, 1873-03-17

and planting. Tho ronuit In, that 1t has Increased
tho labor Of kcoping down tho wocdsi but,
aa to tho crop, no apparent dii1oronco oah
ba aeen. Tie experiment VIII ha continued. III
Of Hoasonu as tho lust two hayo boon ratlsor dry,
and favorable to wocling the plante and supposed
to DO unfayorablo az regards moisture.
In meadow or raature-lana, It l.aa hoen % onr
practice to tronelplo cutting tue swad ng tr,i as tn
a'.other farroSw S, I'll ii tic Top Of fhis say q
moro inci,cH Tho result iB, tint tho aoil thus
brought up from tho bottom OF tho furrow cau
DO readlly palvorized, and, being freo OF wooas,
account Of tho attendant labor, wllilo tho ylold
NANAutNn THE CoNN-o
Altar goyoral yoara of trial, havo found tho
folloWng yl to be-. II not tho boaf, good method
Tor the management of tllts crops:
Tnrf-iand inay bo plowed oar1y mud III my
condition ID r9garl1 moisture for she greet :,
soil from bn'ing or running ttogether; th's, on
heavy clny soils, ia of no email importance. On IN
old land, wo must bo careful to have ho land III
good condition; for, Iii caso 1t is heavy clsy,
fna 5 TS ssa!a1 p511 i i "s nss Tss ssS + faa Sse
mny plow it any time after tho frost
is '' oaat, it, providing tho conditions namel
aro present. Ii too oarly for planting It should
Tho vceda will spring up; for many of thoao
| It Lap boon customary to destroy thoao woods by
harrowing but this Is not essential, and We can
proceed With tho planting, provided TINT tho land
tssudclonIly lovol and palvorizcd After tho corn
haa fairly sprouted, ana ia noarly ready to come
to tho surface, IL the proper timo to dispose ,of
tic first crop of woods. This 10 done by
tho us9 Of % tho harrow, bfy g1yng 1t t,,s
tirst S crop Of weeds is destroyed, an,l tho soil
opened to the influence OF tho sun, ar, any moln'
tiro. On n fincly-comminntcd aurfaec, tho fali'
Inn rain ain1ts into the apparently Thirsty noil
and nt once parts VIII IT, pant-to1oa, a'n snt t[
growth Tha is, In fact, tho lrat c!,lture Of tn.
plant for It at once appears through the M nur
faoo, with its blades Of doop green, and, III T.
yn G snS o VI" avetor Fo te Seore the
ond crop Of weeds moro that make thol' on
eppcara1lco Tho corn Stands up SO Btln
with it's vigorous growth, thnt th' y.
mopuEfGfzo adyd fo pats oa'h u my titus Us 'foo soe
tho young weeds; and this is thoseconl worlsinf
Of tho crop Aftor this Tho way is easy, and ti!'
worlsings should be weekly, Is nearly as posi- 5
bio, ,l1fil the tassols begin to apnonr. when tht
too lato in tho Boason and destroy the roots thn
rln near tho surface, and thus CLOCK tho groWtl
Of tho plant. I have soon, on sultry slny, tn
loavea of the corn roll togethor MS tho cultivate n
dorstand this, and aim to push tho GRO
into vigorous growth in tho forepart Q
tho season. It has ofton prove
been ~ 60 long busy tlat ii wns impossible To cul
tiyato Ills corn "tho last tin,o."
Wo can plant much earlier than it ig gonorah
supposed to bo Hafo from frost, Tho sprin
frosts Ho!dorn do more than chocls tho growth q
tho young corn. But, il wo plant carly, "
must 10 careful md plant shallow, or the soo
may rot in tho ground. Aa general r,1!o, th
onr{y-plantod corn prolrlcos the bost crop.