The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-03-23
CORN CULTURE.

Correspondence Western Rural.
There are so many theories OH rails
ing corn that thought it might not be
amiss to add my experience. Drilled
corn is my preference. The very first
requisite is TO get big stalk in order
to get a big ear of corn. Experience
and study of the nature and cultiva.
ton of corn has brought ME to accept
these points: Never plant until the
ground is i'm good condition, which
will be any time in May; drag and
roll until you get smooth solid sur
face; plant two inches deep, as a gen.
eral rule. Too deep planting throws
up spindling stalk. 1 have worked
for ten or twelve years to learn how To
get a perfect stand Of corn, or nearly
so. Two years ago got it. and the Sc
cret Is to fit the ground as described
above.
And now for the planter. Among
all the planters, which are numerous,
that have seen, there is but one that
will plant in drill to perfection, or
vary but two or three kernels i'm n
hundred. This planter is manufacture
ed i'm Rockford, Illinois, by Briggs l.
Enoch; il picks up one kernel Mt a
time and will drop 1t eight. ten, thir-
teen or fifteen inches apart in the drill.
Now To get the perfect stand know
your seed corn and plant nothing that
il doubtful, fsome will plant more
seed If il amt strictly good; that is
no mark of good farmer know that
every kernel will grow, plant just
what you want 10 grow, and save IL,
and YOU have got your stand; To save
the stand of corn after II IL planted.
yen must keep off the ground till the
corn is large enough to cultivate, and
then hoe the corn once, nothing pays
better; one dollar per acre will hoe il,
never cultivate over two inches deep,
keep the surface as level as possible.
after two inches of loose dirt the solid
or the better. that Is my experience,
and that is not ALL I have got SLAM
ting tooth harrow, q scotch harrow,
and dragged my corn before ii came
up and after till I am satisfied that
there is too much waste of corn for
the benefit of what is left. So I do
my dragging before planting
There should he about eleven thou
sand stalks of corn on an acre, thir-
teen inches apart, in perfect stand.
Ears oil GOTH VIII tNcTdXe dDOut one
inch longer i'm the drill than in the
hill, which would make some ten
bushels of corn. Then every stalk has
larger ears and less nubbins.
will sum up right here: Plant
nothing but good seed; fit the ground
well; wait till corn can come up in
seven or eight days after planting:
plant two inches deep; keep off the
if you want good stand you
can't drag out all the weeds unless you
spoil the corn; never cultivate over
two inches deep; save the roots - the
life Of the corn; a cultivatOr should
have three teeth on side and smaller.
I have one with four on side, 1t is the
boss.
A word about shallow cultivation,
and l have done. / have practiced IL
for twelve years with the best results,
in both wet and dry seasons. To get
early corn you must save the roots.
and deep cultivation won't do II. 1t
is an old saying, plow deep and you
put your corn to sleep; the leaves
hang down and it is number Of days
before they wake up to stand up where
they should, and then count two days
apiece in the fall with shorter ears of
corn. Am I right or am wrong?
have commenced husking and crib
bing the last of September for num-
Der of years back, while deep cultivat-
I'd corn would not crib.