The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-29
Fodder sCorn-A, Very valuahio Crop.

A'great deif has been written about
| fcdder.corn in the past two or three years
and oil but very young farmers--young
in respect to their farming experience
may care to read nothing further on
the subject-and for one or two reasons
Either that they have realized the value
Of fodder CORN, understand how TO pre-
serve 1t and therefore need no further
saugg essioIs;; or tfiait they have become so
discouraged attheir inability to cure and
.ptssarye It peffsctly hnge, ,thrdwn Il out
/! as being altogether Improbable. The
writer ameHeEy near 20 this conclusion
himself two years ago, but thanks to pa.
tient perseverance, in cultivating IL, Is far
from such now. HeeGrs i, IN drills at
fret and q great many stairs grew SO
large it required weeks, yes, aimost
months to elira It enfaaiently tn ellog Of
being preserved in bulk. He lost o hrge
| part &c the crops Of two years and bs.ame
almost disgusted thefeat Concluded TO
try again and plant in hills instead Of
drilling it continuously, in. tho :; row.,
Laid, off gQYs.3 feet apart and dropped
10 or IL grainB at every 2 feet. The
corn kceiVEEaS ealtipatings aid ttKolhoe<
z il5r gtallsB Wglo Of niAese Uniform
size and beesypezenred, ina reasenebles
=
sae.aa tooIlarse aaa cs.asss,s ss,ss.Gs s.es. -
fusing much of It. This year the writer
thought he would improve on this. 90 he
pptE2 25s graips tta tho ,hilsD end
naynuEaslswitka handful Slb.( } ofiSotton
seed {lsll6d1 to thelhill THE reenlt eRB
gratif.Aag indeed, the tall slender succu.,
lent stalks. curing, easily In, 10 !days of
pretty weather and. nou9 feiected hy Che
stock. An. Improvement. still ghall 30
made the coming year by checking the
Land; a. 2pfeet so Tho Aeeiafs can DO dis.
pensed with, using tho cnltlvator from
/ first to Last, putting. 20 TO 25, grains of.
coea Gnd q hahdfdl ii cotton seed COX each,
bill 90 before, "A number Of hills were
| weighed when the corn was Ia bloom and,
founs fea e7evsEa from z To- nfpounds
gre6n. a ton Of the green fodder viii!
yield abostA00 pounds Of cured fodder.
EsiAYa = liz f.kA assil-.i ssAreGn atstAi ..i
shpyo] The resnlt wo.id be I'd, ,06S nounas'
rof green fodder, equal to-, Il, 600 lbs. :,
crrsd; orslY3 tons. eplsy using 20 10 80
brehels cotton seed, this resdlE can beio iob-
saiHsa on ,s;Id tthatt,,wi.l produce tatnfal.,
ly'b to fhnhdsed pounds ofseed cotton
II planted in April, il sTeady ss7 cntiipg
in July IAt, and a second crop of, same
cau-bS pntstnt " guat agE, OF bland can
be Gown, TO peas. &c, ,he. tyiEned nndeE for
Writer patDs he nearer 10 the bRrniiBi Isl
.I1l9Ilte She betser.yI sgl5li siiis .qs s1.I
80, 80, ,siis cpTTtSc lSp o5hrSd.
IaaAs soon as the corn Is we'll Ia bloom
cat using q thin, broad iiatchet- "a tool
scnething Ike ahinglo cutters, nse---any
blae aeksLaith eau mako one Ia q few min
utes. Grasp each hilIpnacr the arm and
bend oVs1 "a 1he.t ~ q Il ono blow cut
Eevezv sknlle- nnfandinE IA Il faila on tha
stub fset.is lies couple Of days, then
,tssfs oyer flll expsse o. tlaY, or t1o5.-
sslssl .slsocl it raEeta 20 hands reqaircd)
end ies - TsEtaain 19sfo 20 days. hen Ii
shonla b housed, stacked OK pa. into
lafS6 !, .nat Is OF pine poles. ifpignk
arc nos at hand 20 cover tho pens IA !,
Is may DO cegeTsd vii pine STRAW, MAX.
ing q pointed TOP st6p up efne. s. ssl
.e5-5 ont -
lale ffpIn beneath. A large auap-
kIty Sla be saie pgss aRay In bafil by
!, 90 8. "a. Azl.ess Q. q
dffiillsssil9SViVISe,i q z1$s g. ~