The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-02-02

A MISTAKE (PERuAPs There has been
growing notion in the minds OF many
OF us Eastern farmers, that it does not
pay to raise corn. We have come to THE
conclusion generally. | judge, without 20.
ing to the bottom Of the subject. aud not
ing the results that must follow the emp.
ty corn.clib. 1t is u very com ,ortsbl,
and convenient way of getting . supply
OF meal to have bag or two thrown ioto
ones sleigh or buggy when at his post
Office. The hoe is not needed to raise
corn in that way. The crow can't pull
up that corn, the wire worm cant eat it
of at the root, the cut worm cant NOV
it down, nor the blue jay lug it off and
store il up for bis winter feastipg When
home one can lift it, and pour it into the
chest and feel quite comfortable that the
supply has been SO easily obtained. But
there is sequel being experienced to
this method oil raising corn" 1t is not
quite the solid pan way Of doing. There
are latter clsps." One is, the guide
wife" or anxious cook is dissatisfied with
her brown bread. There is kind of old
dry, chippy taste TO il, unless something
is put in to cover it up. The Johnny.
cake as it comes piping bot" from the
oven emits kind Of musty. bag odor. All
the git.edged butter in the world won't
give it its right flavor That dead almost
musiy taste cannot even be covered up
with the cream Of the best COW in the
barn. 1t is there, and one longs for the
good old days Of native bread and butter
to come again, The vision of the smok.
log sweet Indian cake of the olden time
comes to him, The sputtcrinz, sweet.
odored and delicious hasty pudding comes
up 10 memory, as he tries to favor the
dish before him to suit bis taste. All Of
this comes Of not raising the corn at home.
Aside from all these considerations the
question comes up. does it pay to raise
corn
Can farmer do better to buy his meal,
than to raise it Does it pay to raise
corn on corn land iu New Euglaud -? Corn
should not be planted Oh any other but
good ooru land. Let other soils produce
other crops. What we mean BY good
corn land is, that which will produce fifty
or sixty bushels to the acre with fair
dropping of manure, good culture and
good season. After number Of years
Of general observation and experience 10
the method of preparing the soil, manur.
ing. planting, cultivation and harvesting,
| camo to the conclusion, as did many
others, that it did not pay to raise corn
Accordingly VIC hung up "the shovel and
the Zoe" had our set of bags fixed up and
marked, and set them agoing. No back
aches now, dropping and covering corn
No wire worms to detest No cut worms
to dig after in the early morning." No
crows to condemn for stealing their break.
fasts before sunrise. No weeds to Gu or
pull after hsyiog. No stalks to cut auj
bind and carry out and shock on the
grass. No broken backs by the use Of
! be corn cutter, ddrin the golden DAYS Of
October Aud 6urlly no huskiag es in
the oldeD time.
All went on 10 nicely, that one began
to feel that the isfmers millounium had
almost come. Blu. Us be sat easily 10 lis
arm chair, u few pounds heavier perhaps
for having escaped all these difficulties,
The saw another sight" that startled him
IN his pleasant reverie, viz: