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F A R M E It S * REGIST E R . 



[No. 6. 



Generally I am able to remove my com crop, du- 

 ring the Jast week in July. [ have set oul vines 

 at the same time, ami made excellenl sweet po- 

 tatoes. When the corn is removed, ever) article 

 left has a distance of* five feet apart : ". its rows. 

 Admit the theory oi dii 



the earth different inti from 



reason and analogy, no coll 

 together could, apparently, i ' 



diet. The flic) , 

 lion of the 

 supported i.\ a m 

 course, and good . . ition. 



The next year 1 my i 



four, and lour stalk ; in the 1 

 of rice, twelve iridic 

 six feet — (I. oppii 

 bunch kind, between l he 

 no rice is planted, I shall drill two i 

 bunch pea, on the last plow hit 

 give them a working alter its r< in wal. 

 pea bears profusely, a large white pea, with n 

 black eye, a long pod, and almos 

 it furnishes when pulied up and cu 

 duction in forage, of si 

 off in good time for the rata b; 

 English turnip. 



I will conclude by r . 

 without the anticipate 

 ting laud will alarm ine 



:. trong pii u tl 

 ci |iience is net uncommon, - i 

 '.' . things, out of the beati When 



Oliver Evans first announced his belief dial in a 

 few years wagons would be propelled h\ 

 he was deemed a visionary lunatic, by many who 

 laid strong claims to superior mechanical to 

 and profound knowledge of chemical science. IJut 

 Oliver's wagons are now going, and successfully. 

 In the course of human affairs, it appears that all 

 men who pursue any object with a zeal propor- 

 tioned to its importance, and who are fortunate 

 enough to succeed in producing valuable improve- 

 ments, have a tax to pay to certain minds — and 

 for my part, when this tax amounts to no more 

 than incurring a portion of doubt, or provoking a 

 few sneers, I pay it cheerfully, reconciling myself 

 to the circumstance, with "nous cvrrmis." 



A GUI CO I. A. 



Alabama, July 1, 1835. 



ON SECURING THE CORN CROP, AND THE 

 VALUE OF ITS OFFAL. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Register. 



The value of the corn crop, no citizens of the 

 United States know better, or are more willing to 

 acknowledge, than those of Virginia. Ffthey are 

 sincere in this acknowledgement, it will be unne- 

 cessary to use many words to prove the propriety 

 and good sense of endeavoring to find out the 

 most economical and judicious mode of saving, 

 not only the grain, but. benefiting themselves by 

 the offal, or forage it affords. While it gives a 

 great mass of food of the "/-»//'</!?<>" kind, it cer- 

 tainly aids astonishingly in the production of ma- 

 nure. But these are not all the advantages that 

 the cultivation of this grain claims. If it can be 

 removed off the ground in time tor other crops to 

 succeed in the same piece of ground, and in the 



same year, it is no small addition to its claims on 

 the agriculturist. If the forage part of the corn 

 crop can be saved with less labor, and more of the 

 e principles secured in every part of it, then 

 in ought to be adopted. Thai tii ae i< nu- 

 in every part ot-the plant, ■ of our 



animals tells us at mice, when the cow, and in- 

 deed t: horse, and mule, w ill< ■ \ r u itli 



the field. 1 1' any 

 . ■ of the 

 ■ ! for anim 



iii the man- 



vhich I 



1 ■ whole to the cutting 



cut Still 



ion ! have a : s.i point- 

 But the , also disco- 

 • ■ ■ ry acre of corn furnis lies apr ligious 

 : : economical- 

 banded. Aware that thousands of corn 

 rant of the real extent of 

 the ad\ to be derived from this plant, ju- 

 :!. i w i iuld iv-;..'. tfully suggest 

 to the i | lanters aie sa\ ing 

 their con witli the sa- 



.1 '. and to 

 lest, thai during the ensuing 

 it a air trial, 

 Lirse. As . oon n * (he corn 

 quire curing, pull them off, 

 und to be but 

 i ck turns yellow, and the corn ex - 

 a In -ed apj earanee, \\ ith considerable 

 58. By this period it will In- discovered 

 that the remaining blades, and tops, call for sav- 

 ing; and let this be the period of cutting down the 

 id, and shocking on the ground, 

 or hauling out of the field as cut, and shocking 

 in an enclosure adjacent to the barn yard or place 

 where it will be wanted to feed away, with most 

 convenience. There reman is no doubt of the sin- 

 gular advantage of steaming, every part of the 

 refuse of corn, even the cob— if it can be 

 done — if it cannot, the cutting up, and letting it 

 become charged with the preparation 1 have sug- 

 gested, will amply secure, in its effects on the cat- 

 tle, the suffrage of the planter who will try it. 



I have found the curing process aided by shock- 

 ing about, fitly to sixty stalks in the shock, and as 

 far as one hundred, if the shock is made, only ob- 

 serving to spread it well at the bottom, tying at 

 top with a handful of lye straw, and permitting 

 the but-end of the stalks to press into, or even 

 against, newly ploughed ground. If the weather 

 is what may be called dry, let those shocks stand 

 about ten days — if wet, say twelve: and it mat- 

 ters not if the corn is cut and shocked in a slight 

 rani. My experience of years, would prefer it. 



On taking down the shocks to put away, the 

 corn may be pulled off, and cribbed. And if the 

 stalk is to be cut in the box, J prefer shucking at 

 the time, letting the shuck adhere to the stalk, lbr 

 the saving of time, and convenience of cutting 

 up. In all cases I sprinkle salt amongst my corn 

 when cribbing, whether shucked, or put up in the 

 shuck — as also every species of grain, "rvjffage" 

 and hay, when I stack, that I put up for winter 

 provender. It is loo late in the day to question, 

 or be even ignorant of the advantages of this 



See page 631, Vol. II. 



