Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-16
AeRlEM1N RAJ.

The PkEMIuM CRoPs.-The following are
exports Of the ino, Ell Of treatment Of the cops
to which premiums were awarded BY the exper-
mental Fam Club at West Grove.
Abncr Garrett, one see of corn, London
grove township. -Th l-ld IA corn la 1872 was
In with wheat In lSdI. L. 1868 two heavy
crops OF clover wee moved OIL In 1859 the
clover waA all Killed out. put Ign, coat Of
barn yard manure Oh, intending ~ ilow fol
corr In tile spring after the giass stared LEI
u and ploughed another fell, and p;tslur.d Il
the summer Of 1870. III lsIl, moved good
crop ofumotly ofit. Part OF the field erayely,
part sandy. 10Th VI 4tL Mo. 1877, one ac,r
manfred with barnyaid manure. sd OF 4.h
month finished flowing; then rolled narrowed
four times with spike harrow, then ruled again.
Depth OF blowing inches. Marked out with a
plow "a by feet. Put Ia the hills uixtuIe
OF hen manure, bone aud plister-about II
bushels of manure, one bas of bone and two
bushels OF plaster-haniful to four hills. In
the twelve rows We could perceive no diiier-
ence. Corn planted 4th month 29th. Light
gourd variety. 221 Of 9th month began To lar-
row the corn. Narrowed 1t over twice l., the
LIST Of 9Th month, making four times over. Cut
the corn on the lath of 9Th month, .and put up
In shock U bv 7. might lay finished cutting
the corn on tho l4th, rs some of il was cnt n
week before. Finished liusking 9th of 18th
month. On the one acre that was manned In
the spring-measured by G.. G. Hood-eye,
four shocks made seven baskets corn, an ave :
age Of 400 pounds to the four shocks, making
S,Sl9 pounds per acre. AT 70 pounds per bush
o., makes III bushel and pounds per acre,or at
" lbs per hushel, 1ls bushels and pounds
The i've acres in the field yielded over 4UO
bushels.
Theodore WI i,son, kennett township.
Hauled ont twelve loads Of pfy manure on one
acre OF green-grass and timothy sod that lies
rather low, and had mol been pio we'd for five
years. IL was somewhat injured by cattle and
sheep running OH ii through March aud April.
ID cp loainy soil. One half of the &C manlir,,d
| Jaly tw0-thirds NJ heavily as tie other. That
| nhst heally nannrrd WAS done OH the 10Th
OF March, the oiler on the second Of Adm; the
larger quantity OF manure having no moie ef-
feet than the smaller. ' lu. II nanrr. when
spread on the ground - per lead or S,J. Plow-
I'd the 18th, 18th AMI 2Ith Of April at all aver
lse depth If I inches. The gound very dry.
spike narrowed three times aud cultivated twice
before planting. Planted Oh the LIST of May in
rows four feet apart one way and two and
ha fee: the other The whole field was wed
down 10 TWO stalks In the hill, except part of
lie maniired acre, which was left stalk, in
The bill by l-22. HOe-harrowed four times.
~ h OF June. Cut the 9TH ofSeptember.-
Husked 9Th, sth and 9th of October. The va
rirty OF corn Is mixed Gourd. Yield, 1921
p.unds, or III bushels and 81 lbs III Weld
OF adjoining acre, without manure, was %
bushels.
Henry L. Blin:on. Londonrrore roypsIin-
field-One hun dlcd and five bushels and six
quarts BY measure, shelled; che hundred bush
els and twenty-five pounds by weight.
oosi, clay loan, Timothy ami clover sod-the
second crop of grass having been burned on
the ground during the winter previous To plow-
ny W sparks nom The locomotives. Manured
with 2Opounds Of Cop.'s raw-bone pho,phats,
soweu on the sod, and LOG pounds Of Cope's
anmohiated phosphate, drilled In the rows
when planted. The ground was plowed to the
depth Of y inclrs short time before planting
Planted ON the 18th OF May-drilled In row.
four feet apart and thinned out to one s,alk in
place, II Inches apart. Commenced harrow
Ing OH the first OF June, and worked il fam,
times DUH & the season with common bre
harrow, which was all the working it received
lhe corn oc upied four superficial feet O
ground to each stalk. The seed was Of III,
Ewes varie ty, slightly mixed with some semi
UNI com from the Oxford Fair. The corn wa
| cut OH 18Th of September and lusked mn IN,
Alb and 9th OF November. II did not. annar
emily, suffer any from the extreme drot,l,
report o. Mansei " urEsl Beets.-Kind Of soil ~ M
and clay miSoi condition before plowing corn stnI
| PIE, Quanuty oil manure used, 2 two horse wagn
loads coarse harn-yard manure spre adj on bef ,re ne
Ing. Flowed inches deep, the Gth Of ON MINT,
narrowed aud marked out ? feet D inches ha,uoo
rows and four cart loads OF night soil ara bn ue
manure PIT n Tie rows then iidged up with the pioy
TAINTED tne ioth Of 9Th Month with a hand dill
One pound Of seed used. Sixth Month 3th hoe i.a
rowed, iIth repant, 4, ed hoe haroStd 2jth thI,
ned out irom Inches " a loot apart In tho row
Seventh Month LIST, plowed by throwing a f,,yroy i;
TO tine row on each side, sth wed and hoed. Teni
Month 18th taken upund housed. Forty on. percb,
yielded 10 2oo pounds 254 bushels, 1t Inc rate
p tons and 1882 pounds per acre 's 'A'e
twelve perehe. oil Sugar Beets, alongside Of IL
otuefs, treated IN tue same way, mad, SfI rnrnd-
at the rate of OFFS tons per acre. CALHS Hon.,