The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-19
How To Plant Corn.

How To Plant Corn.
Mr.. Thomas L. Moore gives the Abbeville
Press and Banner his experience in plant
ing corn. He says: The plot selected for
the experiment was three acres of what is
known as Cambridge land, high upland,
clay soil, and has been in cultivation about
twenty years
The land had been set in red clover for
three years, from which l had moved two
cuttings of clover hay per year.
turned the land the 1st of February with
a two-horse sulky pillow, Flying Dutch
man. following in each furrow with long
bull-tongue, subsoiling as deep as one mule
could pull it. On the 2lSt Of February ran
disk harrow over the land with a view of
pulverizing the soil, but failed to do so sat
isfactoriIy; having plowed the land little
too wet l had some cods. On the Sd of
March ran a smoothing harrow and drew
my rows six feet apart, running twice in
the same furrow. placed in these burrows
compost, 500 pounds of Atlantic acid,
with scrapings from horse, COW and sheep
lots at the rate of ten two-horse loads per
acre Listed on manure with long shovel
March dropped corn in furrow made by
half shovel and covered with double plow.
Distance two feet between rows narrow
way, four feet between rows wide wav. "a
to so inches apart in the drill, the manure
being in the centre between rows narrow
way.
Immediately after planting l ran a fur
row in the middle wide way with long shovel
for draining On the 18th April replanted,
stand not good. Had nice showers through
April. On the 5th May thinned corn and
gave good hoeing, and had rain, not enough
to stand in the burrows On the 10th Ma |
ran furrow next corn wide way with 4 |
shovel pillow.
On the 18th had nice season. On the 9TH
May ran another Turrow wide way nth
Dixon sweep On the Goth replanted gain,
the worms being very destructive IN the
sd had hard rain, the land being god wet
for the first time since planting. On the
Goth ran another furrow next crn, wide
way with Dixon sweep On the'Sth June
had light shower, the corn at this time
looking splendid. From the 18th to 21st
began to suffer for rain. On ast had nice
season.
From the 1st to 5th July aowed signs of
falling, many tops turn wb6e from the of
fects OF hot sun. On the 5h and Sth light
showers. From the 1911 to 10Th suffered
terribly, looked as if it would dry up. On
the 10Th July had the se7ereSt storm of wind
and rain that we havehad for years, blow
ing the corn down ard injuring it badly,
breaking off a quantity of corn which had
to be fed to my stock. then pulled 600
bundles of fodder, which / suppose would be
about half, making the yield if all had been
stripped /, 200 bundles fodder.
gathered from the three acres 142 bush
els corn, making an average Az bushels
per acre. One acre l measured separately
made 515S bushels. The corn was measured
by basket and one basket shelled and ac-
curately measured The variety planted |
was ''Mosby's Prollfic." | believe l would |
have made as much or more with Yellow
Dent Acclimatized, as the Mosby is too long
maturing.
After the first preparation the land was
cultivated with a two-year old Norman colt |
to give him exercise and tougher him a
little.
Ihave two acres of the land sown in wheat
and one acre in barley with the view Of
getting the land re-seeded again to clover,
an account of which 1 may give you at some
future time.
3i2 bushels corn at 75c. .........$ 106 80
3,4oI pounds fodder at 75c..-. Is 0o-124 so
SoSi lOI dCiu 10 w
Cash paid for labor. ......... 10 90 30 90
IoVoi'''' '-''....-.... ''..S 94 Oh
have not valued the manure from the
lots, as l did not know the value to place
upon it.