Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-11-06

SEED CORN.-Those farmers who wish to
secure the best seed for their next years crop,
should remember that it is now time to COM
mence looking about it. A cotemporary sug-
gests that there are two chief requisites in
good corn, viz: Early maturity and prolific
ness. There is too little attention paid to this
matter by farmers generally. BY neglect and
Incidence they will let the season for selecting
seed pass by, and next spring when they get
ready to plant, they will pay some more en-
terprising neighbor two or three times the
commercial value to get some good seed corn.
1t is law of nature that like produces like
If we want to improve the earliness of our
corn crop, we must select our seed from those
stalks that first mature, and that shoot first
Go through your field and mark with piece
of red flannel, or other device, one hundred
of those stalks that shoot first. Later, go
through again, and mark all of that hundred
which show tendency to perfect two good
ears. When ripe, select all perfect, we'll
formed, deep-grained ears, from this marking
and tie them up for seed. Plant these by
themselves next year, and from this planting
make another selection in similar manner,
using more care to save seed from the two
cared stalk also keeping in mind the early
maturity The third years planting will de-
velop seed, if proper care has been used,
that will show two good ears to the stalk in
seven-tenths of the planting. 1t is in this
way that the yield of our great cereal can be
increased to either ninety or one hundred
bushels to the acre. and the man that first
perfects these valuable qualifications, can
make snug little fortune in raising corn for
seed alone. We hope some of our young and
enterprising farmers will take hold Of this
matter. Don't let the season pass without
making an effort in this direction.
TO PLoUGn Down GRAss.-To do this
effectually is one of the apparent impossibili-
ties ties of modern farming. Every farmer knows
it from experience. Notwithstanding the ut
most pains and care in ploughing, the grass,
especially iflong, will bristle up in boards and
tufts here, there, and everywhere, injuring
alike the appearance of the field and its ca
pacity for growth for this grass, instead OF
being visibl y present to draw nourishment for
itself and impede the growth Of something
else much more profitable, should be buried
beneath the surface to manure the soil and
assist in the growth of its bctters. Well, do
you wish to remedy this great difficulty? If
so, use the chain and ball to your plough. No
matter what kind of plough you have, try
them. A piece of ordinary trace chain will
be very we'll. Fastcn one end Of it to your
coulter, and to the other end attach round
iron ball of from two to three pounds weight
having the chain long enough to permit the
ball to reach back to about the middle Of your
mould-board- and there let it drag along, on
the off side, of course. This is not a new
idea-in fact it is very old one-but, like
good wine, age only improves it. Just try it
once, and we have no fear of your verdict.
1t may not do the work to absolute perfection,
but it will perform it at least fifty per cent
better than you can without it.-Canada Far,
mer.