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YTENEKKkFBkFNER,
Manuring m the ain or Broad

directly in thc hill or drill before
planting Of sowing the seed, but
taken as whole l do not consider
this advisable, fit can be helped.
I fully, tried tho plan once, and al
thotFk the plants treated in this
way did very well, taking all things
into consideration, yet they fell
far behind those planted at the
same time onTs soil that had been
well nianilred by applying broad
cast and then thoroughly working
into. R-FFthEFfE FF-Fr
The main reason is this: The
roots of all plants extend a cQnsid-
crablc distance in every direction
from the planis, OF course some
may 90 deeper IN the soil than /
Others, while those that do not
reach so fas down into the soil are
generally those that send out the
greater part Of their roots near
the surface on the sides ofthe nam
roots.
In ma6ufing in tho nil we usu-
ally ga1gc tho ameunt OF, manure
10 be applied by the size of the
plant and the drill. That is, we
would reasonably expect to use
less ina Sdriil row laid out TO be
sow Ia radishes. than in another
in Which We proposed planting POI
In either case the probabilities
are that after the plant had made
any considerable growth we were
TO make a careful examination we
should find that the larger proper
ton of the fine, small roots, that
arc, in fact, the ones that furnish
the greater proportion ofthe nour-
ishment to the plant, extend out
quite a distance beyond the drill
or manure. y97I
While these feeding roots are
spreading out or growing throughI
that part of the soil where the
manure has been applied, much
benefits derived, but once beyond
it tins beneftsurely decreases, and
that, too, at time when in the
majority of cases that extra stimu-
liant in shape Of good plant food is
really more necessary to make the
crop profitable than in the early
stages of its growth. s}l y =
l do not mean by this that l am
nota bel1ever in doing all I can to
give growing plants agopd, strong
start; but that after they have
made a start this must be kept up,
and in my experience 1 believe
this cannot be accomplished as
well By maHuring in the hill as by
liberal quantity scattered broad
cast. And yet with my experience
1 am hardly prepared to say that
with only limited quantity of
manure it-may not be better to ap-
ply by drill, than to thinly scatter
broadcast. Still with only a rea-
sonable quantity, which in the mar
iority Of cases. would not be cons
sidered a good application, would
prefer the latter plan, working
Snto the soil in as fine condition
rs possible. With unleehed wood
ashes, poultry manure or night
soil, which are our strongest natur-
al fertilizers, | would under all cir
cumstances work. broadcast into
the soil in preference to applying
in tho hillg@Cor. Prairie Farmer.
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Our Corn Crop.
ST. Louis Republican. s "a
TIE corn 4 crop of the United |
States, declared by the commits
sioner OF agriculture stthe most |
valuable of al crops Of the coun-
try, next to grass" in the year
1852 was L6f7 100000 bushels, |
two-thirds oft raised in the West
ern states, and three4tenths in the /
Southern. Illinois heads the list
of states with $4,000, 900 bushels;
then comes Iowa with 175, 000, 600
bushels; Missouri with 10, 900, 900
bushels. Kansas with. IA, 600, GOO /
bushels; indiana with 107, 200, 000i
bushels; OHIO with 90, 600, 600 bush
els; Nebraska with $1,000, 900
III. - 49,. !. :. - i m :. 49,,
oes sI ~, ns 'aon ane .cnhsSsee
win so'V ~, Scc n 6osleis eaen te1
syIvania with 43,000,O 900 bushels;
Georgia with $4,000, 900 bushels;
N5. ma WIN sSsgOv5ono pusne.s'
~ oa a o Sroiln1 'sli0 AIa,slls'1s WIN
o:,gvs,'i, W. W. 9s ssr,
win sIlslIer allouhls' AMe -aIgh-
oSt } leiu per acre @as IN m Ionta.n''
90 pusneis-a iac. .ias VII ~. P!Y1ai
ny sul Ptflse soiine VI oAt 41 1s
~ Falley eorn gr towers, Nsa1 -
lohi1nA conc NeprasAa Win oi 90
pusnSis per acre sj' hs.nsas' OF eusl-
ems vermont, o4 9usneisi all.nes 30
IA, % oeSneis; IehhsylVan,a, Oh
0usneisi Vnio, q Dusneas; inqlana'
Oh Dusnels; nj oV 1usnels;
Wisconsin, ~ eusnels; y missouri,
10 no Dusneis5 Aiitornalss e pushels.
Inc shla,lese yIeius per acre were
IN flo osV9sS . pusaeis; couta Sare
ma y pqsnelsi 4 s- y, 10 10. PUSH 1!
els; AaDsma ana N9fth Oarelina,
~ Dusnsis. o0rn 4, iike grass, Is
rAlseu :a alllS2 Wholly lor nome coz
sunnpa.ohs r. II = s1e slaPls gram q
INC country, anu eols.sluses Ile
ShiS1 ~ AnS VI INC UO4uSStlC dliAindiS
o. tne ianu. eoIty-iour pei cent
oI 'ne cloP 10 icy. 70 caItIe anu