The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-11-20

per acre; two feet, 0,S90; three feet,
$40; four feet 1922; five feet, l,742;
six feet, ,2l0; seven feet, SSS; eight
feet, $50; nine feet, 537; ten feet, 435;
twelve feet, 302; fourteen feet, I'D;
fifteen feet, 1913; sixteen feet, 10:
eighteen feet, 1874; twenty feet, lO8;
twenty five feet, SO; thirty feet 49;
other distances than such as are
given in the foregoing are required,
multiply the distance in feet between
the rows by the distance the plants
are apart in the rows, and the pro-
duct will be the number OF square
feet for each tree or plant. With this
number divide the number of square
feet in an acre, 43, $50, and the result
will be the number OF trees or plants
required for an acre. For instance, II
grape vines were to be planted 1Ox12
feet, they would require 12O feet for
each plant; divide the total number
of square feet in an acre by this, and
it gives 1863, the number of vines the
acre would contain. 1t may also be
worth remembering that an acre is In
round numbers 2l0 feet square. 90
be exact, 20SA.) In planting potatoes
or other crops with the rows three
feet apart this gives 20 rows Of 2O9 feet
each to the acre.
The siIo has modified to some ex-
tent the waste that has been so long
going on by reason of the practice OF
pasturing off the stalk fields, or, in
default of that, allowing the corn
stalks and fodder to rot down in the
field. Western farmers have been
more slow than their Eastern breth-
rem to realize fully the value OF this
by-product Of the coru crop, and
Of 6nIlora hoNy0 hnnn
actually thrown away by their failure
to utilize it. When we consider that
we'll cured cOrnfOdder equals in feed
ing value the best hay, and that
thousands of acres standing uncut
upon our Western praries might have
been used to produce untold q iantl-
ties OF beef, of milk and of butter, we
can see where there Is q great leak i'll
our farm management. The amount
of labor involved in cutting and
handling large quantities OF folder
has, of course been the cause that mas
deferred from its use, but we know OF
no other crop of definite value that If
allowed to waste in this way because
of the trouble or cost OF harvesting 1t,
and we can not see why this should
be. CornfOdder might very largely
take the place of hay in farm feeding,
not only for cattle, but for the horses
as well. Hay is always sala6le
product, and the price received for
one ton Of that article would pay for
the cost OF harvesting many tons OF
fodder. The corn harvesting ma
chimes that have been perfected DUR
ing the past year or two will cheaper
the cost of the operation, and this, in
connection with the general increase
in knowledge concerning the real
value of the fodder, will, we nope,
finally result in every stalk being
carefully cut housed and fed as is any
other product of the farm. The time
has gone past, if indeed it ever ex-
isted when the farmer can afford to
waste any item of value that his soil
produces. Probably this, in its en-
tirety, is the largest aud most cause
less waste that now exists in our
whole agricultural system. The silo,
as we have said before, has somewhat
modified this waste. This has been
done by cutting the corn at the bot
tom and putting it in the silo-ears,
stalks, leaves and all-either cut or
uncut, as the owner may choose.
Where this method is practiced we
believe a greater feeding value is had
from an asre OF corn than by any
other plan of handling it.