The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-04-20
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Tillers Of the soil accustomed to cul-
tivate Indian corn, who have heretofore
raised only twenty to thirty bushels per
acre, may. produce one hundred bushels,
incurring ne more expense in cultivating
the crop than is required TO raise only
twenty-five bushels, provided they. will
begin right and proceed with a judieious
system of management 49,
The first step towards such a result will
be to procure seed that has been improved
by careful selection for several successive
seasons, until every stalk will produce two
large ears of beautiful proportions. .Tillers
Of the soil can no more produce large
yield of grain from inferior seed than they
can rear heavy and beautiful oxen and fat
bullocks from worthless scrub and from
cows that are of little value
"Moore's Early Concord" variety are
represented as growing near the ground,
which is a consideration of great practical
value in any variety Of this sort Of grain
When the ears are formed low down on
the stalks, the growing crop viii maintain
an erect position much longer during the
prevalence Df driving storms than when
.the ears appearRt height Of four feet
from the ground The ears OF any sort Of
gram will never yield as much SEED when
the stalks are lying prostrate as when
erect. Besides this, the nearer the ears
grow to the butt end of the stalk, the small
Ter the stalks will be and the less heavy
labor will be required to handle the green
crop after the stalks are cut up.
After an excellent variety Of grain has
been obtained, AN effort must be made,
every season, to keep the growing grain
from crossing with other varieties; and a
supply of seed must be selected at every
| harvest, choosing only such ears as mature
first and which will yield the most perfect
| seed, .l -. --r
The next step VIII be to improve the
/ fertility of the soil so that it viii be prae-
ticable for the growing plants TO gather a
i supply OF grain producing material sufh-
i cient to develop two large ears on each
/ stalk. If the ground Is in a poor state o.
j fertility, a judieious renovating system Of
/ management Will be essential & II one has
/ barp-yard manure sufficient only TO fertil.
/ iZe five acres, and he desires to plant ter
acres of Indian corn, let the manure b,
applied to the FIVE acres only, and cultivate
some other crop on the other land. Pile
on the manure broadcast ;; plough the
ground neatly as soon as blasting tins
has arrived, and put in the seed as speed
4 ily as practicable By this management
an advantageous march will bestolen OF
the 'noxious weeds, as the young corn vii
! get such start on them that the horse
hoe win perform large proportion of th,
cultivation whereas, if the ground ha.
been broken up for several weeks previou!
| to planting, weeds will make the field greer
before the young corn has appeared.
4 fish, fsh-seraps, or commercial fertilizer
1 of any sort, are employed in lieu Of barn
4 yard manure, let each fish be cut in tw,
or three parts. and lets the gnanog or su
perphosphate, be spread evenly over al
area of at least two feet in diameter, rathe
than drop handful all in heap.
/ Now, let some short rotation system b
introduced, in which red clover will be
prominent cropa- Let a large properties
of the grain be fed to fattening- sheep o
neat cattle Save the accumulations c
their stalls and sheds. apply itjudiciousl
to the cultivable fields turn under GRO
of clover every four or i've years; eul
tivate thoroughly; and, after a. decade
years, every acre thus managed viii yiel
not less than one hundred bushels Of beau
tiful shelled corn T. 81 ssGii-l2 2,