The Grange advance., 1874-11-24
THE|IFA}&ANDH HOUSEHOLD
Minnesota Sweet C09zas

THEFAnmA ND HOUSEHOLD
Minnesota Sweet Gem.
Editors Rural New Yorker:
I see in your issue of October Oath,
= request by A. N. Nash, Westport,
Conn, for reports from those having
experience in raising Minnesota Sweet
Corn. I will tell mine. Great care
should be taken in obtaining genuine
seed and of good quality, or failure
is sure to follow. I have not been
troubled much with corn not coming up
good until this season. The continued
drouth at my third planting proved TOO
much for my best efforts, causing near.
ly a failure. My manner Of planting is
to soak the seed twenty.four hours, then
roll in plaster and let stand twenty
four hours; then plant, Of course hav.
ing the ground we'll prepared in time. l
always use some kind Of manure in each
hill at planting. One planting, with
small shovelful, covered with earth
then plant on it; another planting with
manure dropped and corn planted d.
rectly on it still another, corn Drop
ped first and manure on it, thea cover
ed with earth. I planted about
five acres at five paintings in
dis manner and could see no
difference in the coming up, except in
the third planting mentioned above.
I think the soaking ahd plastering corn
before planting is o partial protection
to the seed from worms; and as soon as
the corn shows itself above ground, =
liberal sprinkling of plaster is = contin.
ued protection. 1t is frequently re-
marked by neighbors and those passing,
how good my corn comes up and how
free from injury by worms.
Minnesota Sweet Corn is 4 faverite
here with market gardeners as the
earliest sweet corn. I have heard no
complaint of any kind except its being
rather small ears for market, which OBJ
lection is overlooked if it comes into
market early, as some have paid as high
IS fifty cents per dozen in this market
this season. Of course it is not calcu-
lated on as q main crop but merely rs
IN early variety, for which purpose it
fills the bill admirably; bat in good
soil the ears grow to a good, marketable
size if not planted too close.
prepared about one acre Of good
ground, highly manured, for my early
Minnesota corn, and ordered the seed;
but it did not arrive when I was all
ready and not wishinglto lose day
in early planting, procured enough
seed Of neighbor, which he claimed
was amixture Of Minnesota and eight
rowed sugar, and planted it. There
were fines large ears and :plenty Of
them, counting sometimes four or five
on stock; but the sweetness was not
there. This leads me to remark that
the same variety of corn will not be as
sweet on very rich land as upon what
we call very good corn land. l am con-
vinced that such is the case, although
the ears are smaller on the poorer land.
But many 60 for size, like the man buy.
ing q hat much too large for him, be-
cause he could get the more hat for the
same money. But did not did not do
so tbad from this acre of mixed corn
as 1 might. My books show green corn
for market from this acre, six hundred
and sixty-five dozen before it got too
hard for use.
A few days since We finished husking
the remnants on that acre, and have
eighty-six bushels of ears, plump meas.
ure. After my Minnesota arrived
planted it on land considered poor, but
manured it in the hill, consequently
the ears were very small, but Of excel.
lent quality and we'll cared, and the
sweetest corn on the place.
One Of my neighbors, market gar
dener, planted one peck of early Min.
nesota on good soil this season, and
had splendid crop. He planted rows
about four feet apart, giving plenty Of
room, and it cared exceedingly we'll aud
of good size for early corn, the most of
the stalks having two or more ears.
l think that if Mr.. Nash, or any
other man will procure genuine early
Minnesota seed, plant it on good soil,
and give it proper care and culture, he
will not fail of having q satisfactory
crop. j. LYON. j.
Chemung Co., N. Y, Nov. 2. ,,;.
minnes0ta Sweet Coru.
Noticing paragraph in your last is.
sue asking how Minnesota sweet corn
turned out, I write to let you know of
my success. I bought and planted \