The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-31

ashes and plaster. enough adhering to
cover the rra;rs orcorS fried this
nIan last fall with wheat. and rear
before last 7 tr;ed ;t with corn. The
corn that I soaked in the tar-water
was not disturbed by insects or birds
at all. and this corn came up about
four or five DAYS earlier than other
corn. and the tar seemed to give it q
better start. did not put tar ON the
wheat. Imadea very strong brine of
salt and water, as strong as l could
get IL. Isoved ten acres of the corn
that had been soaked in brine, and ten
acres with other corn: and the corn
that had brine ON l rolled in ashes I'M
til the grains were covered so that
they would roll out of the hand easy,
and man could look over that field
now and tell by the looks of the corn
where the brine stopped. The ground
is much better covered with stubble.
l never tried cotton seed, bnt / want
to try it this wear. and apply cotton
seed in the hill. lift will do.
Mr.. Williams-I am inclined to
think that cotton seed would be too
heating for corn.
Mr.. Estes-I have seen cotton seed
dropped on the corn after the corn
was covered with dirt. A gentleman
who tried it said the corn was great
Nv improved by it, and said that he
would always plant his corn in that
way. lam satisfied that cotton-seed is
good manure; have tried it Oh cab
bage and other vegetables.
Col. Wade-I have q few figures
that I want TO give to the club, Fam
sorry that I differ from gentlemen
who have spoken; but though my ex-
nerience has been brief. it has led me
70 differ with men who have had more
eypericnce. But. before | commence.
I will answer the Secrctary's (Mr.
Dew's) questions in regard to cotton
seed. There are no crops in the
country that are not benefited by cot
ton seed. vet | would be unwilling to
mt cotton seed under the corn.
The cotton will come up AS the corn
does YOU will lose your manure, and
Won win have this foreign weed, the
cotton. growing with tile corn but if
the cotton seed should be heated and
then placed in the ground. / have
never seen a better manures. Through
ont the sandy country of Alabama
and Mississippi. where their lands
are hillv as well AS sandy. cotton seed
is the staple manure of the country,
and if anv one plants it YOU can see
the effects of it from the road, as YOU
could see the effects of the salt on Mr..
Dew's corn. 1t keeps it green and
pushes the corn forward land, besides
this, it gives strength to the land.
1t does not take but a few hours to
heat the cotton seed. Fix the seed
like you do in hot beds; l believe
most people i'm this country make
their hot beds for sweet potatoes in
that wav. In regard to Mr.. Estes
plan of planting corn, / combat it
with a great deal of reluctance, be-
cause nv experience has been brief
vet. even that experience has been to
me very convincing. am OPP osed
| tn taking the cream of nv soil AWAY
-, -, Witch A. Etc.
iion III! tounS pl"' ~
uoes ny ueuulhS HIS iahu. wan
the loaIu, the flcn cream OF the eaftn,
| to come in contact with the plant,
and want the plant TO grow more
ron;dlv;f noSc;hj. than tho woods
-. III IL
VI at least " nav "ii INC ou'"
OF the soil That the weeds nave. line
| weeds start and grow, while you have
gone to a subsoil that is inactive, and
0loco ,,o,,r corn nnon If Tbep AGAIN
80 IL 80 f.. f,on, ~,
III 'no piAn6' 'A
cess, anu hot run WANT VI rail- gu
| collect the water OF these spring rams
and send it to your Young plant; you
have placed n ridge on either side
tbot will conduct the woter tn II In
80 .:noJ ,,,S,o H.. -
my Driei eApeiiehee SUPPOSE 'ha' at
| least three years out OF nVe L nave
suffered from having my corn wash
ed. He has his corn SO that it is rath-
or mora easily Moved | will grant /.
- ~ Ia - Z. $50
| io .,'h Se' 'n0 I'll " AZ
easily imam OH lefel surface, out he
has taken the richest earth away from
! it.
Nv mode of planting corn, and that
with which / am best pleased, is this:
| As general rule j have heretofore plan
| ted. lust as a majority of people do-four
and a half feet each way, and two grains
| in hill; but I believe it is wrong to
| have two stalks in place. Disseminate
your grain over the land; do not tax this
| spot and leave that untaxed, but scatter
the corn over the land by putting one
stalk i'm place Ifyou will make the
calculation, you will find that when you
plant your hills four and half feet each
| way, YOU have twenty and one fourth
| square feet to each hill Of corn. If you
have two stalks in each hill it will be
| ten and one eight square feet to each.
| Upon an acre of land at that rate you get
only four hundred and seventy-nine
| stalks of corn. Instead of placing my
corn TOUR and half feet apart
| in 1857, near Col. Fosters, made
| an experiment OF putting ono stalk in
| place. had cotton land which was
| laid off three and half feet. l made
my calculation to give the same distance
| to each stalk of corn as would he given
| in making the hills four feet
! apart. had my beds laid Off for cotton
three and a half feet, and making the
cultivation, discovered that TWO and a
| fourth feet would give me stalk Of corn
to about every eigh: square feet of land
| the same that / had when the hills were
four feet apart. checked the corn, and
| contend that l had both the advantage
of drilled corn in yield, and the advan-
tagcs of checked corn in cultivation, by
that process. Capt. Black suggests
something about hOeing corn. If you
have a large crop, it is too much labor
| don't believe there is a necessity in
this county for ever putting hoe in
corn. All will agree that corn land
| 10 ha oil