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at the same rate, an acre would yield twelve tons of green 

 fodder ; probably a richer and more nourishing food than any 

 other known to the husbandman. And this quantity was 

 the growth of less than four months.' ^ =^ =^ 'It has ap- 

 peared to me that the sort called sweet corn, yields stalks 

 of richer juice than the common yellow corn. It is also 

 more disposed to multiply suckers, an additional recommen- 

 dation to it, when planted to be cut in a green state for horses 

 and cattle, and especially for milch cows ; and the time of 

 planting may be so regulated as to furnish supplies of food 

 just when the pastures usually fail. I am inclined to doubt 

 whether any other green food will afford butter of equal ex- 

 cellence.' 



Colonel Pickering recommended planting northern corn in 

 preference to southern corn, when fodder is the object. He 

 observed that ' the green stalks of our northern corn are in- 

 comparably sweeter than those of the southern states, at 

 least when both sorts are grown in the north. 



Corn intended for fodder may be sowed either broad-cast 

 or in drills. The former is the least trouble, the latter will 

 give the greatest produce, and leave the soil in the best order. 



If the land on which you propose to raise your corn is 

 mowing or pasture, fresh ploughed for the pu'^pose, broad- 

 cast sowing will be best, as the sod after being turned over 

 should not be disturbed, and there will not, probably, be 

 much to apprehend from weeds. If you sow broad-cast, 

 from three to three and a half bushels to an acre are recom- 

 mended, though some say that a larger quantity will be still 

 better. If in drills you will run light furrows about three 

 feet p sunder, three or four inches deep, and drop the seed 

 corn in the furrows, about as thick as peas are sown for field 

 cultivation. The seed may be covered with the plough ; and 

 a harrow drawn lengthwise of the furrows, followed by a 

 roller, (if you have one,) or perhaps your harrow turned bot- 

 tom upwards, for want of a roller, will complete the planting. 

 If you mean to dry it for winter use, it will be advisable to 

 sow early in the season, for it will then be fit to cut at a 

 time when it can be most easily cured for preservation in 

 your barn, or other receptacle for fodder. 



The following remarks on the culture of corn are from the 

 pen of the Rev. Mr. Colman, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, 

 one of our best practical and scientific farmers. 



In the cultivation of this crop, it is in the first place im- 

 portant to secure an early kind, as the best security against 

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