Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
Eotes For the TilIer ofthe Soil ana
the Housskeeper,
ORIGINAL AND CONTRIBUTED.
Corn Crop-AppIes-Cream and Butter
Damaged Trees-ValuabIe Re-
ceipts for the House
wife and Cook.
The Corn-Crop, Again

As the time for planting corn Is ap-
preaching, We propose saying lew
words again on the past and present
cultivation of the. crop, We suppose
that forty to fifty years ago means "old
times" In preparing corn ground at
that time q different process was fol-
lowed than the present, but not as We
zee it stated, by merely throwing two
rough burrows of unpiowed ground
togethe and, after running cross lur'
rows to simply plant the corn on the
top of the ridge. We do not pretend
to say that this miserable way Vas not
pursued by some lazy or Ignorant
farmers, but il was not the common
way by any means; indeed, We never
saw it followed, though accustomed 10
notice farming for some sixty Years.
This, however, was the way mostly
followed: Manure and pillow the land,
harrow thoroughly, then run two OPP
posite burrows and also run like cross
burrows. Planting on the top OF the lit
tie ridge by this means made the rows
uniform both ways, and admitted free
ly OF blowing and narrowing there be-
ing no "cultlvatOrs" at that time, both
WAYS il necessary. This plan was
more laborous than the present one
and was more scientific" The crops
produced by it on good farms were as
abundant as now. For many years
after the present method was introduc-
ed this was continued as the best, and
that looked upon as lacking in skill
ID. e.
tention is paid to the crop now thaa
forty or fifty years ago. 1t was always
customary TO either manure in the hlli
OF apply "plaster" after the plant had
grown two or three inches. Ana we
repeat that we have witnessed as me
crops of corn by the old method as we
have by the new. This much we feel
enioined to say in half Of the way our
fathers and grandfath:rS cultivated the
c0rn.crOp.
A few years ago, on the strength OF
an experiment or two 10y an agrlcultur-
al college, which seems to show gain
of from ten to fifteen per cent. in the
product of drilled over the hill system
OF planting corn, a Dumher OF farms at
different points adopted the drill sys-
tenn, and for one or two seasons thought
it the best; but We believe nearly or
Quite all of them have now abandoned
il and returned to hill-planting. We
were satisfied at the time of the expert
ment alluded to, that being expert
msnts much extra care had been be-.
slowed upon the crop, that they did
not furnish reliable information, ana
that the old way could not be improv-
ed on. And this has not turned out to
be- the case. In this section,i in noticing
hundreds of corn fields last year, we did
not encounter one that had been drilled
though there may be still here and
there one that follows this method.
1t is 30 with great many new ways
and things. They are sent forth with
a loud blast of the trumpet, and they
everywhere find more or less believers,
who will not be convinced that they
are going to make a worthless invest
ment until they find their fingers
burnt. Farmers as well as other people
should keep their eyes wide open as 70
new ways and things involving money.