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we call A and B. Both received thorough culture, including 

 subsoiling. A received two tons unleached ashes, half a ton of 

 plaster, and two and a half tons of Peruvian guano. B received 

 no manure. Plot A yielded twelve hundred and fifty bushels. 

 Plot B, six hundred and seventy bushels. The following year 

 the application was reversed, A receiving no manure, and B 

 receiving the above-mentioned application. Plot A this year 

 yielded nine hundred and twenty bushels, and plot B, ten hun- 

 dred and seventy-six bushels. This showed, in two years, an 

 increase of twelve hundred and thirty- six bushels of corn, to 

 pay for the fertilizers, and leaving much of their value still in 

 the soil. 



Soaking the Seed is practiced by a great many farmers, 

 •and we think is, as a rule, beneficial. If tar is used it should 

 be tar water, very thin. We think a better mixture is ond 

 pound of copperas and one pound of chloride of lime, dissolved 

 in a hogshead of soft water, or in that proportion. Put the seed 

 in over night and commence planting the next morning, taking 

 out the seed as fast as it is wanted, and roll it in lime, plaster, 

 bone dust, or ashes. *This prevents the ravages of birds and 

 insects. 



The Time to Plant Corn varies so widely in different parts 

 of the country, that no date can be set ; but as soon as the apple 

 trees are in blossom, it should be planted, if the soil is ready 

 for it. 



How to Plant Corn. We say with a drill or corn planter, 

 by all means. A good corn planter opens the furrow, drops 

 the corn, sows whatever fertilizer you wish to put in the hill, 

 covers and rolls it all at one operation, and the evenness and 

 regularity with which it is done is as great a recommendation 

 as the time and labor saved by it. The Star Drill, recommended 

 elsewhere, will not only sow all kinds of grain, corn, and grass 



