The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-05-04
Agricultural.


culuvsiisa Of Corn in vsrmsa,
The Grs, essential 10 q profitable corn
crop Is a suilicient supply Of nntrmeni 10
produce given crop, placed where The
rouilcts Of tho corn can end easy access 10
IL Experience and common sense both
teach Us that this Is most eiicciually doac
by spreading liberal coat of manure up
on the surface Of the ground 70 be planted
during the preceding fall or winter, The
rains and melted SHOWS dissolve tho ma
nurs aud carry Il into aud difiase 1t
through all parts Of the surface Of the
ground. thus preparing j, for the fiue root
lets Of the plants in the most complete
manner possible
Good pl0sing is another essential, and
by this We mean plowing it in such man.
ner and at such time as will leave the
ground in light, mellow, friable eondi'
ton. a further pulyerization with good
harrow and brisk stepping pair of hoS,
cs adds wonderfully in preparing good
mellow seed bed
Good seed is another essential OF sue.
cess, and by this We mean an eightrowed
variety that will ripen in ninety days from
planting. with large proportion OF the
stalks bearing two ears each and yielding
sixty pounds OF dry sbelled corn from two
bushel baskets Of ears.
Given, then, these four primary essen.
tials. how should We best d. O., most prot.
itablyl plant, cultivate aud harvest our
crop? Suppose We take marker. then, al
ter the ground rs thoroughly warmed and
well prepared that will check of the
rows three feet apart each way, and mark
ing the rows both ways at the same time,
mark off what We will plant in halliday,
thus having the marks fresh. II anyone
wonders how this can be done ! will send
description OF one OF my invention that
does the work perfectly Then let one
person apply from 200 to 2j0 pounds Of
good superphosphste per acre, or some
other concentrated fertilizer equivalent to
this, dropping in checks. but taking care
not TO drop it all IN lump, but sitting it
over space four or five inches square.
Another should follow at once, covering
the fertilizer with little dirt and drop
ping the corn, while third follows with a
hoe and covers it..
Corn cannot be proftably grown on the
majority of Vermont farms without some
thing to give it an early start, and is it not
apparent to everybody that If the fertilizer
is spread over four to six inches OF ground
that more rootlets can get at it to suck up
the nutriment therein contained than if
dropped in a solid lump as large as but.
ternut?
khen, as soon as the corn has come up
! SO tim the rows can be distinctly seen,
suppose we take the cultivator, reverse the
J teeth so as to throw the earth away from
the young and tender corn, and go through
the field each way, adjusting the width so
as TO run within three or four inches of the
corn Five acres per day can be cultivat-
ed one way or half that amount both ways
This leaves a space five to eight inches
square in the hills where the weeds have
not been disturbed, but they are young
and tender now, and a little work with the
hoe effectually DESTROYS them. Then, in
few days, set the teeth of the cultivator
SO as to throw the dirt towards the corn,
and improve your spare hours in following
it through your corn field. aud see your
corn smile its thanks every time.
Waiting, then. until the corn is fairly
glazing it having then reached in stalk and
grain the full summit of its powers,
ohould it not then be gathered into the
shock to enjoy the mellow sunshine of au
tumn, and then be husked and stored &c
make glad the heart OF both man and BEAST
Finally, in making our balance sheet
with this crop, ought we not to remember
that we are re ceiving benefits from it thai
cannot be measured by dollars and cents
and thank God that we are every year pro
ducing men and women who tower above
all compeers in both Drawn and brain
who were matured and reared to manhood
and womanhood on our own incompatible
Green Mountain Indian corns-James, IL
Vermont Farmer.