Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-06


is now and properly so generally ex-
p!oded, that ii is rare 10 sec field ma
mayed in that way. The corn is now cut
mp and stacked in the field, or hauled off
at once, aud tue land ploughed before il
is seeded. The only objection 10 this is,
that IL makes the seeding too late, so that
The wheat has not sufficient strength of
root 10 bear the alternate freezing and
tiawing of cur irregular winters ii is less
able 10 resist the fly i'll The spring aud
more subject to rust aud the more COM
mon Gala nifty in this clinIate OF ripen-
ing too suddenly the inryiiabie conse-
Quence of which is the grain being light
aud shriyelled. The Importance of sow.
ing wheat in proper time upon land in
good order, is known to every farmer. Ii
usually makes the difference OF good or
u saving crop. and one that will mol paw
The expepce of seed and culture. Un;II
we had 10 combat with that aiosi formi-
dable foe the Hessian fly, our seed time
was ample wheat was sowcd from The
mijdle.of August TO the middle OF Ocio-
Der. The opinion now is, that there is
little chance for wheat To escape the tly
La The fall lift is sown earlier than The Sli
or 10Th of October, and as little OF lis
preservation from the same enemy In the
spring, ii sown after Oct. Twenty days,
subject 10 a deduction for Sundays and
for rain, would reduce the seeding lime
10 II ID days. 20 this society, il is
unnecessary 10 say, that il is impractical
bic To accomplish the cutting up The corn,
the stacking, hauling il off. aud TO plough.
and seed all the wheat land OF farm i'll
that time. with or without failows and
20 do il in u way that would justify the
expectation of crop. Ii il shall be
found that the LAWYER wheat does resiat
the fly after il is generally sown, il will
be a treasure Ul i'll no other way) in length
ening the seed time. II we could sait.l,
S,ew two weeks earlier than we dol would
add :mmensely TO The crop in all the clay
country; bnt fear when there shall be
10 other wheat seeded, il will be 10 and
that grain will be as subject to destruc
lion as rye is, when there is no wheat
for This insect 10 make use OF in propa-
eating itself. | offer TO the socisty the
result of an experiment ! made this year
upon halt a field OF AN hundred acres of
corn that was highly satisfactory, as II
enabled me TO sow my corn laild III better
time and in better order Than itcould have
done III any other mode. have been
long appraised of a practice, which be-
]ieve commenced on The South Branch OF
Potomac, and has now spread Itself con-
ing il, precisely al the lime ,ud IN The
state in which we would, in ihls part Of
the country, pull the corn blades. When
l had the pleasure, some years aNo, TO be
at the house OF Mr.. John Levi III Bath
county, about the 10Th of September, out
of crop of leo acres ofcorn, he had then
cut and stacked so acres, and informed
me he should continue until he had Sc
ured the viii ole in the same way ;l1hathe
had repeatedly done it before, and that
he vas thoroughly satisfied that he did
not make less corn than lie woulnt have
done under the old management il.,at lie
hadvas,ly more, proveuder Tor cattle than
he would have had in the common mode
of saving The fodder, aud that there was
saving of half the labor. On my re turn
10 Albemarlr, mentioned to my nengli-
bors what had seen aud heard, and slug
gesied the benefit we might derive from
pursuing the same practice; but the uli-
versai opinion was, that our corn would
either rot or shrivel, If cut IN that statc.--
had two experiments made the neat
year, but they were executed IN HE mar
ner that sGch experiments usually are, by
unwilling agents. In 1917, my loss OF
wheat 10y Tie fly was so great, particular
ly upon my late sown Gld badly prepar-
ed corn fields, that determined, i'll fu
lure, 10 con.ine my seeding 10 land
which could SOW III good time and III
good order. In the course of'last winter,
had an opportunity Oi conversIng with
a gentleman WIN. Ste'nbergen, ESD
who had praciiced formany years the early
cutting up of corn his assurances were
so positive as 10 the saving OF labour,
The security OF the corn and the increase
Of iced for stock that determined 10
ka In nf "A
scale and in way that would be conclu-
siye, and in place that others would nave
an opportunity ofjudging of II as well as
myself. With this view, | selected a
field in the fork OF IA very public road.
The field was nearly square. divIdedit
into two equal parts, as nearly as could
by the eye, and had all tie corn cut and
stacked by The middle Of September, from
that part Of the felt lying on aud nearest
the two roads. This field had been plant
ed early lii April, but the corn came up
so badly thai IT was re planted III May
TIE entire crop was FROM The re-plaDied
corn. This circumstance, with an unu
sualy dry season, (ihe land not being
thoroughly wet from the planting 10 The
cutting up of the cOrn,) caused The crop
10 be very late. When II Was cui, except
those parts OF the field hich had been
h"""iN", '"OuSh' t"V SU'n ""S '"''V'
green To Ojdke IL safe TO pull the fodder.
My manager, MIR. William 5. Fowler,
whose skill aud judgment | relied very
murh upon in other things, expressed
great reluctance al risking so much corn,
and great apprehenslOns as 10 The result.
Immediately after the corn vas cut, aud
before II was all stacked, we had three
DAYS rain. Tie opinion of all WHO saw
the corn, was, that The crop was ruined.
Abont tie middle OF October, my people