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FALLOWING. 



Tlie husbandman with bad manag'ement, has been 

 known to receive but live bushels of corn per acre for 

 all his toil ! and the skilful husbandman, upon the same 

 qiinntitv of ground, has been known to raise upwards of 

 172 bushels.* 



On suitable soils, well tilled and manured, an average 

 crop is supposed to be 40 bushels. 



Mr. Valentine^ of Massachusetts, raised last year 116 

 bushels on an acre. The whole expense, including ^2h 

 for manure, was g44. 



Mr. Lefferts^ of New-York, raised 125 bushels in 1821, 

 on a heavy loam, by the following culture. With a 

 heavy harrov/, levelled old corn hills, ploughed 10th 

 April, harrowed twice, furrowed 3 inches deep, 4 & 

 4 1-2 feet apart, put half a shovel full of compost ma- 

 nure in each hill. Planted 3d May, 6 kernels to hill ; 

 steeped, tarred, and rolled in ashes. Ploughed 3d June, 

 turning the earth from the hill. Dressed with hoe 8th 

 June, after which it was ploughed five times. 



Corn is sometimes cultivated with a view only to the 

 forage it may yield; and is sown' broad cast, at the rate 

 of 3 1-2 bushels to the acre. Sweet corn is supposed to 

 be best, on a rich soil it will produce about 12 tons of 

 green fodder in 4 months. This can be fed out to 

 cattle, at the tin^e when our pastures usually fail ; or 

 the whole can be mown when the blossom begins to 

 appear, dried as quick as possible, and housed for fod- 

 der. The ground may be immediately ploughed, and 

 sov/n with any winter grain. Thus it proves a iallow 

 crop. 



Indian corn contains a large proportion of farinaceous 

 matter, and this substance experience has shown to be 

 very nutritive. It is probable, says Dr. Gorhara, that if 

 In;]ian corn were submitted to the same processes as 

 wheat before it should be used as tbod, it would be 

 eqii »lly nutritious, because the proportion o solub e and 

 nutritive matter would be increased by the removal of 

 its cuticle and fibrous substance. 



The most celebrated travellers assert that when the 

 Europeans landed at St. Domiiigo, one of the first ali- 



* Messrs. J. & M. Pratt of Ea'^ton, Madisf>n counly, N. York, 

 in lO^^?, rai-ed 172 1-4 bushels of corn on an acre. — See New- 

 ilngland farmer, p. 334. 



