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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
CULTIVATION OF INDIAN CORN. 
BY LEWIS CLAEK, BELOIT. 
The value of this production is too well known to require 
much time or space in referring to it. No other production 
equals it for the use of man and beast, and for general pur¬ 
poses. All will be convinced of this when they consider 
that should other grain and vegetables fail, this alone would 
feed our families comfortably, and not only that, but it would 
enable our work-teams, our cows, beef cattle, swine and sheep 
to fill the place designed for them, provided the stalks 
are saved with the ears. 
However barren and rugged the New England hills, a place 
must be fitted for corn if it takes all the manure that can be 
made on a large farm, or bought, to prepare two or three acres. 
In addition to two or three plowings there must be a heavy 
covering of manure broadcast, a shovel full from the compost 
heap to each hill, and three or more hoeings by hand to secure 
a crop. 
From New England we turn our attention to Illinois where 
“ corn is king the vast fields that stretch for miles are raised 
with so little cultivation that it seems to be almost native to 
the soil. In our own state as the smaller grains fail, the com 
crop increases, and in connection with grass it is the main crop 
to depend upon for successful stock farming. 
Kind of Seed Used.— Probably fifty or more kinds could 
be found in our country; but which is best for general use 
would be hard to tell, as much depends upon location and 
quality of soil. Rich dry soil, well mixed with sand, will usually 
mature the mammoth kind ; less dry and less sandy lands are 
better adapted to a medium dent, and so on from early dent 
