The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-12-14
VOL. * -NEw SERIES.
For the Times.
More Corn to tho Acre. =.

ISxT Es More Corn to tho Aore. ~
81 Ebfroa UNION ITEMS fl that some of
81 n Jenr farmers have been taking the right dspar-
80 ture this season, in the w.yeSf forming. We
S need this .new departure all over our Southern
=. = oountrys In order to make us an. Independent
and.prospsroas people. If We Ihust, srise cot
I. tou, let us make the half, orless, Of cur land
produce what the whole ,t6es, Aas Messrs
Minter Norman and Hogan. have done; and
iS :, let the rest be put In gra4-corn wheat, &C.,
~ with the results obtained by Messrs. billiard and
\. lfy Fench.
:; ssss - r,.. bring a,s s,
-. lion bales let it be done half the land now
{. planted for that crop. We must not depend en-
q + trely on cott with the present method of
planting, and &c average price obtained We
cannot afford to raise it the way do, and
make it pay all the bills. Wo must either raise
less and thus increase the price, or we must
raise more to the acre, and leave the rest of the
land for other crops.
few more years after the present method
will bring about some change of a necessity.
Neither farmers merchants can hold out
tnnch longer Our system is radically wrong,
Nd must right itself, sooner or later Such re-
- Etults have been obtained by Messrs Minter,
49, Norman Hogan, Dmard, Tsnch and Others are
1 = IN the right direction. Other farmers through
- the country working after the same re-
- Hts. Their number is yct,few in comparison
nth the thousands who following in "ths
eld ruts - but we look forward to the time
1&f M When their example will be felt by all.
S Your correspondent is intensely interested Q
& f IN |kAi ec of improved farming; and especially of
r. &# &3 eimprov cment of corn. For four years he
leen selecting apd improving sssd corn, aQd
ssldy wing ~ sssufs and nsssssSaiSsof thoc9n1
!.s:e s. a&dfsS Sc sssfnstA T. Lit this 'velk
q .tanIe bSth as Ia grostAs dspul,iv
individuals are now SdgASed in its i'm
49, ment and in q few years, no doubt we
A'TSkf< Aave entirely IDEAS and notions of corn
Ss&Ars5ahg The old story of 8, 10, and possibly 10
Vx91Dks to the acre, average crop on up
land, will sound strangely when we We learned
g. now to produce five. times these amounts per
-. y acre Mr.. g.. B. Hogan reports 2O9 bushels on
en- acre, Your correspondent rat 8 ed re h,sh.
80 els oh. s. of upland dASns here yieidi,
~ fabout 70 bushels. genlemon.to whom
- sent peck Of the same for trial, raised
- bushels pecks and 3 OTIS. on l acre Of pine
~ and says the yield would have been 120 bus
5az&3.,' but for weeks of drouth. Our own field
- fered from drouth Of weeks in July III ydHG
49, gust. We planted for 100 bushels to tj acre
S% and think that possible average cropfon good
upland thoroughly prepared and proYeay man
= ured. with well selected seed. w. havs>een
. improving white corn for severs years; and
think we have found superOk variety This
S., corn can be planted thckL-, mS early and
is Of good weight. We h% iz'oVo staiks to the
acre this seaoon. Ir nas . small cob, clear
r. a deep grain with little husk, apd runs from So
No to 63 lbs per bushel. 1t is always sound; and
7% makes beautiful meal and hominy.a always
~ gain my toll in every bushe carry to mill, al |
lowing Sc lbs the standard. Do farmers
generally think of little thing like
this? Many carry to mill that will scarcely |
reach the standard weight. The toll is the
Same for heavier With my at 62
Tbs. a man that carries 80 bushels the mill |
yearly would gain 10 bushels. a Lushel of this
corn will grow the same, less ground
than a bushel weighing So lbs. The gain then,
in the field would be six more pounds on
d. each space Of n bushel. In large crops this
n, would soon something, were there no
~ other gain My object in improving
3 to secure variety that would make good bread
white, clear grain, with little husk. sound and
heavy small soft, white cob and deep grain;
small stalk and light shuck and lastly n corn
w.. that would bear crowding. and that would ma
turo early. All this is true of the variety | am
now improving, yet hope to de for it in
the way Of purity. hope to make a compar-
son this season with corn from every principal
!, farm in this Township, both weight and
measurement At future day, hope to ex-
2 tend this comparison to Nothorn and Western
- varieties. want to find the best white for
-, the South New theories, as to cultivation ore
- now being tried science and experiment are
<x being ntelligently applied and the possibilities
81 of larger yields per acre, not beyond reali-
xSS4s zation. d. C.. ANDERSON
RIA Fort Mill, s. c., Nov. 2Sd.
ks California paper describes "thc latest
fN@ thing out" as asnew horseshoe made out of
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