Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-10-21

lean water tWlrr Ur tnyee times be-
ore il is stepped. All these prerau
t,uns are so reasonable and so easily
performed, that no farmer whatever,
should hazard hrs harvest Tor want
|cf 50 triilins cost and trouble. Wei
will take tie liberty 10 offer remark
On the Particular point Of securing or
washing the grain. 1t is this alter
the wheat is secured we'll, 10 take oil
The cloway enas. let IT be put into a
sieve, ana pour clean wafer Cd Tie
grain stirring at the same time. This
last operation will carry sway every
particle OF smulpowdcr or the eggs OF
lmse. Is. The wheat thus prepared,
offers TO the farmer rational founda
tio1 to hope Tor clean. good aud
/ increased crop. Aud il IS a matter 81
considerable regret that such practice
SO reasonable ia itself, should have
been neglected by man, saraers WHO
raise large quantities Of this grain.
Our wheat Games TO this market, very
. often, in most sloyen!y state and
rondition. This is certainly very III
curious TO the sale OF The grain, ant
uHriiirniai to the interest OF the iaF
mcr-tbe cieaaer and better the nh al
ans rye cones to market, the higher
the iirice viii be found.
The ravages OF insects. and tn.
diseases which they had frequently
occaslonet ~ France, has excited the
attention vi that people. in years past,
it'll u iesi,sn 10 destroy those insects
: which bau n,adc vast havuch IN ia Il
country. 81 .fas suggested, ah'i 81
forwards approved. 10 put gra,a, ~.
' tended 10 bc use;i Tor seed, mo al
oven sufficiently heated TO kill such
serniin, anu ticir eggs, without en-
danstrinS the terminating power o.
the gram. Ii WAS we'll attested thai
: THESE inse,,s ruuid live IN Tie sever
est lrosis: in ia, ( there can w no hes
: iinn.s ON surh question az TIE tilin,.
speaks IA lavl moi 10 De acaird : toi
il "a winter frost, Of Two, could aes'
troy them, there would hc no neecss.
yto haven't any way t. XIII thoM %
their eggs: vii that q farmer wduit
:, uayt 80 90, Wouli he to procure oi.
aneat uf one OF tYU years standr1b
sic.se we nny ste tas pfottnts o
s"ourgins wheat we'll. shat TIE down.
end moy IL token tlea:, oil, As thi!
heihoI is most likely 10 carry aaa'
!, }botn Insects AMI ,iicir DEPOSITS par
:. tiuularlg itrinsei Afterwards throus'
sieve With pure water. slm steep
:. will kill the insects THAT have peru
rated and catered the grain, as wei
as tlse ilea, OF ar oven and beside
> Il gives the grain a mois,nrr viii
ma!>cs il tea tate more rapidly. u
: Gore Wasting ~ securing, let the gt
be thrown iaio the WATER, and Sir,
one or Two minutes; then let il rrst
few minutes, and all lie foul grain.
/ snut balls and impurities cx"epa east
!, iNiN swim on She surtare . So soon :.
these are rcG0Yed tie securing MA
be commenced where sea sana IA
y be had I,itle viii expedite the re.d
81 ing Uf the wheat, aud will lie easii
y carried OFT IN Che operation Of raisin
y through the sieve.
vel We hope to see ere long improve
Al nsents in our grain crops. Ii Is, will!
on, question, highly important 10 ii.
os State TO have our Sralns II the bt,
y quality. A clean crop is IS rasI
= raised as filthy one in general !: an
cli there is iittlr extra trouble j
'fpreparing the serh, the rompensalio
81 will be certain al harvest; at all time
1 good clean grain brings a better pvip
& than poor dirty wheat.
r Our observations, original or sele,
II tea, are plain. They are easy TO y
IS understood, and we trust they al
Ie immediately connected with the sent
N ments Of persons we'll vcrsed III til
81 eating principles .: agriculture.
The press can render our farmer
= immense benefits, ny structures, o
IS arniDg. Books are expensive, an
81 sometimes are written in such m. nne
, as rather TO confuse than instruct tn
minis OF many b,srhandmeu. III,
le writer is under ohli atoms to ii,
}. Journalists in our city for their al
Il ,cn,ion in favor Of his humhla Effort
J To forward an ART, which has oecupip
4, he genius and talents uf the create.
n men IN every civilized State. Nu
g next number will embrace the smile.
il Of seed grain. and change Of see,
~ principally selected from America
= and English asrieulturaijsts.