Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-11-25
From the Boston GlObe,]
The Farr1-yard Club of lothian.
~ DR. eEoReE B. LoRIEa.
NINETEENTH MEErING-SUBJECr GRAIN
CROPS.

BY DE-. GEORGE B. LoRIEG.
NINETEENTH Observation-Disclosures GRAE
CROPS.
The club assembled with great prompt
ness, and with an evident feeling OF
satisfaction that its interests were not tc
be neglected, nor its existence endanger-
cd by any outside controversies. Sir.
Hopkins received the members with un.
usual cordially, aua manifested 6 mark
ed kindness to John Thomas, the reason
for which that gentleman could not i'm.
agine, ignorant as he was of the trial be
was TO meet at the hands of Peter lis
ley and his followers. The discussion
! was opened by the President, who eel
ected as the most important grain fol
the consideration Of the American far
mer, Indian corn. Maize, or Indiar
| Corn" said he, '.is perhaps the mos
important crop raised in America
! Adapted to local wants and immediate
/ consumption, II occupies also an i'm
/ pOrtant place in our domestic and for.
/ eign commerce; and, while cotton
/ brings US to the great manufacturing
| countries of the world, and lies at the
! foundation Of that export trade upon
which our financial prosperity depends,
corn enters so largely into cur domestic
| economy, IS food for both men and ami
mails, that il may properly be called the
corner stone Of our agriculture. Col.
Taylor. q sagaCious and intelligent : r.
Cinia farmer, once said "In8ian corn
may be correctly called meal, meadow
60 - ~ 49,
-, f 80, - III - 10;
- :. - 80 e. ~ - - - -
go - - - ~ - - - - tJ,f
~, 80 -. - -, = - tI,o
r. ~ - - .- ,f:- - ;..l1f
- : 80 80 81
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49,, - - 80 ~,,.-
- a. ,.s,.4 .-- . gla ~ ~ 49,
Eun give even .i1. 81 M = -, rl-s,
weather, anE wt,ra @lJ o,a -; --1
soil feeds the rsr;-g 80 am. -, -
Evidently tr9rioai =, sl ,'v,,l pau.
COMMODITIES itsrIf ~ ra,a 80 or,j -
gia alike II baz tat-en - big5 a -or.i.
among The c<ops of Turkey t5st ~, IL
Continent Of ii 1ropo ii "a called BTe -
f'nfFus, aud I have found it the CON
mon nod Of the Neapolitan peasant. uu-
der dee nsfne Of Crane del TuTc9. In
Germany l have seen it cultivated as d
house plant and admired SIS q rare and
/ beautiful! product of the Southern soil
The question whether corn can be
pToItably raised IN New England I do
not propose TO discuss at length. Here
il may be counted, / doubt not. rather
as an attendant than as q staple crop.
Considering the usual market price of
corn coming from the Western corn
fields, with which the farmer can fill MS
granary, it would be idle to devote land
suited both By quality and location to
market gardening aud root crops, 20 the
growing OF corn. But on remote lands, /
on farms somewhat removed from the (
market, corn may properly be made one
Of the standard crops. As part oil ro-
tation also, which is to end IN grass, the
corn crop is most valuable, especially If
it Immediately precedes the sowing OF
the grass.
The soil best adapted 70 corn is q
warm loan. say a warm loan, for al
ihoagh corn will accommodate itself to
Il cold s2,l ard : cold climate, i. IS q
plant whicil especially IegDir.5 heat for
its highest perfection. i. VIII lot even
vegetate Ia soil whose temperature IS
less than % deg. And II 1t IS exposed
to tbs maiign influences OF cold and
wet soil, IL VIII never recover, no mat
Ter now iaFoFaD.e Inc season may De.
A corn crop may be lnJ urea as much by
the eHeCts on cola sou upon the seea
as Dy an carry aalumnal frost. Corn
should never DE planted, therefore, IN
III the atmosphere mas Deen tempered oy
summer neat anu the son mas peeh wen
warmed Dy the early summer sun IL
SHOULD DC PianIeu at suc4 lLle ana III
suCn d soH tlat Il VII VIZ geIihlnale At
oIGe, anu stuart IoItn IA me WIN strong
ana tI55 green Golor. a yei!oW ana
s SUN gI1mln III tIle com crop Is never
Lol.oMeu W vigorous anu p!o ". lAI
- - ls ;1 '5ien, lIoI I'm
ItG VA an SeLi ,-ti " 81 u C'el
H., tbSso tha+ C-oot ~ $50 go IL
M - 10. 80. Oloy III oo
20 i9 , anu !. - 0y ~ tG IT. &c ,li1e
~ ,l,,S $500 Ia Wy . ~ $3.50 ,ei - :, 04t
hicLnsyt G ir.1 o''-' ~ IL ~ TIT
INC nrensratioo of tga so;1 for corn
nIantin6 i sin5nla aud siaiIsr ~ tbof ra-
amred nv the ofher common field c~ons
If stnbbie land Is r. he nsad Il should ba
I bororgblv n,,lvar;z..d 10 ono COIL, OIL |
one lafer snring nlong6ipg IF how
ever. sod land is Ia he Tsad If should no |
iDnediataIv before tho Tlart
mo end the fl1rToT, ct a. an ~ .,'-[ 80
fo7ivr five Jocrooe IN 49,. =, -ae,,,.,,
nropor and neceegarZ circ1,Iotion 81 ~
a.; thro,,oL ~ s,;I -. - -
%rouin, sc tIo So, ' III =; 'l -
7ro,,;l5S 81. 81 -,. ,es 60 - - ~ -
a