The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-06-01
PLANTER.
THE CORN PLANT SECRET.
One Who Knows Tells How ne "oeS
About 1t to secure GOOD
Results with Corn.

The secret of careful work. Let me
tell you how one man raises 1t and
you will see that what / say is true.
The man of whom l am speaking goes
about his work something as follows;
He plows up a strip of ground upon
which there is something of a turf
left. Some of us make the mistake OF
waiting until the last vestige of plant
life has disappeared before we THINK
it worth while to pillow. This man be-
lIeves that the better the turf when
he plows, the better may be his crop
of corn. Having determined where to
put his corn for the season, he waits
until almost time to plant and then
hurries the out. He has an
old-fashioned idea that the sunshine
and the rains will cause the ammonia
and other valuable elements in the
manure-heap to evaporate if it be al
lowed to lie exposed to the weather
very long. For the same reason he
keeps the manure carefully housed
under the shed until needed.
He gives his land u thorough
coating of this rich barn-yard ma
nure, holding that nothing equals
that for bringing a good crop. At
least twenty loads of manure are
spread upon each acre.
AS soon as this is done he foIl'Ws
with the pillow. What! pillow the ma
nure under? Surely that IS contrary
to the usual practice. Yes, out ms is
the way the man we are writing
about argues. If spread on, the top
OF the ground the manure Nlll not ne
where the roots of the Compliant can
reach 1t; II the object o. putting on
the manure Is to help he corn. ii
plowed under the fertI ger hes IN the
earth until the long roots OF the corn
plant get down to j.; and, by the
way, do you know nov long the roots
of a stalk of corn a-e? Next summer
just notice that.
When the manur is out and plowed
under this man hets the harrow to
work, and he harrovs his ground I'M
til it is like an A~shheap.' Not all OF
us are as thorough about this as we
should be for our own good. A mel
low bed for the seed to lie in is a
great start toward future success.
Now follows the planter. Previous
care has been taken in selecting the
seed. The time has gone by now to
discuss that. If he has been troubled
in the past by the 'century-livingo
crow he fixes his corn by dropping
say a small tnaspoonful of gas-tar in
half. brsael of seed, stirring il
well in II then sitting a handful OF
land-plaster over the measure, also
stirring that in, so that the kernels
will readily run through the planter
This done, the man sits down and
waits Tor nature to work. In a few
days the rows will begin to show
Then is the time to put on all the hen
manure posilole. Rob every hen
roost on the farm. The good wife viii
bear you out in 1T, and your own con
science Will say, well DONE" II you
nave been wise you Will nave saveo
every spoonful OF this rich fertilizer
made on the place; and if you can in
duce any pf your neighbors to sci
what they have accumulated, by al
''S 10 WV ~
II corn than hen-manure. Seattle
the manure along between the row!
near the complaints. do not like t.
nave II really touch the stalks, for i
is not stun and may burn the tender
leaves
Inc man now turns the horse ant
hlred man into the corn-field anC
tei's them to stick to it as long as +
weed remains or the soil needs stir
iihs' mere IS a knack about cultivat
ing corn' nave seen men cultivatins
"heh IL seemed 10 me they might al
! nnoS' as wen slt on the fence. The,
ana not seem TO care whether thu
leelh OF the euitiVator came any
where near the or not. l
my ohly vent through the row
=, that was al that was expected. Nov
l ooht thlhk they are right, ant
1 heltner does .the man. If am no
careful l snail give away another Sc
c eret' l "ant n teeth of the cult
a NaVor TO get right up to the row o
2 corn. III is the corn we are cultivat