The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-16
HOW TO PROCURE A DOUBLE
CROP, ONE OF CORN THE
OTHER OF PEAS,
A Crooked Corn Row,

correspondence u GuO L 1Os1OSS4N0 7 EL4O
To procure the above result the
ground should be thoroughly plowed
to the depth of from IL to 16 inches. If
i~nconvenient to break the land to said
depth, it may be done in detail as fol-
lows: Lay off the corn rows eight feet
apart by running two burrows with a
turning pillow and throwing the dirt
outward. Tnen follow in the same
furrow about three times with a coul-
ter, or some similar plow. Then bed
by throwing two burrows together.
Split the ridge with a narrow bull
tongue and you have a loose bed ready
for the reception of the corn.
It will for most lands, be advisable
to well fill the furrow with stable or
other manure before running the
coulter.
Before planting the corn, it should
be soaked in tar water about 48 hours.
Then take the corn out and place in a
proper vessel in a warn room. Keep
the corn moist by an occasional appli-
cation of warm water. In about two
days mere the corn will be sprouted
and in a good condition to plant.
Should the roots get broken off the
corn will still corn up well. 1 have
tested this by cutting them off with a
knife. The sprout that forms the stalk
will surely get broken. The roots some
times get sufficiently long to mat to-
gether, but it is better to plant before
they attain this length.
The tar water is a very safe proven
pests. Moles are about the only things
that will eat corn when thus prepared,
but they a be easily destroyed by
placing a mixture of arsenic and corn
dough in their roads.
Prof. Mapes recommends 40 ounces
of carbonate of ammonia to a gallon of
water as a "a hour soak for corn. The
ammonia is a valuable fertilizer and
will also prevent the depredations of in
sects.
The corn should be dropped in the
drill, one sprouted grain in a place, one
foot apart for ordinary land; but if the
land be very rich it may be dropped
six inches apart. One foot distance
should yield SO bushels per acre, and
six inches 100. A wheel with Stats for
markers nailed across the face one foot
or six inches enert az tre0fa wv
GLo,,lS nc Wa0<EaE~, - inc case may pc,
th40u1d be prepared. By rolling said
wheel in the furrow, said markers will
designate where the corn should be
dropped, thus giving a uniform dis
tanee.
The sprouted grains only should be
dropped, and those not sprouted re-
jected. The thinning and replanting
can thus be virtually done at one opera
ton.
Four days after you plant, corn may
be put in process Of sprouting, as afore'
said, for replanting. This time drop
two sprouted grains-no more replant,
ing. In about ten days after planting,
especially if rain has since interviewed,
the dirt should be thrown from the
corn with a turning plow and the coul'
ter again used as aforesaid. Thus con
tinue until the entire row is plowed to
a double depth. During the first two
or three weeks after planting you need
not be afraid of blowing too deep. FIX.
periments with steam blowing in Eng
land have shown that land can be ad.
vantageously plowed to the depth OF
from three to four feet.
A CROOKED CORN ROW.
Mr.. W. r. Brown, Postmaster at
Empire, Randolph county, N. c., is au.
thority for the following: He said that
a cropper once laid off a very crooked
row, and in order to have him straight
en- it he had him to run some half dozen
times. To his great surprise the corn
of this row was about twice as good as
the others-proof that it pays to pre-
pare land before planting.
The corn should be plowed oon after
every rain, thus preventing a crust
from forming and also admitting the
air to the roots.
About the 10th of June, run a furroW
midway between the r rows, fill
with manure, then ridge thereon and
open and strew in the drill the ordi-
nary cow pea. Thin to one stalk for