The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-03-28
1 Seuthern Corn Crnn.

have recently seen an exp riDent
II corn planting winch I think nav
prove Instructive 10 some OF nv brother
farmers Of the soEth. 81 least One
acre Of land red clsyl vas taken sum
mer b=fore last, after the wheat was cut
OF. and sovn broadcast with COW
peas When the vines had reached
their gNwth previous 10 lowering. SIX
~ b-sA4s OF Stacked line was applied
70 them The whole was then turned
under with twe-horse pillow In tins
state the lot remalEed until last spring.
when Il vas broken up and laid of three
and one-half by three d one-half feet
u think the corn was planted, two
grains II 5 check II received the usual
cultivation OF this section-that Is. three
il Was not bsd6ed1. The acre Welded
seventy SIX and three-Eourths bushels
by sctual measurement The SEED used
: peculiar. Il vas selected by the gen
tleDau who made the experiment. seye-
raj wears sgo, from q volunteer stalk
Eh5ch had eleven ears on Il, 81 Of
Ehich. however, did not oCne 10 ?
Section. The Weld OF the stalk was FIVE
Z pounds Of corn. This corn hiss become
f quite celebrated, and Is one CT the many
+ proofs OF the value Of 3 careful selec-
hoy. This yield Of seFenty-six and
4 ee foarths bushels nav not strike
[ the northern farmers as anything re-
Uarkable, bat Il they VIII remeTu Der
E that our average Is only ten bushels Of
corn Per acre, they VII q. once see the
value q the foregoing TO southern sgTi-
culture One buskel o. peas VIII broad
east the acre and cost one dollar: the
lizne here, scattered. VIII cost fifteen
cents per basheL The lot Is now II
wheat. and It's owner expects II 70 pro-
duce twenty i've or thirty bushels,
which for this country VII be 8 good
Weld The experiment VIII ros cost
much, and I an sure viii repay any
farmer Clover. perhaps, vii Increase
the yield OF both wheat and cCTn- one
Ecre OF such land Is worth more than
eight cultivated a6ve generally do
John Carmichael. 1EaJershanl Co, Ga.
s,01atTas4Ss4 -SIssI fCfnzsale-
Mysterious as was the physical or
gsnism Of the Row departed Same e
twins. il was simple II comparison With
that &C the double SRI known IS the
a. TEo-bea5ed Nightin ale 4 detailed
sccouEt OF TINS strange creature vas
recently fur. ished, by NJ Paul Bert, TO
the Society OF Anthropologv, Paris.
From s report CT this paper we COR
dense As follows Instead OF a union
By means Of q short co1recaE & link OF
muscular tissue, TIE bodies OF these girls
are united 81 the level Of the last two
lumbar vertebrse Thus there Is a com
plete Community Of seusihilitv n the
lower members Of the body. The per
/ csption OF sensation Is not Identical, how
E ever; for, while Il Is normal n the one,
! iz0he other II Is confused, incomplete,
2 and lacking II precision. Though the
{ heads are distinct, separate organs. each
+ has control over q separate set OF mus
Z cles, The right head c 1mmandIng exclu-
sIvely the two right lower limbs, and
he left head the limbs upOn lis side.
Ne two hearts beats separately, and
with s slight difference N rapidly.
T which appears n the right rsdial pulse.
+ There seems 70 exist an intinste rels-
( ton between their nervous and digestive
organisms; thus, when one has a sick
/ headache, II Is not long before the 9th
7 - Is similarly affected When young.
their hunger Sas satisfied when either
Vas fed but X Is now necessary 70 feed
esch separately. In character they are
much alike. though mentally they seem
/ independent; one can read while the
{ other engages N conversation, or one
/ head can converse II English while the
I other Is speaking French. During sleep
. they IRE flently have the same dreams 81
F the ssInl time The problem presented
TO the Psychologist and biologist II this
dual existence Is one that deserves the
most thoughtful consideration. and It's
/ physical organization presents a mystic
" rs far above that OF the Sianese
brothers SIS was theirs shove that Of any
single individual.