Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-09-10
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| Your Eastern readers Nili pardon me
Tor pre-umlng o. advise them from this
distant ileid - labor, bat I am familiar
hy practiCc With their conditions and
have given some time "a the study IT the
corn question. and have some data that
NAV have some value Ca them.
shall run counter a. current opinion
there hy advocating coru In rotation
and other hocd crvps. such a. NAV D.
deeincd hcst adapted to the market. ~
the last, o. an extent that shall enlarge
The ara In plowed and hoe,l crops nov
tillcl thcrr. have bc~n urging upou
The Wet les ~ tillagv crops. Missouri
has some - per cent. 20 her arva In corn.
oats. wheat. etc. 90 tillagc crop.. while
but ahout ~ Per cent. l. In grass Tor
hav. New Hampshire has - pr CENT.
~ her tillagv arca In grss. for hay. and
only rs PER cent. In hc~'i crops of all
sorts. fhe latter state must evidently
still D. puttlag her farm crop. largely
upon thr markets through animal pro.i-
ucts. upon which class ~ products II
Nouid sewn that comIrtltion must D.
morr sharply drawn than upon tillage
crpps. he,,suse animal prsdncts concvn-
I frats western Crops into a fraction of
their crop Weights. aud 20 course rt,luce
/ fright charge. I believe Il l. well
understossi that high priccd products
admit ~ further transportation than low
prics,i ones. for INSTANCE the price of
corn here l. used In shipping II, or Il ~
quir-s two bushels to ship one. for
cattle. however, a nVe-ccut-per-pound
steer. live weight. bccomes siN and
fraction only In brighton market.
n s-sms o. me that New England has
failed o. take advantage ~ this great
truth. and Fails o. make The most ~ her
/ local markets in growing those pr,-iucts
that coat ihs most to ship. I am aWarv
that lsi-nr q. little higher Esst. and the
soil morn difficult o. till. Vet neither ~
ihe.e ps,iuts. in my experience, are very
material and arr matched hy the fact
that in the growing 20 I've siock p"orsf
grazing 1ni a shorter grazing season trv
found iasi. Probably III manure
question has morr to do With The prob
irm than any other factor, and also
general indispusitiou o. changes. pr,-
iict With .ome FEELING ~ a.surncc that
the Nrs England farmer vii flnd a way
tn solve The problem ~ fertility hy the
ace 20 rotations. chemicals and a due
ritio 20 yard manure. the latter not ~
tanning fs prr.ent controlling Influence.
Into this heid NAV hnd time to enter.
eur hne western .oils ani rather long
sr ssssnn. under consiant tiilagr result
ln ,olai.Ilniion. lchching and surface
uashinr ~ solls. through constant till-
arr. o. an enormous derrre. cur mud
dy Missouri River would asionish the
Nru Highlander. Who y. familiar With
the crystal purv water ~ hi scciion.
cur dns sniis lo.s mnrr under constant
fillarr h, ths aloys-nlme,i reasons than
ht the sale II crops. On The .iie ~ fer
tilfv. huf not afnuliug the only rvasous
we tiil too much. would have New
England tiil morv. not only h~nuss she
has The markets for till~i crups, but b.
cause believe that her coarse, sloNlv
weather,i .oil not only vii endure a..
Rat demand. Ia her short seasons more
rNt.o.urr to hasten di.integration ~
snn. and manure I believe that on
th- oli homestead Ia New Hampshire
the influence. on clay loan soil could
ID. seen for twenty ycars, While on
CLAW losm snu I'm Missouri. with its long
.s-t.on. fins soil ani frequent tillagr. The
Influence ~ manufing much quicker dis-
apIsars.
have "a large collection ~ data which
show that The Influence ~ tilagc Ia
fastening disintegraiion l. very markell,
bat for The present nav argument !. a
general one la favor II retaining th"
rooi Influences ~ tillsgv hy holding on
ia corn upon the coarss aud northern
.ais % New England, wherr the long
uiutrr. minimize the loss that aCcrues
frnn exc,-ssiVe tillagr Enough nov to
.sV that while ~lr John n. laNcs found
that whlle YEARLY tillagr reduced the
nitrogen Inn the sou after series ~
,r,r. one half over untitled soil, Vt IT,
| iI.Intrgratlng Influences Werr able to
maintain an amount ~ produce that eN-
c....sls,l tn untitled part. Nov ! am net
advocating constant tillagr With " ulti-
mate hsnsful Influences. bat th- blend
/ Ing aud balancing up ~ the g"od IN
fuencv. 20 tilhge aud grass crvp' m're
thoughifully.
IkpoW N no els lifei country that
ItWs so little a. New Enghni, With u
[
us.furs and hav crops. | have not
doubt that morv tillage. NOR thorough
roffin. II It. sod. aud consequent dis-
lutegration ~ IT, coarse '"il AZ NOR
/ fr,,Dueuf psfiois. would tend to an M
rr,i... 20 crop. aud D. profitable. DO
not mean o. say that corn sh"uh ~ th'
only tillagr crop used by any means ni
that u .houd ~ retained. ! ~"uld <"
/ .n Tar asto advocate the tlllagr ~ one
half ~ a.. tilagc ARIA, and ! expect 20
-. more tillagr. labor aud capital pul
I into farming there. With more s1iisiac-
Itnr, results than arr nov rrceiNcd.
Turning now Co the improvement anu
cultivation II the corn crop W nnd th1t
/ inspiration to Improvement i found IN
/ All. mo.t plssfic aud variable ~ all ot
,,r .-r,,t farm crups Humboldt men-
ti,n. f. variety in Mexico that ripene'i in
-, u,.uths. while there are those that
rir-n earlier. PROM this eNtrvme W.
-. to thn.s that rcuuirr upwards ot
\ III, month. for maturity. II varies ac-
,,.r,iinr to Rrvwer. from eighteen inches
It,. variety I'M south Ainerica 81 thirty
f.rt in heighi. | have grown our "ru'-
nary .arts when many 81 the ear. WIZ
/ ,laye rrarh. Sturteyant tell. "a thai lh
weight ~ sod there arr sort. ~ when
tsn ss.,ls Niu weigh pound, While OF
other. 3Go seeds arr rrquifed' " va
/ ristion Ia type from variety -aln ="
lh.V. hut two rows to over twenty r"Ns'
and through the kinds from Pop-c.,rn'
.W.,.t. D.nt aud FLINT corns, AMI va
eolor. fruin blue through many c"lors
AMI queer combination Of colurs' Ike
our csllco corn ~ this section, 10 the
standard yellow. show great -Nlhg w
the deld ~ Ia variation. and great "p-
portunltie. for the improver.
At ahout the time the ear .et, sn-
u.rfei,l Investigation will show Al eaeh
or N mo.t ~ the nodes or Joint- m'ne-
up. ear iuclosed Ia the leaves a. Though
naturr intended 90 develop inll "a, 80
there. such possibility there !. IN ,I,s
wdimeniary ear. Dr. sturte'ani START START
"a "a hy actually growing :" various
.t.ee. 81 maturity tweniy-thrr. eaI'
from one stalk. seven of which he a.
.ur,. us maturci. Conrad Wilson col
llrcts,l data % great corn yields grown
In various .ections of the country; anu
report. !. Barnard, Of New Hamp-hi,,S,'