Daily Kennebec Journal

How I Grew Corn-Winter Manuring
The soil is sandy loam, and grew potatoes the previous year. On a portion of the lot I hauled, early in February, at the rate of forty-seven loads of well rotted manure to the acre, and spread it evenly over the surface on the snow. To the balance of the lot, I applied the same amount and quality of manure to the acre, just before planting. I plowed the ground about four inches deep, and planted the medium sized yellow dent corn.
The difference in growth and yield between the early manured and the late was very remarkable indeed. The early manured was decidedly ahead of the late, from the time it came up till harvest. It ripened earlier, and yielded 160 bushels of sound ears to the acre, and the other 120 bushels per acre. During nearly thirty years' experience, I have never but once before this obtained so heavy a yield; and I think it is about as much as can be obtained. The variety I plant yields three pecks of shelled corn to the bushel of ears.
I select the earliest ripened, soundest and best formed ears for seed, and from stalks bearing two or more ears, if sound and large; but I never plant "nubbins."
[Cor. Rural New Yorker.