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October 1, 1789
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A Connecticut farmer successfully preserved early frost-bitten corn in the milk stage by cutting the field near the ground, binding stalks into shocks, and stacking them loosely, allowing the corn to ripen while neighbors' crops rotted.
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PORTSMOUTH, October 1.
The following experiment to preserve crops of corn in case they should be frost bitten, has been made with success by a farmer of Connecticut:--An early frost had severely bit the corn in all the neighbourhood, while it was yet in the milk; on perceiving it, he immediately caused his field to be cut near the ground; the stalks with the ears on, were bound together in small shocks, near the top, and a number of them put into a loose stack: In this manner the stalks dried, the corn ripened, and was very good--while his neighbours corn rotted in the field.
The following experiment to preserve crops of corn in case they should be frost bitten, has been made with success by a farmer of Connecticut:--An early frost had severely bit the corn in all the neighbourhood, while it was yet in the milk; on perceiving it, he immediately caused his field to be cut near the ground; the stalks with the ears on, were bound together in small shocks, near the top, and a number of them put into a loose stack: In this manner the stalks dried, the corn ripened, and was very good--while his neighbours corn rotted in the field.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Corn Preservation
Frost Bitten Crops
Connecticut Farmer
Agricultural Experiment
Where did it happen?
Connecticut
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Connecticut
Event Date
October 1
Outcome
the corn ripened and was very good, while neighbors' corn rotted in the field.
Event Details
An early frost severely damaged corn in the milk stage; the farmer cut the field near the ground, bound stalks with ears into small shocks near the top, and put them into a loose stack, allowing the stalks to dry and the corn to ripen.