Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-22
ward plowed with shovel pillow. The re-

ward plowed with shovel pillow. The re-
suit was as We have stated.
In 1873 a MIR. Hudson raised on one
acre OF ground on the "Oakridge Farm"
In Amherst County, Va, 40 bushels of
white corn, the fact being attested by Mr..
Fortune, notary of the county A copy
OF the Virginia Farmers Register, printed
by Edmund Ruffin, at Petersburg, thirty
five years ago, has this statement: " Mr..
Meggison, Of Albemarle County, was re-
ported by the county society to have raised
no bushels of sound shelled corn on one
measured acre of ground, being river bot
tom and thoroughly cultivated; large
white sort OF corn" In the Department
OF Agriculture report for 1868 there is an
authenticated statement that Joseph Good
rich and Luther Page Of Worcester,
Mass, each raised III bushels of shclled
corn on one acre Of ground; and the same
report gives instances in Ohio where 80
and 1O1 bushels per acre were raised The
Rock bridge County (Va.) society, at its
meeting in 1871, gave detailed statement
of the results of competition tor the pre-
MUM for the largest yield Of corn: j. d.
IL. Ross raised on one acre rs bushels, and
on five acres 253 bushels; A. l.. Nelson
raised 81 bushels on one acre, and 3l7
bushels on five acres and g. W. Petit
grew raised 81 bushels on one acre, and
400 bushels on five acres. The treatment
in each case consisted of deep blowing
from ten to fourteen inches, and the appli-
cation of homemade compost, handful
to every three hills Of corn. At the meet
ing of the South Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical Society in 1869 the re-
suits of two interesting experiments made
by John W. Parker were reported. He
took piece of swamp ground, two acres
in extent, and raised corn on it two years
in succession it was thoroughly drained,
SUBSIDIZED, heavily MANFRED from the cow
yard, and the hills additionally tertilized
with guano, salt and plaster at the rate of
200 pounds to the acre; the grain was
planted in drills, ten inches apart, and
thoroughly cultivated, one feature being
the irrigation of the field by turning on
it stream of water so as to flow between
the burrows. The first year the yield was
147 bushels per acre, and the next it was
200 bushels per acre.
1t will be said, perhaps, that this is
scientific farming; but, in reply, it may
be asked whether it is wise to sneer at
any farming as scientific that yields two
to three average crops of corn from an
acre of ground, in one season Western
farmers cannot apply guano and plaster
to their ground but they can break it up
deep, roll and harrow it carefully before,
and again after, planting, and then cult
vate it thoroughly while growing; and
this is the secret of at least half the sue
cess in the experiments noted. Expert
ence demonstrates that the difference in II
crop of corn between careless and thor
ough cultivation is one-half, the same
piece of ground yielding twice as much
under good treatment as under careless
treatments; and there is little doubt
that the 660000O0 bushels of corn
annually grown in Missouri could be
raised on half the area and with less cost
if more effective method of cultivation
were practiced st Louis Republican,