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Corn After Buckwheat

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
March
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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IS, L. Holden describes, in the Cou n try (c-ntlrin.-in, the resulta oi' two yeflrï vt'hên ho i-lunted corn afttr bnckwbent, and cali npon hi brother turmere ii.r .-i Kc!utinn of tho difBcultiesencoüntered. ÏI sny " : ! planted' a piecc of coni last spring ud vut of whreh had bnokuheat :ir bef'Te; tlie remainder swurd ' ■ 1 tli:it hnd beun inowed hut nne . aod uil treated alike as ne:ir r.s ible. A fair coat of niRnnro w:is pkut'ed undcr, then a ölight dressing ctet'ad fn top and harrowod in. Tl o .;i waa all jilanted ut theeaine time, Vnii rows running bolli way, but platited across boili par'... Tlieres'jll v-.., Tiere llie buckwheat rai?ed the rern w-is mtich smaller tban on llie i'd land. uc.t only in the :growth uf but in the size and ninnber of In lact ibere were a great many buis on t'tii! buckwhent firmind t!i;f. nevur set an enr, while all 0:1 tho swnrd was well earcd and weli ril ed. Now li.; catMeil ibis very great diSöi'onüe? groiind was all alike, a sindj' loom, and was al! seeded with dover and timo'hy wii.li oats, two years b'.'fore, it1 ibat part tbat had the buokwhont v::s not mowed at all, but grass tnrned un.hr before sowing the buokwhëat. Ttiis w::s tho second time that I have plantod eorn aftor buokwhëat, and the : ; !e same both times. I would likt; to understand the true reason. - Bjo! her farmers, ploaso give us your e.xpjrienco in this matter. iüiíijipn Jrps.

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Old News
Michigan Argus