The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-22

farmer pocket with least issl OF the fer
tlllsy ceea'ei % produce future crors.
ihoush corn does not take. proportioBe-
Oily u IL bdlk, a. much from the soil as
many other graf >. Yet II will bear, and
even needs, higher manuring than any
other. The heat and ligntness of soil which
termentlng nlaaure produces are especially
helpful 20 corn, and the decOmpoSed ma
nure, after it has thus made a corn crop, is
IN just the best possible condition for grow
ing maximum crops Of wheat and other
grains. Hence corn fits in well with
mixed system of farming. aud by furnish
Ing the farmer abundance of feed in win
ter 1t encourages winter feeding of stock
We believe that farmers anywhere can grow
as much OF other crops in a long series of
years by devoting part of their land to
corn, and if they make specllIty of stock
feeding and dairying they surely cannot
afford 70 ignore this crop. The fodder of
good corn crop is worth as much per acre for
FEEDING as the average hay crops that can
be grown on an equal area OF land. 1t may
not be In every respect equal to clover hay,
but in what 1t lacks the feeder can easily
supplement 1t with cotton seed meal, wheat
bran or other materials giving the kind Of
nuiriment needed to make bone and sinew.
But corn is the foundation, and it is to be
reckoned fortunate that it is within reach Of
farmers IN all parts of the country.
Why not, then, plant more largely of this
grain, even though that of other grains be
diminished! Regard must be had to proper
preparation and manuring of the ground.
But there need not be entire reliance on
stable manure. This isvaluable largely for
the nitrogen it furnishes the growing plant.
A light dressing of nitrae of soda gives a
more prompt supply Of nitrogen than stable
manure, unless the latter is rotted down.
By the use of nitrate Of soda In connection
with stable manure corn may be made to
come up green and vigorous though the
ground is still cold. 1t is not the cold di-
rectly that turns young corn yellow, but 50
long as the soil is cold it does not furnish
the supplies of heterogeneous plant food that
the crop requires to turn it green. We saw
last spring a piece of early planted corn
that looked pale and sickly, excepting a
small spot where manure pie was rotted
down the previous season. All the manure
that could be scraped up had been re-
moved, yet the corn from the teachings of
this manure had a good, thrifty, green
colored leaf. 1t was evidently not SO much
the weather that had made the corn pale as
10 was the lack of proper plant food that
resulted from cold soil and air.
The farmer who plants most corn next
year. and grows the largest crops. will be in
position to take advantage of the opportu-
mites which come even to farmers to make
money. The only cause for regret is that so
many are i'll prepared to use them. More
uses can be made of a big corn crop than Of
any other. Most other crops must be sold.
This can be turned to making beef, pork
milk or butter, or some of all these, as cir
cumstances may suggest. A full corn crib
in the fall, and enough to last until new
corn comes again, is surer mark of sue
ceSStul farming than any other we know.