Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-05-15
4 griculturnl.
Cultivation OF Corn.

A correspond ent Of the A@erioaz RH.
raj Home. Rochester, gives the follOvine
directions in regard 10 raisisg corn;
For the beDe6i 81 yOaug farmers. |
wish 10 give \ statement Of sO@e impOr-
tant facts. learned By long experiences and
observation in raising corn. First-Nev.
n raiso two crops Of eOru 10 succession CO
land that will not produce over seventy
Eve bushels TO the acre. Always plant
on a sod. ifPossibIe. broken up in Sep
ienber or 0ctOber, that 1, may be erOss-
PlOwsd just before planting. II the break
ing can not be done carly in the fall, do
il AS late in the spring as possible. Sod
broken later than the middle Of October
ia heavy soils will not decay sufficiently
for crOss-plOSiug before planting time,
aud with all the narrowing that can be
done will remain a cold, heavy, ungenial
seed.bed.
1 dOubt If much is gained but time in
fall blowing for corn crop. If the sod
is broken in April or May (ihc latter is
better provided the planting is done by
May 2Oth) the decomposition Of grass and
rooo.s evolve sufficient heat to constitute
complete hot-bed, causing the corn TO
make rapid aud vigorous growth. The
sod should not be disturbed during the
whole grazing season farther that to keep |,
the surface thoroughly seari6ed. Com
mence cultivating as soon as the corn is
up. Run your culiivator close to the
corn while small. Work the field over ,
as often as once in eight or ten days foi
sixty days; if you do this, you need not |
be afraid of its being too dry or too hot
1t pillow. The more you pillow the better
FOUR corn will stand the drouih. You .
need not be afraid too long or too late in
he season, but never let more than ten
lays pass between the blowing. l
relieve that twenty-five per cent. would |
'e added to the whole corn crop of the 4
4 the country by more thorough cult
alton Of the crop after it is planted.
When there is no turf to interfere with -
eep blowing, do all your deep blowing 4
efore your corn-ta'sels and and silks are b,
ut, for deep cultivation after than period p
NIL destroy and cripple large proper "
on of the corn roots, should be avoided, e
possible. Killing and ridging the earth 4
p TO the corn is worse thin useless. Flat
lltlvatiou proves most satisfactory, all
lings considered. Use the doub'e-shov-
pillow, or cultivatOr, aad keep them 60
g. Don't stop to hoe, but pillow, pillow.
Never rave fodder by topping corn,
ut cut it below the ear. | commenced
piping the first field of corn ever raist d !
ecauso | thought it was too green TO cut
,, and would shrink on the cob, but BY
aving the lower part of the stalk with 3
c ear it would iipen up with plump, 4
II grains. A neigbor passing by infor. ,
ed me that my corn was to green to top. 6
It if would cut itup the grain would :,
shrink, because it was portion OF q
G stalk above the car that fed the grain n
ring its last stages Of maturing; and al H
ough | did not believe his theory fol- c
we'd his advice, and when | husked ?.
1T corn, found he was right; for all m
1T | topped was badly shruuken and 5
riveed, while that cut up al the grourd p
$ heavy, solid gain. 3,