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FARMER S' REGISTER. 



[No. 9 



No. 1 standing vvei<5hed lbs 62|, and had 239 ears. 

 No. 2 cut up, '' 63i, " 145 " 



No. 3 lopped, " 55^, " 135 " 



We then equalized the number of ears, by tak- 

 insf lour /i'om No. 1, and ten from No. 2. leaving 

 135 in each. The weiuht was then as (bllovvs : 



No. 1 standing, 

 No. 2 cuf^up. 

 No. 3 topped, 



61J pounds. 

 55i " 



The field having been planted precisely three 

 feet distant between tlie rows, and about two 

 and a half (eet the other way, would average 

 6,808 hills on the acre. The acre would, there- 

 fore, according to the above results, give the Ibl- 

 lowing product in pounds: 



The standing corn, - - 10,616 pounds. 

 The cut-up do. - - 10,436 " 

 The topped do, - - 9,982 " 



It follows, that the loss by topping an acre would 

 be 634 pounds; do. by culling up 181 pounds; 

 and that cutting up has an adranlatre over top- 

 ping of 453 pounds, independent of the important 

 gain in the forage. 



We then siielled a bushel, which required 78 

 pounds in the ear, — the grain weighinff 53 pounds 

 and the cobs 25 pounds. When perlt^ctly dry the 

 corn weighs 60 to 62 pounds. Dividing the total 

 pounds per acre by 78 — the number of pounds of 

 ears required for a bushel of shelled corn — the pro- 

 duct in bushels, under the difterent modes of man- 

 agement, would be as follows: 



Standing corn, - 136 bushels 8 pounds. 



Cut up do. - 133 " 62 " 



Topped do. - 127 " 76 " 



Deduct ten per cent for shrinkage, on drying to 

 a merchantable condition, and the product would 

 then be as follows, omitting fractions: 



The standing corn, per acre, - 122 bushels. 

 The cut otr do " - - 120 " 

 The topped do. " - - 114 " 



That our southern patrons may understand the 

 cause of this great product, it will be only neces- 

 sary for us to state, that in our mode of planting, 

 we produce on an acre, if there are no deficien- 

 cies, as there need not be if plenty of seed is put 

 in, 23,2.32 stalks, which on the assmption that 

 each stalk produces an ear, and that the ears av- 

 erage a gill each, which is much under the mark 

 with the Dutton corn, the product would be about 

 90 bushels. The southern corn, at tour and a 

 half feet distance, two stalks, in a hill, would give 

 only about 4,300 stalks; now supposing this to be 

 the Baden variety, giving four ears on a stalk; the 

 total uumber of ears would be but 17,200 on the 

 acre, or about 6,000 ears; or gills, less than our 

 Dutton crop, with one ear on a stalk. 



From tlie Cultivator. 

 TO HARVEST BEANS. 



Lake County, la. 9th Oct. 1837. 



The following simple and easy method of sav- 

 ing; a crop o{' beans, is worth the price often years' 

 subscription to the Cultivator, to every person that 



never practised it, who wishes to cultivate that val- 

 uable crop. By this method, beans may be plant- 

 ed in a field by themselves, may be pulled while 

 the vines are entirely green; and will be perfectly 

 cured, no matter how wet the weather; and what 

 is more, need not be housed or thrashed until such 

 time as may be convenient. This is the plan. 



To cure beans. 



Take poles or stakes, (common fence stakes) 

 into your bean field, and set them stiff in the 

 ground, at convenient distances apart, which expe- 

 rience will soon show you, and put a kw sticks or 

 stones around lijr a bottom, and then, as you pull 

 an arm-liill, take them to the stakes, and lay them 

 dvound. the roots always to the stake, as high as 

 you as can reach, and tie the to[) course with a 

 string, or a litlle straw, to prevent them from being 

 blown off, and you never will complain again, 

 "that you cannot raise beans, because they are so 

 troublesome to sav^e." They are the easiest crop 

 ever raised, to take care of. Try if, and you will 

 then know it, and thank me for telling you of it. 

 Your friend, 



Solon Robinsoiv, 



For the Farmers' Register. 



REMARKS ON THE ACCOUNT OF MR. SAMPSOn's 

 FARMING. ON THE PROPER COMBINATION 

 OF STOCK RAISING, WITH IMPROVEMENT OF 

 SOIL. 



The rich treat lately afforded me in the perusal 

 of the account of Mr. Richard Sampson's farm- 

 ing, has pressed so heavily on my conscience the 

 obligation to contribute my portion to the pages of 

 the 'Register,' that I feel impelled to commence 

 the discharge of this duty, without feeling certain, 

 that I have any thing worth communicating. All 

 must know that no one man could flirnish all the 

 original matter, which such a work ought to con- 

 tain. And if the editor is willing to travel through 

 the country, that he may the better qualify him- 

 self occasionally to treat his sabscribers with such 

 a repast, they certainly ought to endeavor to in- 

 demnify him, for the time lost from the labors of 

 his pen, by writing as much as they can for him. 

 We all feel, perhaps too .sensibly, that we know 

 but little worth communicatinsj. But there is hardly 

 one among the numerous subscribers, who does 

 not know something valuable, which is unknown 

 to a majority of the rest. This arises from the 

 multiliirious objects of agriculture, and the wide 

 expanse over which these subscribers are spread. 

 I know not by what rule the editor has been gui- 

 ded, in the direction of his excursions through the 

 country. I presume, however, that he has some- 

 times been urged by other business than agricul- 

 ture, but that, generally, he has gone where he 

 could derive most information for his readers, with 

 the least expenditure of time. Perhaps if he 

 would visit those most, who furnish most for his 

 pages, it might stimulate us to write much more 

 than we have done. In that case, I know that 

 the region in which I live, could have no right to 

 expect him. But hoping that we will do better in 

 future, I am electioneering for a visit with every 

 word 1 write. True, it is not for me to set the 

 value on the contribution. The editor has a per- 

 fect right to throw it in the fire, and it all goes lor 



