Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-02
agricultural,
The Orn CrHD.

vi Tue dfeIhgc doOuI my DuhnelS o. corr
per acle will be required TO pay expenses
On tie deep, rich sUIi If river bottoms, wi ere
DO M nuIe is rec dtd. and where cult vatIor
is eesy, less will cover the OUTLAY. Bur
where land is ltor, in bad C. nditIon. and
much manure Is required, unlees ready ac-
GERS is to be bad to he best ma ket, 1t will
take more than sixty bushels per acre to pay
expeI ses.
This is experience. What then are we e
do to make the corn crop pr Fl able? sever
al things are Ieq .lrod. In the first place it
viii not do 10 attempt to raise com on paoI
land without maI'ure; TWEEN TO thirty lush
els per acre is ii loss TO the farmer Good
land and good cultivation are nee, ssary. The
better the land and the better the culture.
the greater will be the profit. But II land
has 10 be made good the chances OF pref
are doubtful. The manure tseii will not he
an 'xIense, if properly purchased OF furnish
ed but the labor, the whole process of :. :
curing and applying, is tie draw back Ye'
tie thing Is zone here (Cenral New Yors }
with success. The highest success i wher,
manur. lie drawn from tie stables in the falt
Vi early winter. and spread (rom the ca~t)
broadcast HI even on the laud. Thus tie
handling oil the manure is less ned, and t l.
done at q time when labor almost worth
less. This is tie cheapest apricatl o
DaHure-tbst made in tue stables BuI
there is Ct eaper yet this sod. Sd II
used e1tt nslve'y here for corn. This need
no drawing or manipulation it is alre d,
in The roll. Manure Is appIi,d to make ,
sod. and 1t IS found to lay. The sod is thel
turm d down, and 1T affords lar=e amount
Of u anure, and Of the best kind Tor the corr
crop. ! bis pays hest OF all modes Of enrlci.
meDt. The land should he pluughed five Oh
SIX inches deep-DOt more than SIX and un
less laI If quite rich, manure should he al
piled n the hill. Hog manure is emint n II,
satisfactory ; so, l understand, is that o
sleep. This gives a start AMI a vigOrou
growth at once, taken up and sustained b,
the eject oil the sod, which now decays ant
heats the underground. Here the roots rev,
and get most OF their strength, If the soil il
self IS interior.
THIS much for growing the crop cheaply
There are other advantages to re cons ldered
The crop cut when the berry is glazed til
stalk still greenland set in stocks to dry
will afford iced 10 the stalks that Is hut IN
tie prizcd as yet, but is OF the greater ad
vantage. Those here who ma Ike it d bushes
to secure the corn crop early ana in prim
condition, the stalks hi bly, nutritious. an
the nutrition available, carrying with l,ttl
aid rom clover OF hay, mil III COWS throug
late iall ard ear " winter. with a satisf ctur
return OF milk, and tbs without any grain
Here is a large item, and with many it
made one OF chief advantage But the ,rn
like clover. must be cut early-as early i
tic berry will bear-and cured we'll nc
bleached and the strength taken out by su
and rain, as is the case where badly puJ ur
In such case, cUrnstalks must be ranked wit
common straw, as also when the corn Is pel
mitted TO get ripe.
IL 10 hence that the corn crop can be mad
paying operation. highly satisfactory, pre-
pairing also the land the better for succecc
iDg crops. Forty bushels and even less, pc
acre, will thus show favorably on the cred
side when there is good market. ami oh
stalks are properly taken care Of. How ther
when the amount reaches sixty or eevent
bushels per acre, and more, as lG sometime
does? We have examples here where Il
thing has been thoroughly tested, and ii
test fas established the practice.
The corn crop should he made one Of t.
important crops If the farm, particularly
connection with the dairy 1t should he
regular crop in rotation. Although mo-
advantageous TO raise IL on low, rich, war
land, it may yet be grown TO advart &c d
other land. First-class crops are raised {
bills, and that on drift soil but there wa
good coat OF sod, and manure applied ia q
bill. Ii, however, the season is a dry on
there is less chance for success. Still, rit
upland soil may be trust, for corn in al
season. Dairymtn should make it rule
raise corn, both for the fodder it affords al
the corn as well rs the benefit the land &c
in the culture. IT there is no sod f,r til
purpose, and if the land requires manur
and has lot had il, as soon a, the snow "
allow, it nay be applied on level lard Al
on bill sides, II there ls not a coat of ice
smooth tr' zen ground to wash it off, [:
is better than to apply manure just belo
ploushiDg. IS The stIepgth will lie carr
into the roll by the sprlng rains, Which if
better dIstrIl [ Oh of manure than can
effected any OF her way Country Gtnttnlo