Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-03-29
MAnuring for Indinn Corn.

EDuoRs CouNur GENrLmAS - There is
much Of interest to farmers, Limited and con-
fined to the ordinary rotations of mixed hus-
bandry, in the numerous commun cations on
growing Indian corn which have Iltely ap-
peared in your columns Detailed accounts
of the processes by which good crops are OBJ
tanned, are valuable, especially when a clear
statement is given Of the condition of the
land before preparation for the crop. With.
out this statement readers are sometimes led
to place too much reliance on the substances
used in mauuriug, which upon trial, fail TO
produce the expected result | have noticed,
in journals devoted to agriculture, tatements
/ OF large crops Of Indian corn obtained from
worn out fields during the past season or two.
| by iudcous application Of mauures, ap.
parently well authenticated and my own
experience in former years confirms me in
the conclusion that the amount Of yield per
acre is only limited by the insuficency of
manure applied. Corn is such gormand
that no danger may be apprehondod from ex-
cesslye manuring If this is the case, it
seems most important to make ample pro-
visions as to quantity. Let the application
] w i"NtNAeN7f hub ANNhN an ltA IL ne Dltntl-
tuli get it on, no matter if it cannot all be
applied in the fall and winter keep on cart.
ing and spreading until the last acre is turn
ed under, before narrowing to plant have
witnessed surprising results from spreading
and blowing in long uufermented manures
from the farm yard just before planting.
Then apply a little fine manure to the hill,
and the quantity thus applied should be ju.
diciously proportional to the condition of the
field. II it has had liberal manuring broad.
cast, there is little danger Of overriding
the matter but if the land is thin, and has
had no manure powed or narrowed in eau.
tlon most be observed on this point have
known farmers to spoil their crops by apply.
ing too much in such circumstances, the re-
suit being a crop Of stalks with very little
corn,
The best advice / can give is that they
gather every resource Of the farm in the way
OF absorbents, and use them freely under
stock. There is great deal more which may
answer this purpose on farm, than most per-
sous suppose, until necessity obliges them to
hunt 1t up. One of the best manure man.
utactories on farm is a good pen of hogs.
Let there be no ringing Of their shouts, as
this would spoil the machine aud then be
sure you feed the pen as faithfully as you do
the hogs. They will convert almost anything
imaginable into short manure. Two or
three years since, the fall months being very
rainy my hog pen became exceedingly mud.
dy, and directed my workman to load and
cart large quantity Of blackberry bushes,
brambes, or, as they are often called, bull.
briars, etc, and throw them into the pen.
which he did, though not without expressing
some astonishnent at the thought Of putting
such stuff into a hog pen; he never saw the
like OF that before" la ten or twelve DAYS
there were no blackberry bushes or brambles
to be seen they were literally torn to atoms
and could scarcely be distinguished from the
general mass. | repeated it again and again
1.-THE brars had fully ripened their ca les), and
carted from the pen in the spring a line lot Of
manure for corn hills BY twelve msnth' 5
trial ! oscertained that one hog shut up and
managed as above named, gave twenty farm
loads Of good manure, and on one occasion |
carted from my hog pen 800 farm wagon
loads accumulated during the year.
There is yet another mode of increasing
the manure heap-by gathering every sub,
stance about the farm and composing it ac.
cording to the method published by Geo.
BONNER. 1t is simple, requires only a
small outlay and rapidly converts all these
materials into use The wonder is that this
method, after repeated aud successful trials,
should SO long have been thrown aside and
forgotten, 1t is published in pamphlet form,
and may be obtained for twenty-five cents,
and well deserves a careful and attentive pc.
rusll. II, M, CoNKLIN.