2i2 Wisconsin state agricultural society. 
bad plaster sown in the spring upon the clover, in other respects 
they were treated alike, and the natural condition of the land was 
alike. The corn was planted the usual time in May. Now, the 
result—the one was all destroyed, not w'orth cultivating; the 
other, scarcely a hill missing. Since which time I have noticed 
many other pieces, corroborating the above. The antidote then, 
consists in keeping the land mulched , or shaded and damp, so the 
insect will find no place to deposit its eggs. 
Common stubble ground, designed for corn, would be better 
plowed in the fall, so as to have the action of the frost upon the 
soil. To secure the greatest benefit from manure, in my experi¬ 
ence, it has been from being spread on clover in June, or after the 
first crop of clover has been cut for hay, and let the young, sec¬ 
ond growth, grow and shade the ground and manure, enabling the 
land to absorb the ammonia of the manure , instead of being evapo¬ 
rated bj> the heat of the sun and the drying winds. If the ma¬ 
nure is spread upon stubble, it should bo plowed, if possible, in 
the fall. If in the spring, the ground should be well packed with 
a roller and thorough!v harrowed. 
The saving of seed corn is an important matter in corn raising, 
and should always be done before the corn becomes frozen, and 
should be thoroughly dried before hard freezing comes, and kept 
dry. So well is this matter understood that further comment is 
unnecessary. One idea that has been talked and written about 
from time immemorial, and repeated in the papers, is, that you 
must select your seed corn from stalks with two ears or more on 
each. I want my seed corn from stalks with only one ear on a 
stall' , and that a large , ivell developed one , well filled at,butt and tip. 
I would rather husk one big ear, if it contained as much corn , than 
two or three nubbins; and then I think it looks better in the 
basket, the stock like it full as well, and there can be more corn 
raised from an acre with the large ears , or from corn thus selected. 
The next important thing is the 
PLANTING. 
First prepare the ground by making it mellow, and working 
both ways, making the roius 3ft. 2in. each way between the hills. 
Just here, I imagine I see some of the old farmers draw on a 
