No. 14 



Corn. — Rut a Bus a. 



251 



or one acre, as good as he would like to have 

 it, and then call on him and he would inform 

 what to do next. 



By this simple process he communicated 

 the theory of improving a worn out farm; it 

 being the plan he had himself adopted many 

 years before, for bringing a poor neglected 

 farm into the highest state of cultivation of 

 any at that time in the State of Pennsylva- 

 nia. 



R. 



It adds much to the comfort oni. reputation 

 of a farmer and his family, to have a neat and 

 good garden well stored with useful vegeta- 

 bles; therefore let every farmer be ready as 

 soon as the ground is in a proper state this 

 spring, to dig his garden and manure it, and 

 have it in complete order for planting and 

 sowing all the various seeds necessary for a 

 complete kitchen garden; let the seeds be all 

 of the best kind, and plant out a iew orna- 

 mental trees and shrubs near the mansion, 

 hut not in the garden, for trees do much in- 

 jury to a garden. 



From tlie Farmer and Gardner. 



Oreat Crop of Coria. 



The following letter from Mr. Wm. Miller, 

 of Kent county, Md. proves conclusively, that 

 much less ground than is usually devoted to~the 

 cultivation of corn, can by heavy m'.nuring be 

 made to yield the desired quantity- Here is an 

 instance of« 53, double horse-loads of green barn- 

 yard manure being put upon an acre, not only with 

 decided benefit, but producing a result as astonish 

 ing as lucrative, considering that the corn was on- 

 ly once harrowed and twice worked with the cul- 

 tiva'or. The distance too, at which this corn was 

 planted is worthy of notice, as it shows that close 

 planting is not the scare-crow many imagine. 

 Kent Co., Md,. Nuv. 4, 1S37. 



Mr, Editor: — 



Dear Sir •• — I have just finished measuring the 

 corn that grew this year on a lot of mine of 5 acres, 

 and have measured a huuared and five barrels and 

 a half and one bushel of ears, making one hundred 

 and three bushels of corn per acre. The ( orn is 

 called Semuion s corn ; it is a deep yellow, and not 

 a gourd seed, but a very deep grain, and small 

 red cob, h^s from eighteen to twenty-four rows on 

 the cob. I have taken great pams in selecting my 

 seed ibr the last three years. 1 threshed of}' three 

 hundred and twenty bushels last May, and found 

 from the measurement, it measured from the bar- 

 rel five bushels and seven eighths of shell d corn. 

 The following is the manner in which I prepared 

 the ground. &c. flie soil is a stiff clay, one acre 

 and a half of said lot was in clover last year, the 

 bflance m grass. 



I put 265 two-horse cart loads of barn yard manure 

 on it, the manure was coarse made out of straw, corn 

 tops and husks, hauled in the yard in January and 

 February, and hauled out in March and April, and 

 j consequently was very li/tle rotted. J spread it 

 regularly and ploughed it down with a large con- 

 cave plough, made by G. ('o.\ of Middletown, Dela- 

 ware, 7 inches deep I then harrowed it twice the 

 sauii; way it was ploughed. 1 then had the rows 



marked out ^yith a small plough, 3 feet ten inches 

 wide, and an inch and a half deep. I planted my 

 corn from 18 to 20 inches apart, and covered it 

 with hoes : just drawing the furrows over the coni, 

 which covered it an inch and half below the sur. 

 face. When the corn was 4 inches high I harrow- 

 ed it, and thinned it two stalks in the hill, in about 

 two weeks after harrowing it, I cultivated it again, 

 which was all the tillage I gave it. We farmers of 

 the eastern shore count our corn by the thousand; 

 I had 38,640 hills on my lot. and J think my com 

 would have been better had I planted earlier, I 

 tliink the planting of corn shallow, and working it 

 with the cultivator is much the best way, especially 

 on clover lay. If you think the above worthy of no- 

 tice, you will please give it a place in your valuer 



^ ^^^ ' William Millee. 



The monthly meeting of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society was held on Tuesday, 

 the 20th of February, in the room under tiie 

 Atheneum. 



The committee on Plants and Flowers 

 awarded the premium for the best display of 

 Plants in Pots to Robert Buist, and the betit 

 Bouquet to Ritchie and Dick, Kensington. 



Mr. Buist exhibited Amaryllis Johnsonii, 

 Conanthera Campanulata, kennedia florabun 

 da. Verbena, Tweediana, Cammellia Colvillii 

 and C. Dackelaari; the Camellias are entirely 

 new, especially the last, never having flower- 

 ed in the country before, besides it is an 

 original one from China, although not very 

 double it will be a favorite from its well fornt- 

 ed petals and showy flower. 



G. VVatson, Record. Sec'y. 



From the Fanner and ^'ews-Leltcr. 

 Riita Baga for Horses* 



Mr. Cole : — Noticing in one of your pa- 

 pers a recommendation of Ruta Baga, in 

 small quantities, as good food tor horses, I 

 have this winter tried the experiment much 

 to ray satisfaction. 1 have two working 

 liorses which I have fed on coarse fodder to- 

 gether with a peck of ruta baga eacli per 

 day. My horses were never in better health 

 and flesh since I have kept horses, which has 

 been for about thirty years. My neighbors 

 trequently ask how much grain I give them, 

 and they appear much surprised when I tell 

 them — not a kernel. W. 



WfStlji-iHili, Me. Jflli 23,1838. 



Remurks by the Editci : — We have just 

 noticed one of the above horses, and as lie is 

 in so fine .order, it is no wonder that W's 

 neighbors are surprised when they find tiiat 

 he is kept so well without grain; and we 

 were surprised to learn that the coarse fodder 

 on which these horses are kept is nothing 

 but the rye stubble and weeds, mowed alter 

 the crop of grain was harvested. 



Herp, brother farmers, is an important 

 lessor! T-br you — a very cheap metliod of keep- 

 ing houses in lint) order so that they will 

 ::kiiu yea ovei tte ground with the velocil^ 



