The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-11-22
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We eise belo~ the arca4nf 81 lhe ersai e,orn
crop gr09a ~ Mr.. 3no. " MurEny, &c Hamp-
stead District. this cf1nls iiils wear. Ar.
Narray's crop Il she Elfrest erer reparfed.
and shoEs tbs, good iarsning uill pay:
HAuesszAD, Nos. lssh. 1873.
Ms1s1s. Eiisorl ~ fke Deaozatix Adrooat<
-ie4tlemsN 81 seeAy youF lasi wesk issae
tlat yoe wish ne . give you and the pnhiic
the mode of eaiiiv4tiDn, and fertilizers used IN
raising de efnp 81 corn hat crested 50 much
exeitemeat vii give yoa the amount Of
corn prodsced. and he saOds 81 caltiva,ine
the sane Ihe land i loE aud Z ovcr4i0Eed
b The uashings from tie turnpike and from
my haFny4rd, and was in gsass for ifteen
ye4RF frIer 10 the spHnS Of ls7z; then ploued
and planted "a corn, and yielded ~ barrels
per aere. The is3de Of faruaing returned 10
tie CAruall Coan,y Agrfralfarnl society. whieh
wlss %; Published. his Vas the sane piece
Of groand that used last wear. The stabble
MAS len unfii ! had planted al tie red Of nv
corn. o. Nay l6,h, 1876, pi0Eed the ground
very deep, harrouei Il the same day. and rolled
Is on the 18th. | soEsd sou ibs fine bone.
and harrewesi i agaia1Ae same dag. mark
I'd ]. "a g inches oae way, and soEed DO
nbs- Rhoae' super phosphase inshe rows. Ahd
dropped the corn ~ iaches apart, one and
tEo grains II a bin. On the 4th Of June It
was badly nissinzi drasged the grouni and
rsPl4ntea; lesho jane Pl0sel and sui some
missing; 18th Of June plowed and hoed. and
plasfered the weak spots 50th Of june dray-
red. ploEed and thinned il; 4sh Of Jaly hisIed
i NTH potato pioE, As deep As one horse
could pull, ard Kept thinning Is thoaghs il
required. until shousing time. The variety OF
corn vas the Chester County Mammoth Vel
log. Of which ! send yoa a sample.
In regard n the yield the ground was sar.
veyed b. practical sworn Surveyor, cut OF
b two sworn men. and measured BY a sworn
nan. IN the presence OF many others. and
measured - $40 barrels, and the same meas
ured at the cattle scales in Baltimore,
made S08 harrels. for which ! hold receipt,
which Is annexed lfany persons doabt the
yield. le, them come forward, and they can
BE accommodated viih a BET from one han
dred TO thousand dollars ihoaght, and
sfill think, | Eas eontending for q $50 prize.
offered By our Agricultural Society, and unless
some Of my Carroll coanty friends beat NE,
As my Baltimore county friend did lasi year, /
think am entitled to the prize bat II any Of
nv county frieads beat me. ! vii be glad TO
81 t1tua- An nov one acre L-Tufefs uut
cultivate forty acres, with myself and three
boys. OF perhaps could have given the one
acre more attention, and had a larger yield,
which believe could have been done.
FISKEk HousE, Oct. q, ls53.
Received Of john w Murray Thirty and
half barrels Of Corn, in the ear. a SS.25 per
barrel. RIPLEY 4 BERGMAN.
The adjoining acre measured s0l barrels
at home. and the same in Baltimore | will
annex the names, the certificates Of the
surveyor, the men that Gu. Of the corn, and
the man who measured IT,
We, the undersigned, do certify that We did
see the corn growing on the acre that vas sur-
veyed by Mr.. JOSIAH Dehoif, and We did help
TO hnsk the same, and did see Mr.. Lewis G.
Myeriy, after being sworn, measure the corn.
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