food, for we know that
to grow just such crops "a tho one in question,
we must put the soil in that mechanical con-
dition in which it can hold the plant-food that
comes to 1t from all tho sourcea named.
into the f3eld Of facts. Chemistry md botany,
as usua1ly taught in The schools, have bean Of
little advantage to the student Of rural eeono-
my, aud ARG only available when he begins To
lin. ~
he claimed, bsaed on science- He would treat
symptoms in detail instead Of in aggregate,
And, though his followers failed in practice fol
many years, yet the truths that he gsve the
world arc being utilized, and have, In I great
measure, reTpiutionized the practice OF 1edi,
cine. In tha Same manner VIII va change the
modes Of cultu1e, BY conforming them to the
true laws Of science. I therefore call especial
attention to tho case In point, not 70
much from the fact that 100 bushels
acre, in = eeason unfayurahle to this crop, 10,
that has been done BY others but from the
moro valuable fact that it has been produced
at email comparative cost Of labor and weal
Of soil
What We most need in farming Ia 10 under
stand the laws that govern production. Nkture
has her periods OF wet md dry seasouB. She
finds the soil wAter-logged from previous rains
or the low evaporatinS point OF the atmosphere
She orders drought, and tho air rohs the sol
Ct the last drop o. water, and prepares it fo'
the reception Of plant food; then come tht
With plant food, to be added to that stored IL
tho soil, and the result Is wonderful crops
| These are The lessons Of sGeuct
TINT nature teaches ps, in 30 simple
| manner that it III wonder that onr school me1
have not seen them. and gave them back Il
that III should know and comprehend theua
The world runs riot with worthless theories
while truth lies At the bottom Of vel, only Il
reflect back its value to those who look down
its dim And daskcned shstt.
HAspz, Fulton County, O.. March l
In nesustnG my WEsKLr TRIBUNE. ! notice
Nov wish you 10 ssy, through the columns 0
for seed, say hall eoshel OF NOR,
Almost any Of our scedsmeu cAn supply You
but 1t Whist price do not know. lrecoivet
about ono peck Of tie E1celsior oats las
En1iag, f1ca the Department % Of Ag1'cultuFe AZ
promise. In habit Of growth they arc strong
productive, And,vetJ eA1iJ. shaM SOW til
aup this spring. Any. person wia1inG > sann
PIE can have 1t BY sending me postpaid en
velope- presume that mail packages can b
| had of the Commissioner of Agriculture
through our Member Of Congress. In N
: next hope to be able TO throw somo Light O
the history Of certain varieties now on th
! market
In regard TO the Surprise oats, I would 50
: that have never been able 70 soc the dlhe1
euce between them and tho barley, or potatt
oat of forty yeazs ago; TO make ono belier
that they originated from an inferior va1iet!
in some accidental way, In DeEa1b County, n
i / quires creator stretch OF Imagination thA
most men ere poesc@ed of. -,
swARu LAND AGAIN ....-
. pA14r1sE, Cook Co, Ill, Feb. 81
have manured about thirty acres Of rcd-to
: sod, which wish to Put crop On this yeaE- Nat
Is it advisable to buy Michigan double or sun-so
= piows md how much team u required to Wo1 Wo1
1T Please aRs*er by TRIBUNE anq %Rfn wn,ga 9e,se
4 II you would DO content with IN inmens
crop Of hay foz this year, and trench-plow yo1
, land next fall, rs described in former letter
/ you will haye field for corn. or other cro
th.t En Rlsass yHu In ne o. a71 Nee
| regard to double Michigan plo.. I ohsers
; thss this plow is being introduced at the En-
unde. new names, Nj. Longwith's letter her
= | with ia Just In time for your consideration
q | EoMErHISu ABOUT ToxADEA
! INV YORK, Feb 3
1fyou think the enclosed article on the toma
4 worthy OF being reprinted, favor me with soI
ahie 10 ctve OF Ret the few seeds Of my fAvod
variety 81 tomato herewith sent you-
Sixe the shove place for sound reason
> In the first place, to show the cool impudenE
II 4 Of claes Of men who live on the 1Abot
= ! otherp- The article in question would occur
= . column OF The TRIBUNE. End is mainly dew
' ted 10 tho 1audAdon Of \ toru1to th1t, dnzs
years xKo, had \ Ahort run, 6ut has been 1or