The Cecil Whig., 1871-03-11
COrn-Raising.

! will drop you few notes from little
Moultrie, and will give few hints in
regald to corn, also the Usage for a hedge.
| | notice in my communication of June last,
few typographical errors. In speaking
| of the time to cut grain it should haN G
been "dough'' instead of "claugh.''
have not seen so fine fall for maturing
grain and taking care of it for many years
as the last.
have been trying an experimI n for the
last few years III different modes # plow-
ing, both sod and old ground. | have not
! yet fully satisfied myself as t, the SOD
! planting, but about come to the conclusion
that shallow -plowed sod ground is the best.
Experiment. Two years ago | plowed a
piece of sod and sub soiled it to get it deep,
| and it was rs mellow as an ash-bank on
| top, and my neighbors thought as | did,
that | would get bountiful crop of corn
but | was sadly disappointed. The corn
grew well for a few weeks, and then
seemed to be badly stunted and made but
! little growth. Last spring | plowed piece
of sod shallow, and let it lay few weeks,
| then narrowed and planted to corn, and
| have harvested a heavy yield.
The reason | am not satisfied with the
result as to which is the best way. is that
| the first year was very wet and the sod did
not rot well while the second was dry and
and the grass roots died soon after plant
ing. If the seasons had been alike could
have satisfied myself But shall try the
experiments again the coming spring.
| tried another experiment ON plowing
under the stubble after the wheat was takon
off. | had had many conversations with
our farmers on the subject, and | found
very different opinions existed among them,
| nnfc
"plow late in the fall = others, "as early
as the grain could be taken Off The
! former would say the sun would kill the
ground.
The experiment: had piece of land of
about fourteen acres in wheat that select
ed. had it in wheat two years, and the
year of the experiment / took off the wheat
| as soon as it was dry enough to stack, and
then let the grass aud weeds get foot er
eighteen inches high. | then took two
heavy teams and plows and fixed a log or
chain in front of the plow and back of the
double-tree to force down the weeds, put
the plows deep and turned the heavy coat
of green weeds and grass under out of
sight. Half Of the piece | plowed in this
way and the other half l delayed plowing
until late in the fall, after the frost had
began to nip the leaves. 1t was plowed
iihO lhS oeiCi. LII SpIlIlS lOllOWluS L
plowed the whole piece and planted it in
corn. That planted in the first plowing
grew much better and faster than the
other piece, and was much easier tended
Conclusion: The first plowing was done
while the weeds were green and seeds not
ripe enough to grow, and the weeds had
more nourishment for the ground; while
the last plowing was after the weeds were
dead, seeds ripe, rnd being turned under
in the fall were turned back in the spring
and were ready to grow Immediately, con
sequently were hard to keeg down in tend
ing the corn, and poisoning the ground
Result: The first piece turned off six acres
of it, (as one acre drowned and was planted
| late the second time, and was not counted
| i'll the measurement $40 bushels; while
the other turned off but 240 bushels, and
not so good corn. | have tried this exper-
iment but once, and may not have arrived
at the right conclusion. | would like to
hear from some of our brother farmers
who have tried the experiment. believe
this an important matter for our considera-
on.-Gernsantoon Telegraph.