The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-04

course the sCrest- Near me cities and large
towns II Is usually quite profitable crop 70
grow w here grown IL connection with
nAlFy farming, or where much stock Is
Kept, the crop Is Of still more vIlue than
"neh grown 10 the exclusive market garden
"hsE little stock Is kept. Where the stalks
are promptly cut down as fast as the green
ears are marketed aud fed to the cattle tha
Iuii Value OF the crop will be realized. Ths
staiSs sreastill green and tender and constI-
tnte a. good food As stock need have. Some
OF u can be fed green. while another part
may be shocked up aud cured.
10 an experience Of a number Of Years we
never found the sugar corns TO give salts
Faction, though now and then some varieties
DO very we'll on rich soils.
Tho two varieties that we have found the
most profitable arc the EARLY Adams and
tie "SloGut proiinc" both of which are
REGARDED moro IS field oorns at the north
than vsristisF suited for garden .uiture.
Cltmato makes q great difference In respect
10 o0F2, sod kinks mat do we'll at che north
prove absolute failures with Us ottentimes
Sc Tar As tatlo qualities are concerned. the
common neic 2orUS can DO so prepared as TO
renucs them l:;LUtluguishable from the
sugar oorGs, AMI what the southern grower
wants 10 a garicty that is prolific and suited
10 our climate aud sofia variety that will
make Kood plump car. plenty OF them and
lalriy aarIy. Consumers do not question as
TO the variety. 50 that il is presented in a
tender e0uditiol suitable for table use
There are some PARISHES shat are much
earlier, and consequently smaller. but most
OF these are very unreliable in our climate
and the price TO be obtained for these per
dozen ears Is not sufficient usually to war
rant the risk
If confined to only two varieties, our
choice has Of late years been the two above
n2nfl0na6 inr -.
the IuScdrord White, the Early White
Dent and Golden Bedutu
I'VE should be very glad to have these
notes supplemented by any who have
had profitable results from any OF the early
garden corns Of higher ATTITUDES, such as the
Cory, Triumph and the hke)
On soil naturally rich, or made so with
proper manures, with early planting and
the soil thoroughly prepared, and the cult
walton what 1t should be, we have found it
quite practicable to grow successfully 1900
to $4,000 stalks of the early Adams per
acre, and 5000 or 10000 of the "Blount
Prolific" On several occasions we have
crowded these varieties thicker than this.
but the above figures are given as an aver
age 1t depends upon the character of the
soil and the extent OF fertilizng, of course,
as TO how many stalks should be allotted to
the acre, but as a general rule our corn
growers do not consider it proper to allow
more than half this number of stalks per
acre, if so much, even with their earliest
garden corns, and its is rare that they
allow number Of stalks sufficient to make a
maximum crop. In ordinary field culture
the common practice for many years has
been to allow from 5000 to 4 900 stalks
of the large and late varieties, and
this plan is usually adhered to even with
the early sorts distinguished as garden
corns. If maximum crop is sought every
stalk that the character of the soil will
justify must be used. OF course it is better
to have somewhat too few than too many
stalks, "erring on the safe side" as it were,
but it is better still to have just the right
number for producing the best results. The
practical farmer familiar with his soil can
arrive at this number approximately by
Judlclous xpermenting. Certain varieties
OF corn permit of being planted more closely
than others. This holds true in regard to
all vegetables, cotton, small grain, trees,
and so forth. Some are much more "Soci-
able" in their disposition than others.
We leave for another number some sug-
gestions as to the fertilizing and preparing
of the soil for such closely planted crops, as
is implied in the growing of 10000 stalks