Year: 1859

That the above amount of Indian corn
can be raised per acre, in three years
out of every four, has been proved by
repeated trials, on the best farms in cen
trail New York, beyond dispute. The
object of this article is to point out the
,nodus operandi generally considered
necessary TO raise the above nmount OF
corn on single acre.


We must supp"se to commence with,
that the land be in good heart, and not
impoverished by previous starvation -
Because, if land has been cropped until
it is in the least exhausted, it had better
be turned out 10 grass. or improve in some
way as corn and poor soil never agree
in close proximity. Take piece of sod,
and haul fifty loads of coarse manure
the coarser the better-per acre. Put
this manure in small heaps, so tina, it can
be spread no faster than the land is plow-
ed. Equal weights CT course manure
on sod land, for corn, is considered better
than well rot:ed, for reasons which will
hereafter appear. Turn the sod over moi
more than two weeks before planting
time: Ia blowing, gear your Plow so as
| 10 turn fiirrow no more than four inches
in depth. If the manure is very coarse,
it is good plan to have it hauled in the
furrow; this can be done with garden
rake. Be careful and turn the furrows
partially edgewise, instead of fiat, as the
air will penetrate beneath the sod in the
| former case much faster than in the lat
ter. Now, the reasons for using coarse
manure on sod, and in preference to fine,
or that which is well rotten, and for turn
ing thin furrow, are because the ma
nure and sod, acted on by The air, will
f,ment. This fermentation creates q
heat which is very necessary for the
corn at the line it sprouts and up 10 the
first hoeing. 1t gives the corn an early,
vigorous start, and by the time The corn
has sent its feeders TO the manure, which
will not be very long, as we have bul
four inches Of soil all over the manure.
it will be in an advanced state of decom-
position. We do not generally manure
in The hill on sod land unless we draw
from the privy or hen roost. The rea-
son of this is, that when the ground is
plowed so shallow, manure has tenien'
cy TO make the hin too much above the
surface. The seed mus, be of tie very
best quality, SO as 10 have The corn come
up even at the very first Plan;ing. Ii
does not matter much what the kind o.
corn is if It is no, late variety. We
generally put the hills three feet ans
three and a half apart. The first lime
of h eing all surplus sp as mrs
be pulled out. Run culiivaior boil
ways and do not spare the hoe; keep The
surface perfectly level, hoe twice, ant
mind not 10 disturb the corn after t. {
tassel has appeared. No horse should
be permitted in the field so late as tht
tassel appears. lft the ground is weedy
it is better 10 pull the weeds up or GU
them up with hoe. Generally by the
second week in July the corn will shade
the ground, so es 10 veto all weeds aP'
pearing at that time. On good land
with the above treatment, q poor crop o
corn never was heard of. The process;
is different on land previously Plowed.-
may, in future article, give The noda'
operandi customary here 10 raise good
crop on old ground. and also few hint:
in reference 10 the acclimation Of corn
l. Onondoga, 1859. ooRN PLANTER.