Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-15

shade, or they may in the absence OF such
partial shade be spread on the ground III ful!
exposure to the sun, and partially covered
with straw or old sacks. Such exposure
should last from ten days to two weeks, and
until the skin of the potatoes have assumed
greenish or sun-dried appearance, aud until
there appear small shoots springing from the
eyes. When in this condition they may be
planted, being careful not to cover too
deep. Shallow planting and In loose
soil is necessary, or decay will set in and
the seed and labor of preparing the soil and
planting will be lost. On soil that has been
cultivated considerably b fore, we rotice
some are merely plswing ence and dropping
the seed in about ever third furrow, to be
covered by the next arrow. When planted
in this way the land is thoroughly narrowed
down and receiv g no more cultivation
Others plow one, and then harrow thor
oughly, cross pow and harrow again, putting
the soil in co.nplete order before the work OF
planting b',eius. The planting is then done
as in the aArst instance, during the third time
of pillow lDg, by dropping the seed In every
third furrow and covering it with the next
furr ow. There may be some soils so clean
frlJm cultivation in prior seasons that good
.rops will result from the first mode OF plant
ing but we think, as a rule, It will pay to
take the more thorough course. Early Rose
potatoes planted now will be matured In Sep
TENDER and October, and will then come from
the ground in splendid order, having the
same newness and freshness that charac-
terize new potatoes in the spring OF the year.
They retain much OF this newness and fresh
ness until the following spring. and until the
first crop of Early Rose comes into market
the next season. This mode of cropping the
Early Rose potatoes gives California the ad:
vatage Of fresh, new potatoes the year round
from the valleys. But to give US still greater
advantages in respect to this important ar
ticle OF food, we have potatoes from the
mountains, from the State of Nevada and
from Utah Territory from each coming IN
their season, and helping to keep our markets
fully supplied with fresh and new potatoes
the year through.
In this State corn may be planted at any
time from the 1st Of April to the middle OF
July and crops matured. We have had green
corn in the markets for month past, and
still the farmers along the low, river bottoms
are quite extensively engaged IN planting
corn, both for the green corn markets and Tor
fodder for cattle, and some expect to harvest
coed crops of ripe corn from their present
paintings. Good green corn will be plentiful
this NAV not be before the LIST of November.
Thus we have the advantage of fresh green
corn on our tables from about the lst of june
to about the LIST of November-fve months out
of the twelve. Notwithstanding this extended
corn season, California Is not considered
especially corn country. The short, warm
/ summers of Maine, and of the far Western
| States in the Mississippi valley, are more
favorable to the production of single crop
of corn than any like period of time during
the long summers in this State. Corn re-
quires moist, warm climate, aud an even
| temperature day and night. These condi'
| tons are furnished by the short, hot summers
of the localities referred to, in greater perfec,
| ton than at any period of the summer in
/ California. Yet with our variable climate,
or more properly speaking, our great yavie
ties of local climates, extending from Siski'
! YOU to San Diego, we have no doubt Calltor'
i MIA possesses more real advantages tor corn
/ culture than any other State in the L Mon
| The difficulty is, we have made too much OF a
4 monopoly of wheat culture, and have not given
| corn culture sufficient attention and study &c
| become aware of the advantages we do pos
! sess in respect to this valuable grain. There
are varieties If corn adapted to cultivation In
most every locality and soil in the State.
| Most any of our good wheat lands will pro-
| duce good crop of early corn, such as the
early yellow eight-rowed corn, and we have
no hesitation in recommending an alienation
of corn and wheat, as a substitute for con-
slant wheat cropping, so much in vogue
among US. Corn planted early may be fol-
| lowed the same season with wheat, and prac-
tically all the benefits of summer following
the soil will be secured with two crops in
stead of one Corn is good crop in every
valley of good deep, alluvial soil in
| the coast range of counties the en-.
tire length of the State, but Los An
| geles and Sonoms have entered into the
/ cultivation Of this crop more extensively,
and have gained special regulations as corn
growing localities. Other counties in the
same general section Of the State will do well
! to follow their example in this respect
| Along the alluvisl river bottoms of the State
liable to overflow in the spring, the cultiva
ton of corn, especially as fodder for rnilct
cows, is likely to become an important indus
try, especially if the silo as mode of pre-
serving the stalks shall prove success, as we
have but little doubt il will.
| Very large and profitable crops of buck
wheat have been produced on the Sacramento
river bottoms, the seed having been sown as
late as the 10th of the present month. Or
account of the more than usual moisture in
| the soil, the present season is very favorable
one for sowing buckwheat on the river bot
! toms.
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