Planting Corn In Drills

Of late years the subject of planting oorn in drills instead of hills has engaged oonsiderable attention ainong some of our best farmers ia various parts of the country, and as far as we cao ascertain it is Bteadily winning its way into favor. On the large farms in the South and West it will hardly be approved, bot upon small farms in effluent eoilf, where it il important to condense crops, it is bighly to be oommended and will no doubt after a while be very generally adopted. It may require a little moe labor in oultivating, but the increased product in corn and fodder will far overbalance this, and the saving of time in planting, as tho corn-drili is usod, is an additional consideration. We have always thought and frequent]y said in these columna that thero was not nearly so much importance attaehcd to the fodder as ts real valué deservid There is notbing easier to onrc, and there b nothing that oows aud oxen like better through tho winter. If iu good order, whieh is not of'en the case, they prefer it to the best hay fcd to caUle thriving well upon it. Ár.d what farm er who will r:ot admit its value when cut ánd steamcd, and cspecially if pprickled with a little bran. Indian corn is one of ihe grei of the country. As focd i'or mnu and beast it curpasss nll othern cmifbined; Yet we nevcr tlionglit t!:ai ir cult'.vatiou wa3 attended by that thoroughnee which its importance doiiiar'ds fn pa:eing through cve Eastern Pennpylvar.iiwhere it ba czpeoted to be cflltivated in perfection, there is a lamentable degree of gnoranoe and nogleot mani festod. The oorn is a tender plant, and will dwindle under rough treatment. Above all other field erops, tbor Dess of oultivation is indisnenaablv nee