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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



ppoke well for this breed, po much ridiculed and 

 derided by the breeders of other varietie?. We 

 do not pretend to pay that other breeds would not 

 turn out as well or belter ; but the same kind ol' 

 proof has not been furnished. 



We presunDR now, if there is no herd of tho- 

 rough bred swiiie to report upon, that nl least 

 numbers of part bloods have been .■^laushfered 

 this fait. Let us hear from them. Come now. 

 ye advocates of Beikshiie? and Wobums and 

 "other breeds — report your ordinary keep with your 

 vaunted breeds, and pive us your arirumen's in 

 avoirdupois. Show us a lot of hall bloods that, kept 

 in the manner of JVlr. Gray's despised Thin-rind — 

 that is, in the ordinary manner of raisin^ slock 

 hof^s — will make morp net pork. Now we doubt 

 not, pome of the '* eminent breeders" will think 

 wp. talk very like a fool, in asking' them to show 

 facts relating to iheir stock, against those re- 

 ferring to such an imfashionabh heed as the Thin 

 rind ; and some of them will even affect to he a 



Llavgnlhv. Nov. U, 1840. 



To T. B. Sievevsnn, esq. — Dear Sir :—\n the 

 "Kentucky Farmer" of Tili insi. there i,.; publish- 

 ed a rule flir measurmg bulks of corn by Mr, 

 Murray, esq. of Souih Carolina, It is very simple 

 and of ea*y application. 



But alihoimh in Virginia and S. Carolina the 

 assumption that it takes two bushels of corn in 

 the ears to make one of shelled corn, is admiMed 

 and acted on in their measurement, here, in Ken- 

 lucky, that aasvmpiion is not ndmiifed. The 

 proportion ofshclleH corn is certainly greater than 

 one iialf of the bulk of ears. What is the pro- 

 portion herel I mean that (if any) which is es- 

 tablished l)y common consent ol the people. la 

 there any ? Ff there is not, there should be ; be- 

 cause sales of corn in the ear are very common, 

 and there should be an uriform mode of adjuslins" 

 the proportion. In different neichhorhoods I 

 have heard that different practices in this matter 

 prevail. It is however, true, that any fixed propor- 



little angry with us. But we can tell them an ! tion falihough such is necessary) can only be an 



old proverb, that he who loses his temper loses 

 his argument. So they need not be offended with 

 us ; we mean no harm to any of them, but good 

 to all ; and if any grow ill tempered, we f-hall 

 only laugh at them. Undoubtedly many part 

 bloods have been slaughtered this fall— let's have 

 their keep and weights. T. B. S. 



approximat on to the truth, as the different va- 

 rieties of corn shell out very different proportion."? 

 of grain. The Baden, for instance, in this country, 

 shells out eleven quarts to the lialf bushel of ears, 

 equal to eleven-sixteemhs of the bulk of corn; 

 while some varieties' shell out only nine-sit- 

 teenths of grain here in Kentucky. If in Vir- 

 ginia and South Carolina the same varieties 

 should onl}' sliell out elcrhtsixieenths or one-half 

 that here shell out. eleven-sixteenths what can 

 be the cause of the difference? Certainly not 

 difference in f>riiJify nfihe soil alone; for some 

 lands on the Drapron swamn, JMa'apony, Cliicka- 

 hominv, &c., in Virrrinia, are as rich as our best 

 lands here, and wiFI produ''e ns cjrea' a bulk of 

 unshellei! corn to the acre. Those rich lands in 

 lower Viro-inia are diffcrenily constituted from 

 ourp. Here, we have more alumine and lime ; 

 there, more sand and as much verretabfe mailer. 

 Is there in clay and time, a tendency to produce 

 greater depth ol" crrains in Indian corn, nnd in 



From the Kentncky Farmer. 

 M EAST RING CORN IN BULK, 



Uqual bulks of corn in the ear, groicn on diffe- 

 rent soils yield different products of shelled grain. 



Ttie following communication is made public 

 because it presents considerations of some interest 

 'o the farming community. Alihoutfh it is be- 

 lieved by many intelligent farmers that a bulk of 



rorn in the ear yields more than half lis measure i p^nd to increase' the.'roh or hu'ski'on which tlie 

 in shelled grain, the general practice adopts the 

 Ftandard used in Virginia and Sou'h Carolina; 

 that is, a bushel of ears shells out half a t)ushel of 

 grain. The idea tliat equal bulks of corn in the 

 ear, grown on difterent soils, yield diffierent pro- 

 ducts ofphetled grain, is new to us. We were i (liici'no- the same bulk of ears?" If so.'" obviou; 

 aware that corn grown on uplands, is heavier | menns of increapin-T the product ar^ in.Ticated. 

 than that grown in l3ottoms; and we believe that j Yon correspond I bel'eve with Mr Ruffin 

 irrain grown in hieh latitudes is harder and hea- ; He, I presume, throuch his arrriculturat friends 

 vier than the product of warmer climes. There could obtain iuformation on these points. 

 18 also a riifierence of product in shelled corn from - - - - - - 



(Trains grow ? Do ttie virirlcd lands of lower 

 Virginia produce a frreater proportion of shelled 

 corn than sandy lands, which, immarled, produce 

 an equal hulk of ears ? Do the clayey lands in 

 VirL'inia shell out more than tlie sandy lands pro- 



equal bulks ol ears, owing to the relative size of 

 the ears — the emaller ear yielding more shelled 

 grain. 



As to (he influence of various soils in deepen- 

 ing the grains on the cob and enlarging the di- 

 nmeter ol the cob, we have no Tnformaiion. 

 These subjects ouirhi, tiowever, to be invesrii/aled. 

 We are generally too deficient in accurate know! 



y/ biishelmcasxire is rather too small for our 

 Kentucky crops of corn, especially in such years 

 as ttiis wlien our Baden corn is yieldinc from four- 

 teen to sixteen barrels to the acre. This variety, 

 notwilhstandinET its great yield, is impopular on 

 several accounts. The ears, heins not targe, 

 there is r)iore shucking; and this opera'ion is 

 harder to perform than in the ordinary varieties, 

 . ,. , ^ , . , ; as the shucks adhere with greater tenacity to the 



edge o tlie facts which concern many branches ! pob ; and then it takes so many ears to make a 

 of; rural economics. Lxperiments should be in- ; barrel or (o feed a horse. This'last obieciion will 

 Plituted and reported. , , ^ . , soon be obviated by the soil and climate ol Ken- 



Mr. Kutnn no cioubf could furnish interestincr ^ 



facts, ihrouah his invaluable Fanners' Recrjgter, 

 on the subject indicated, as he has already done 

 on so many othen? of deep importance. 



T. B. S. 



tucky. The ears are getting larger in every suc- 

 cessive crop. 



If we were to asstime half the bufk of corn to be 

 the quantity of shelled corn, as they do in Virijinia, 

 the fbllowin<T rii'e for the measurement is, an ap- 

 proximation sufTIcienily near for practical purpoaes. 



