The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-06-14
v 60

From Ito Rurasp ofDa,ry iniorn.e,

From tito RnrssG of Dairy in;oruiai5 b. |
cago, Ill. b. John Gou!d
To get the hest results Nah ioi- |
der corn, the start mus. 80 wen
made. The purpose is to raiae an
amount of good fodder per acre; the |
object should be to secure fodder
enough upon one acre TO furnish |
ample roughage for four head OF
COWS, instead Of requiring toe hay
from eight acres, which Is the av-
erage product, and have this folder
ear abuntly. Clover sod is b ST on
which ten loads Of green static ma
nure has been scattered in ?! arch,
and the whole plowed under in
April. In most northern locations
fall plowing will be better, no doubt,
with winter manurinfi; the land
should be well worked and palver-
lied before planting, so as to make
a close. fine seed bed, one in which
the corn-roots can find immediate
<sanchorage," and not be .obligcd to
wait until a storm shall Stake the
soil. 1t ia best to plant the fodder
corn seed in drills north and south,
as it seems to be best adapted for
admitting light and free circulation
of air.
Seed of great vitality should be
used, us corn with strong growing
powers has an uueStimated value IN
forcing forward a crop. Seed OF
strong vitality is secured by early
selection before freezing weather
sets in, though drying by fire heat,
and must not freeze during winter
Seed corn at the best, contains over
ten per cent. moisture, often fifteen
per cent, and if allowed to freeze
and thaw during the winter, the
powers of termination are impaired
and growth will be slow when
plantcd. Such corn readily rots in
the soil in spring, unless conditions
are unusually favorable. Fire dried
corn, not subjected to freezing in
the winter, maintains vitality that
is almost absolutely insurance
against rotting after planting.
The southern varieties of corn, no
tably the white corns of Eastern
Virginia, near the tide waters, are
especially valuable as fodder corn
as they grow an immense amount o
foliage. IF planted thinly, ears GU
admirably, and natures sufficient,
to make desirable fodder. It's Wig
or is remarkable, and its powers tt
withstand dry westher unapproach
able. It should never be planted t
exceed ten quarts per acre, In row
three and three-fourths feet apart
Northern corn is valuable, but ex
perience seems 70 teach that it ha
less sacharine matter than tn
southern corn, and has therefor
less desirable qualities to attra c
stock, fact that any one who ha
placed the two before cattle wi
see. The southern kind will be er
tirely consumed before they Wi
touch the other.
The fodder corn should be drille
in rather deeply, say two and on
half inches, as labor by hand shoul
be avoided and culture be performe
almost wholly by machinery.
deeply planted, the corn can b
dragged three or four times with
light, slant tooth harrow, and tn
weeds killed by the millions, just {
their terminating state, and th
corn growth promoted as no han
work can equal. Then the Gro
can be gone through with hor;
hoe, and in the early part of tt
season the foliage will so shade tt
soil that that weed growth will c
little damage. In cultivating TIL
corn, the stirring of the soil shou
be very moderate, SO that the cor
roofs may not be disturbed. III
pruning of roots cannot but re
tard the growth of the corn plal
and delay maturity. In latltud,
where unusually long summers or
this may be allowed, as nature b
time to repair damages but
the north the best way is to promo
growth by allowing full developmel
of roots and permitting them
come as near the surface as poss
BILE, as there the nitrates are tt
most abundant. where light, he
and moisture are best available f
their growth and elaboration f
the nitrates of the soil are living c
ganisms analogous to the yea
plant SO frequent, shallow cult
vaton and mature growth of plan
aided by natures free gifts vi
give the painstaking farmer ma
growth per acre of equal led Y;
ue of eight tons of the finest h'
and secured At minimum cost of