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The following article is from the New
England Farmer, published at Boston, and
was written by ]. Buel, Esq. President OF
the New York state Agricultural Society.


INDIAN CORN.


This no. only gives more food to man
and to beast than any other grain, but it
gives more to the soil in the form of ma
nure, where the stocks are fed in well
constructed yard. as they ever should be.
1t is less exhaus,ing than other grain ;
first, became of its broad and expansive
system of leaves, which draw largely from
the atmosphere for food and second, be-
cause under my method Of culture, it is cut
be fore the leaves cease to perform this of
fee, and consequently before the grain de-
pends for its nutriment. wholly upon the
soil. 1t is peculiarly adapted to the loose
warm soil. Although profitable crop on
such soil, when we'll fed and cleaned, it
returns little or no profit from one that is
poor, wet or stiff. make it the basis of
my course. 1t answers all purposes of ma
ked summer fallow, in cleaning the ground,
and decomposing the sod Although clay
may require to be summer fallowed, for the
purpose of pulverzing, fallow crop, and
that hoed crop, believe every rejecting
man will admit, answers every beneficial
purpose on light loans and sands.
spread my manure, and plough about the
first of May. prefer this time, because
the clover has then acquired a good growth
and turned under with the manure affords
an excellent bed for the roots of the grain
with ample room to range and abundance o
food to nourish. then either with role
or harrow, close the interstices betweel
heturrows, to prevent escape Of the gasse'
and to cover the manure from the exhaust
ling influence of the sun and winds. Tn


decay of the manure soon renders tn


ground permeablc, az heat, light. air, an


moisture. all contribute to promote vegita


ton. The seed is then planted in hills a
so inches distance each way. pass th


harrow at the first dressing both ways an
with the hoe do little more than destro


the weeds and grass. At the second, an
last dressing | plough shallow, and cart
or hill slightly, taking good care not to di.


turb the roots. or bring the manure to tn


surface. AS soon as the grain is glaze'
which has been invariably the first week i
September with me, ] cut the crop at tn


face of the ground, with hemp hook. la,
, ing four hills in bundle, bind above tn


ears Immediately, take it OF the fields o
,, sleds, and stack it near my barn-an
husk it when convenient.-By this cours
save labor double the value of the fodde
and clear my ground in time for whea
The stacks VII not injure if put up we
the ears Keeping the stalks open to the al
! The gypsum is sown before the ground
ploughed. All other things alike, | thin
!, the clover lay increases the crop from {
to 80 per cent. and tends to counteract Il
4 effects Of drought.