The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-04-02
LIVE OAK FARMERS CLUB.
Mar. %. 1876.
RAISING CORN.

RAISING CORN
J.C Roberts - d he got all The marurp
c0l'd Tor h's corn gr,ant. HIS farm w4s
sm ~ ard De con devote. but W. or threr
acfes TO corn Pans TIE white Amt variety
m" rows three 'e+i eigh' INCHES auart, and
Cur err FIVE s'a Ks ~ he h,'I IIa~ succeed d
in gr",v'ug one hnudr.d hu .heis ni ears 10 an
acre HIS mcasuted tie ard ana ,hc corn
Nr. Peter D+y~lin said ina pr4crice ia 20
n mute he ixnd h. p's"'s 10 corn. Likes TO
u 9~ nnd H. The Grouud jn>i before planting
P ows dee = aud ~sn'r liz and to be in dry
-" d'fi"n; won Il pre'er :" wait two or three
day iBttrr lhdir pew while he and rs vet.
Grows tle e,gh ro~-d yellow corn Pants
tour or five kernels In y hiit tbrre n, d O. ha
ttr' apnr ("mmercr cmlS,vAtIng as soon
a. ~" T"ws 81 tr seen an cuiigates both
go ,hrough u again as. ~ July hu, ,he press
at work III haying general y prevt n'ed
I Charles Gtn''s said he u>nsl'y painted s.
houi. fifteen scses: corn xr"und wants plenty
o' rnarure black sci WI produce u larg-
Ell yield 'hap cay. Max hi ground tightly
one way and deepIy IL way b. plants.
Pan @itu The hue aud covrra Two or
hiet iich. dep ru,n the corn heginN
Ia SHOW / ss,n ihrungh tn- ground he gues
over u wi.n a.e.,llin, l. rqn.rr i,ntro laps It
, A,u makes hurnugn wo'h Vtlt every weed
L. ed snd III a "ay OF t~O &i.er, AS he
beg said Ab"u his sorc toe, sOu ~tIr bee the
corn rex rignr w.
/ 4 E. rarbei. SAID he lad frequently plant
I'd on clover aud 'liDo h, sod u'n' over IN
u, tai; ~ou MOI pow more than tour or
five ,i,ches detu. 7 "a NIB II wuu be al exc
eel EN- pa 10 luli"w he 'urro" with a SUBJ
soil pillow r mpiy silirng the snli without
bi ing ny II ,oI he surface
Twelve ytalB ago had us' Michig n
Dounfe p ow and the result az bringing the
suosoIi 10 he bn! ace Was 10 destroy the pro.
duetl, eress OF tue land iur three ar four y ars
Mr. Tarbeil relaied 10 the Grub N ttud
0: gov .ng Corn whicn chad heen practic
al by = farmer Of his acquaintance ~hO had
raised ir IN hhndr. d auI h;ty To u hundred
aid stven'y I've bushels o, ears to the acre.
4 compost Il IL n, barry ara manuie and lime
WAS made and from put TO = pint and e
halt was kp.nd 10 rsch till III the time OF
pan ing. Thorough and cream caitlvSton
has accomplished the reBt.
TIL Wee President asktd Mr.. Tarbe!I If ne
thought he Increased yl~id wouid psy To-,
The Incl eased txpe Use aid iahOl He replied
there VAS no doubt 1t YOU'D pay largey
mau would apply tue manure 10 three
acres per day.
In proceeding Mr., Tsrben sad 'hree and
q ha,l feet is good width between the rows
and he wanted tour stsIke in hili.
Does not like TO bill up cora and ss inclin.
eli 10 think tavorabiy OF he pan OF using n
harrow III ths early cultivation o corn
G.. O. Vincent said be usually p anted corn
on cod; thinks If tue sod 10 turned over ear"
~ IN The tell the worms mot so Likely 10
;uiure the corn. Has tried raising Dent corn
out ceu'd never succeed la rlpsEiug It on his
larvn sud the stalks are OF little val1e for
fodder. Prefers tue Smut Nose TO any other
variety he has tried; his cattle will eat the
stalks np leav'ng scarcely any remainde: aid
the corn was always sound.
Tie could not believe his neighbors raised
as large crops as eoEne OF them claimed. Ha
haa never raised hundred bushels OF ears to
the sore and he thought that seventy ave or
even fifty, bushels was dong pretty we'll.
Mr.. Charles GibSs said 1homas Getting OF
our town had sixteen acre piece OF corn this
year which by measurement yielded one
hundred sod Eve husheis per acre and IL " IS
not good year for corn either.
Mr C. G. Shepherd gave history OF piece
OF ground which had been cropped success..
lively for fifteen years and vss considered
WON out and woald not produce paying
cror. i Sh T9s
! It wac then seeded down and uaed tor .
sheep pAsttre some three or four years. IL
a az then broken up and planted to corn and
yielded i35 bushels per aero. The two sol".,
lowing years IL was planted to corn end the
last crop yielded LOO bustels per. acre. On
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