Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-12-05
my farm.

My plan OF planting corn III double
rows-One row on either side of the
fertiliZers-was the cause of my put
ting the manure under the corn beds.
But on more mature thought de-
cided that two rows of corn within
one foot of each other would require
rather too much hoe work and / aban-
doned that method. This led me to
discover the dissideratum of corn
raising. | ran small pillow in the
water furrow between the recently
made beds. Put in one hundred
pounds of guano per acre, dropped
the corn in with it and covered with
board about fourteen inches long.
This put the corn in the ground, say
sixteen inches below the tops of the
beds, or eight inches below the level
of the earth. OF course this method
Of farming precludes the possibility
of blowing the corn while it is very
young, but l compensate for this by
putting a hoe full of dirt on each side
of the little stalks when replanting.
This, with the guano, gives it good
send off. 1t pays well to do it this
way, as the team can get a few days
rest after so much heavy blowing.
AS you see, | accidentally made the
discovery of putting the bulk Of the
manure between the corn rows deep
under the beds. am pleased with
the results, especially with all coarse
and unfermented manures. In fact,
when large quantities of manure are
used it is much better to distribute as
much as possible. This is sound phi
losOphy. The little plants do not
need much nourishment, and as they
grow there Is something all the time
catering to their capricious appetites
and'inviting them to permeate the
whole soil with their tiny rootlets.
The result is marvellous, as / have
demonstrated beyond a doubt. |
drill in all fertilizers, no matter how
much or how little, except where !
broadcast. Having replanted and
hoed my corn | plant cotton and inn
mediately after pindars. l then com
mence in earnest the cultivation OF
corn. The first blowing is done with
small plows, bull tongues or long,
straight shOvels, as deep as can
This is the first and last deep culture
the corn gets. | cultivate shallowel
and shallower to the end, and leave
my ground as near level as possible
but there will always be some bed
After this the corn must have awork
ing, either blowing or hoeing, once
each week or ten days at furthest. l
l find that the large quantity Of ma
nure have used begins to burn thu
corn, as some are wont to believe anC
teach, if can possibly obtain an!
more, l apply it. In this matter
am disciple of Hahnmann, elk,
cures like"
One of my neighbors few year
ago decided to try truck farming
He hauled out a large quantity o
manure, putting it in heaps or piles
wagon load in place. He dis
tributed this in good time, put on
his cabbage plants and all went OF
well enough for some time. BY ant
by his cabbage began to burn. H
> was troubled and perpleXed, if no
= vexed. He sent for his pastor t
come and tell him what to do, or a
! least tell him the cause of his gardel
burningupso. They walked through
it and the pastor discovered here an,
there fine, luxuriant patches that ha
not burned.
"Why, brother D., here are som
l fine spots about that have not burn
at all. Why is this ?" ssN
l "Oh," said brother D., "these ar
the places where the piles of manur
were deposited. You see when
hauled out the manure | puta WACO
load in a place."
"Then, brother D., would advis
9 you next time to make a pile all owe
: your garden"
d do not tell this anecdote to shON
t that ministers sometimes know g
s much about the causes of failure j
n truck farming as others, but that fal
d mers attribute the cause of failure t
d the wrong cause.
e l believe the opinion is almost un
II versal that crops are seriously dan
n aged, if not completely ruined, b
n too much manure. But / repes
: with emphasis that while it may /
e in some measure due to the bad qua
Is ify and unscientific manner in whiC
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