The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-08-18


we pass South Of this line. The before man
toned elements decrease. and the nercentao.
Of starch increases, uutll anon The sxtremt
/ Southern limit ii has attained its maximum
Of quantity.
just here, please allow me is dirress enough
| to explain 4 matter that I frequently hsnr 81,
pie complain Of, and that think il worthy 81
attention, namely. that tho same cooks, VIC
make excellent corn bread in the South. d.
not do so in the North. Now al this dilIicul.
4 ty lays in the corr.uleal placed ii their hands
| If 4 cook in the North uses Southern corn.
meal, rich In starch, and poor ID sugar and
oil, she win make as GOOD bread In the North
as she does IN the eouth. But our Northern
corn. adapted to our wants. much better than
that grown upon the southern SOIL. was never
intended by the Creator to be- baked into
bread. but rather to be baked into cakes. and
10 he boiled into mush. that IL NAV be eaten
viii, that almost Indispensable article Of flics
mi X. The grain grown in 4 particular region,
Il better adap.cf % tic stistenarce Of the life
Of those who dwell upon il, than that Of any
BODY who lives at q distance. II this fact
were fully appreciated the health Of every
community would improve and many all
meI,ts chat now aiaict Is, would soon Be kno9sf
no more.
But to rccur to our subject, what mean by
the maximum Of development is the attain
inc Of plant to perfection that is to say; ID
the condition Ut perfection. no part Of fhS
plant is developed at the expense of tho 9TH
er psrts all the elements exist i, hafnao.
Mons proportion. 40 that any individual plant,
Of this degree Of DEVELOPMENT. NAV be consil-
cred 4 TYNE Of all corn plants grown upon tho
eartl,---a grand mean between all extremes.
Now this belt. or zone Of maximum Of de,
velonment does not exactlv follow the paral.
lels after all: but varies ifs course across tho
country, sometimes running little further
North, sometimes little further South, SO as
to BIO in range Of certain average Of temper
allure, and this average Of temperature is
about SOC bv Fahrenheit's scale.
The line Of SO degrees Of temperature. corA-
mences at the Atlantic seaboard 4 little above
he doth parallel and as il ncars the Alleuhan-
;es. Il vcers toward the south. on account 81
tho cold Of elevation, Until Il fully reaches the
xDtb naralIel /: but. having passcd the AYle.
phanies il trends n little toward the north
1css,, ,n,;l i nasses tha Ar,asa,,i River and
encounters the Rocky Mountains. and the
plateaus thereof. when " sfeuds quickly to-
svaras the south unt;l Il reaches the ,,7th mar
a,le, then Il masses 10 tho North. west. across
tha rolumhia River and vancouyef,s Island.
This INA ~ 10 degrees Of tefubefatIre. nav
IL t,aced ont IN Mar No. a. mare 1f0. Of
M,tc,el,s PHYSICAL Geography,
So we see that the development Of corn DOES
not depend upon latitude, but upon temper
at,re and t,,;s temperature depends to a very
great EXTENT mon altitude. And what We
have sa;a aboat corn. may, With slight mod
cat,o,,. ba said about anv other grain and
indeed abotrt apy vegetable.
Tat ~ now apply this principle to our own
Y,ttye paiyhborhood.
The oastor bean. when slanfed az Che Sem
mary. at Rinpoes. scarcely attains a height Of
- R,t wa have often seen it 10 It. in
height and almost as stout az trees, in DR..
Larison,s ward, az Lambertville. Nor does
this difference depend on the relative fertility
~ the so;,s. Tor the nature OF the ground at
R;nooes. il more conducive to the growth Of
tbi. nlant. than the loose sands or Lambert
vA,e. Aeain.. fi,e nasttnrtion here grows feeb-
~ scarcelv producing vines three #. long
bnt a. I.ambertville. we have often seen it
from Ave To eight. and even ten It. In length.
Tha foYnato here during the Summer Of
1874 rrodnced immense vines. we'll set with
+hr;rtv fra;t. Int tina Neat was not sufficient to
c,,yse n "a sat,.,ature or ripen. At Lambertyille,
howaver this plant--althourh its CROWN WAS
lass rank en;oyed heat enough to perfect its
sru;t in it's regular season. And corn planted
from the same ear produces larger stalks at
Tambertville than at Rincoes. but tho yield Of
flra san,s m grain il reversed.
Again. those Who Ave upol, the brow OF the
swarm althouch they have a GOOD soil and
~, 4 well. look wishfuliy down uipon their
ne;obbors blowing and sowing in the valley,
variant with tia shooting grass. 200 #. below
.hs,, and less than a half mile away. while
~ Frost \ vet hardy dit Of tlteff ground.
.nd ev.rv trace os vegetation III thA fields