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safely say that my cattle eat more 

 pounds of stalks from an aciT gather- 

 ed in this way than tliey would from 

 the same acre if gathered in the usual 

 way. It may be objected to this, that 

 they are not as good and nourishing 

 as others : as to that matter, I am 

 not able to say ; but, if the cattle are 

 good judges in the case (and I think 

 they ought to be admitted as such), 

 they are quite as good and quite as 

 nourishing, for they are eaten appa- 

 rently with quite as good a relish. 

 In addition to this, they are obtained 

 without breaking off ears or breaking 

 down hills in hauling out, occurren- 

 ces quite frequent in the other case. 

 They also furnish more than double 

 the quantity of bedding for the yard, 

 an item of no small moment in the 

 list of ' creature comforts ' during 

 our cold winters. And last, though 

 not least, they make more than double 

 the quantity of manure, the value of 

 which will be duly appreciated by ev- 

 ery good farmer without argument. 

 It may be said that the butt stalks 

 can be gathered after harvest, and 

 furnish the same quantity of litter and 

 manure as in this case. That is true; 

 but the expense of gathering both 

 parts in that way, from the butts be- 

 ing so short and inconvenient to bind, 

 would be three times as much as it is 

 to gather them whole. Thus, view- 

 ing the subject in various points, I 

 think this method of managing corn- 

 stalks is much better than the old 

 one ; and that a little observation and 

 experience will convince the most 

 skeptical that this branch of agricul- 

 ture is not yet brought to a state of 

 perfection ; that there is yet room 

 for improvement." — {Farmer^s In- 

 structer.) 



Much discussion has arisen on the 

 Northern and Southern plan of culti- 

 vating corn : the first in hills of three 

 to five stems, the other in rows five 

 feet wide ; and also on the propriety 

 of hilling or planting level. The 

 Northern method is best, as the yield 

 shows, so far as closer planting is 

 concerned ; but the height of the 

 plants is very different, so that the 

 close planting of the North can hard- 

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ly be imitated. As to the planting 

 in drills, with water-furrows between 

 them, the propriety of this method 

 depends on the nature of the soil, for 

 stiff clays must be so managed, oth- 

 erwise the heavy rains would destroy 

 the crop ; but in light soils a level 

 surface is most advantageous. 



For the value of maize as food, see 

 the articles Fodder and Food. 



CORN FOR SUGAR. The stems 

 of corn, as they begin to turn in colour, 

 contain, according to some writers, 

 twelve to fourteen per cent, of sugar 

 in the juice, if the ears have been re- 

 moved as fast as they appear. The 

 juice is expressed precisely as from 

 the cane, and treated in the same 

 way ; perhaps it requires more rapid- 

 ity of movement. Six per cent, of 

 sugar is sometimes obtained from 

 the juice, and from 300 to 500 pounds 

 the acre. The question of economy 

 is the only one which embarrasses 

 the public : this has been settled ad- 

 versely, so far as regards the country 

 in which the sugar cane grows, by 

 Messrs. Tillotson, of Louisiana, but 

 is open for the Western and Middle 

 States, and in places where corn 

 sells at a low price and sugar is at 

 eight cents the pound ; we therefore 

 introduce Messrs. Webb and Mapes's 

 account, from the Hon. H. C. Ells- 

 worth's report : 



" Remarks on the Manufacture of Corn 

 Sugar, by William Webb, of Wtl- 

 minglon, Delaware. 



" In common with many others, I 

 have felt considerable interest in the 

 plan for extending the cultivation of 

 sugar in temperate climates, and have 

 made many experiments, first upon 

 the beet, and recently upon maize or 

 Indian corn, in the hope of discover- 

 ing some mode by which the desired 

 end might be attamed. 



" The results from the latter plant 



have been extremely encouraging. 



The manufacture of sugar from it, 



compared with that from the beet, 



\ offers many advantages. It is more 



[ simple, and less liable to failure ; the 



machinery is less expensive, and the 



I amount of fuel required is less by one 



