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How to Raise Corn. | fi Clout inuod from P.ge Two. ' laving by should make you a good J crop of corn, and it will certainly make with much lens rain if ? pushed and fertilized in the old way. The stalks thus raise;! are very small, and do not require any- j. th.ng like the moisture, even in proportion to size, that is neces- j] sary for large sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be left much thicker in the row. This is no new process. It has long been a custom to cut back vines in order to increase the yield and quality of fruit, and so long as you do not hold back your corn it will go, like mine so ? long went, to all stalk. ^ Do not be discouraged by the ne looks of your corn during a(; the process of cultivation, it will ^1( yield out of all propotiou to its fr appearance. Large stalks cannot make large yields, except with n( extremely favorable seasons, for m they cannot stand a lack of mois- w, ture. Early applications of ma- y( nure go to make larke stalks, which you do not want, and the plant food is thus used up before up the ear, which you do want, is made. Tall stalks not only will ja not produce well themselves, but ne will not allow you to make the pea vines, so necessary to the im- ^ provemeut of land. Corn raised ja by this method nhould never grow U( over seven and one half feet high ar and the ear should be near to the t|, ground. ni 1 consider the final application pj of nitrate of soda an essential ot point in this ear making process. wj It should always be applied at w| last plowing and unmixed with re other fertilizers. ve 1 am satisfied with one ear to R|| the stalk, unless a prolific variety ne is planted, and leave 100 stalks g0 for every bushel that I expect to m( make. 1 find the six foot row easiest to cultivate without injuring the corn. For 50 bushels to the acre, I leave it 16 inches jn apart ;for 75 bushels to the acre j)e 12 inches apart, and for 100 bushels eight inches apart. Corn should be planted from four to six inches below the level, and laid * by from four to six inches above. J No hoeing should be necessary,and 1)1 middles may be kept clean until tlm time to break out by using liar- wa row or by running one shovel inn furrow in center of middle and bedding on that with one or more rounds of turn plow. I w/iii 1/1 n/1 uioo nn ltr u fn n/ HI I J? \#niu uv/ ? lor win j o ? v> YY c** IC^ | tried by this method the first ''' year, or until you are familiar ?f with its application. Especially m is it hard, at first, ?to fully carry Ai out the stunting process, where a whole crop is involved, and this j is the absolutely essential part of the procese. ] This method I have applied or seen applied successfully to all w. kinds of land in this poet ion excep: river lands and moist t>?>t-' 11 torna, and I am confident it can ^ be made of great benefit throughout the entire south. j So In the middle wes?, where corn 1 ? is so prolific and profitable, and j where, unfortunately for us, so much of ours has been produced,! , fi> o u t i* i L tlnua nnl nfif nfollu ^ """ " '*,,T .. large. As we come south its sizei * increases at the expense of the ' ear. until in Cuba and Mexico if is nearly all stalk (witness Mexi l can varieties). j n The purpose ot this method is! [ to eliminate this tendency of! , corn to overgrowth at the expense of yield in this southern climate, a By this method I have made my corn crop more profitable I OW PEAS draw air in lar<re a o 3otash and phosphorii o the plant. The multitude of pu emarkable cow pea, an llustratcd book, "The C ells of the splendid r< ertilizing cow peas with > free to farmers for the Address. OORMAN I New York-'J Nassau Street. or an my cotton crop, and my ] sighbors and friends who have < lopted it have, without excep>n, derived great benefit thereom. Plo.lt IT f 1.1 * nn,l. OoO.l I I.I I lain jr wiii un 11 nruu t nuum j >t advise a change of seed and ethod the Bame year, hh you i ill not then know from which j >u have derived the benefit. 1 ive used three varieties, and all ive done well. I have never led this method for late plant p. In fact, I do not advise the te planting of corn, unless it he icessary for cold lowlands. The increased cost of lahor and I e nign price or an material ana lid are rapidly making farming lprotitable, except to thone who e getting from one acre what at formerly got from two. VVe ust make our lands richer by owiug deep, planting peas and her legumes, manuring them ith acid phosphate and potash, hieh are relatively cheap, arid turning to the soil the resultant getable matter rich in humus id expensive nitrogen. The eds of our soil are such that the uth can never reap the full ensure of prosperity that should hers until this is done. I gave this method as a farmer the farmers of the south, trustg that thereby they may be nefited as I have been. Attacked. lays Mr< Nancy Stoddard of Fountain a. S. <!. I wns attacked by that terrible mster you call Uhenniatism OUU NKW SOOViCUY was recommended to me by r druggist, ami atlor taking two bottles, it groat monster of troublu and sutlering s to take its lliaht. I gladly rennw-nd it to any sntl'otiug with Ulu umai. .Sold by Craw tor 1 llros. It is a good tiling for the [>mhers ol tlte 1- gi>l:iture that ev are paid by the day instead by the job. They have done j ightv little at this session.? nderson Ma'l. ' Fifteen Cents Cotton. * Ik ^ood tor tiif pookit; I.lit it taki s Ot'l! i\V I > 1 Si OVI'.liV tor thai had tasti' in lao'it)i i vory niorniiij.;. uinl that old ah hack, and tin-d i ill I ti.lin^; when n U?:i 111 111" only Sl.tMt Ii1111ii 1 proi itioti s >ld with in alisolnti' (?i'\KAN.1. witli i .ii'h luittli' foi all Itloud all i in i i.vum s, Nitvoii-iiihmk, l.ivtT and dimy'I'rnutilcM. You inn no risk what, r in I?ii\ iir' (?!' i; N I- \V | i|si'< ?VKliY . 11r ilniouist will siyn tpn .raiitc" ! ! I !>} i'rawlord Urns. | v 60 years' experience iTTvirra Anvnnp *pii<I!iik n *kel< h ami doscrlntInn may illekly rrf nti "or <>f>11.i n fre? wliollicr nn iivontK'ii In i?r????iil !y iii11-1>rjt 1 ?lo. Connniinlrn Ion* xtrlctly <'?>iitl<lential. HANDBOOK onl'ntenta f in free. oldest aueney for HPeurliig patent*. Patent" taken tlirnuirh .Mann A Co. receive prrlnl nofirr, wil hunt charito, In llio Scientific American. I hnndsnmely Illustrated weekly. I recst elr illation of any Hen-nilUe Journal. Ternm, #8 a ear ; four months, 91. Sold hy all newsdealer*. ' VIUNN X Co.3e,B'~d"" New York i Urauch OIllco. 0% K at., Washington. U. C. nitrogen /rom the I mounts, if sufficient ' c acid arc supplied ' i irposes served by the j 4 i told in the 65-page j ]ow Pea," which also i csults obtained from i l Potash. The book : asking. \ Al.? WORKS. Atliinta. Oa.?22V- So. Rroad Street. Iffcrrts* far ?rthXhoBounty^^ / Of The Fields A [deponds upon tho life-long study B and experience of tho men who dl- B roct this business, and who mix a B fertilizer which niakesthree(often B a dozen) bladesof grassgrow. where only one grew before." Tho nuino B t of it is B | Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer. 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