The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-25

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| Hhem u "prssent advanced rlec ct tins
/ .lr'e, renders the cultivation Of il an object
Of much interest 10 nurfsr,nere. For msey
years past il has been the most uncertain md
ditliculi crop TO false in this part OF the coun.
| Try. The flcsSran fly, the Chinch bur, thp
smut, the rust have sinply aud nnitpdlv
Installed H. We take pleasure in having be.
tore our readers any Information winch ma,
tend to remedy these Evils. The following
communication from MI GolJsbornneh, OF
Maryland, may furnish some hints that NAV be
uspiul
ON EARLY OR RARE RIPE WHEAT
Eastern, Nd. Nop % 1928
Mn SINNER:
Having given Won in a former communca
ton some statements in reia'ipn to the Enyil
Uhfof, aud nccoun ed TO- its b"iug discarded
bout tweniy-f'ur Years aga, desire, as have
been principally instrumental IN mtfodu
cling il again into use, 10 Pun the a2ricultn.
rsis generally IN possession Of all the mior,na-
ion that my attention TO this "hent enables me
TO give.
am exceedingly gratiiied that there is So
much oft seeded his year, as my conviction
has been annually strengthened for he last fouf
years, that under the circumstances we are ulac.
ed m regard TO the wheat crop, the early WHEAT
- me most pro 'utttye aud certain wheat cop
Ne can grow. agan STATE as irr result of lr,r-
ther eSperenc aud Of lnl ltmatiou tnal nav bc
relied on. that the earl, wHea, ,nuy be seeded
so late IL tie autumn ~ rcraiuIv 20 e>-
cepe the autumn fly, aud Whanso SEEDED
that lts eafp spring grown vii can>e II to IS
cape the raragcs of the Il, az tne BRING
that uotwitlIs landing - shorter mead aud shor.
Ter straw, and its generally lesS propensity 10
branch, lis create, certainty TO ma IRE 0rli
and its almost invarabc exc Fence OF gam.
causes II to yield as many, 81 mol marr) .usi.
els 70 the acre as any Other wheat--and thu III
grain viii generally be Of greater weight PEI
bushel
he i,ct believe, will BE- obyi1us 10 al who
viii give tneu atiru tou to be subject. HAT tins
whcar, in all vegeta lng seasons whstlf Is ~ the
ground, oatgrows any other specifies Of wheat
under like circumstances. Il pr,era $50 too
last Tor the 4 IN the spring, mud untnriur car
iier by fortnight Than "thrr kinds, II has all
the advantage Of ripening IN cooler spasnn
sdd beng reapcd aud secured fortnight hc
fore The other kinds Of wheat it has III. nd
vantage too OF beng exempt all thai Tine
from the casualties thai the wheat crop
Is subject 10. Among agriculurl,l, The ,c-
mark is universal, viz an emily harvest Is al.
ways good ou'--a the reasoning ,hat sus.
tains tins position applies with Increased lorce
10 the varly wheat.
y most intelligent gentleman Of my neigh
bolrhood informed M, thnt he seeded early
wheat last yrar ia the middle OF llecenbcr. and
thai the product per acre last harvest WIS equal
to ANY hr made on equally good ground, aud
the quality OF the gain, il at all different, he
thought rather superior to that from similar
ground, seeded IN October
HE seeding oimy own crop last year was
cor IIe;ed ia the month OF Cci0oer. except d, lot
IT. .I, ,.l,
November lost N, whoe crop of wheat In,
year by the hail storm Of WalfSun- Monday, bur
the wheat on the ten acre lot seeded IN so,rm
Der was, Whlst growing, equal to any wheat
had, and lrUni 20 ,rCp 81 AZ i,asl iv,ut,
hnshclS tn the acre.
! The rust for the last two years ha, almost
entirely destroyed the crop Of al the Other
kinds of wheat seeded With Us. surh As our old
favourite white wheat, the red shaii.beaIded
the yellow-bcarled. the New York Amt. the
LAWYER wheat Sc. but III every instance thai
have been able 10 learn of, where the carly
wheat escaped thel hail storm, the Abundance
OF the crop was fully correspondent To the land
IT gre" on. aud was OF hne quality
! have. since my last com nunica,on heard
ofthe early wheat having the rust-ihis was
: new TO me-bu,, upon ingcatgaiion | was in.
duced rather 70 believe that 1t was owing Ia
, bad growth from defective seed gefy tim
wheat, every body knows, is subject to rust
but if any sparse wheat escape the rust.
aver rhaf the early wheat vii, be the sort n,o.
Likely to escape it. have seen no cause as We
TO retract my assertion, that where there IS \
pretty good crop of early wheat upon the land
II viii rarely, If ever, be affected by the ruet
never knf" nor never hcud OF an instance
South of Maryland. it is sad. the when
crop is particularly liable 20 niny from
rust. Where that IS the case | shoud congidfl
the introduction Of the early what the sures
remedy.
inever pretended TO saw that the early whoa
was exempt. from all disaster. I could hay.
.iad no knowledge thai would Justify so cxitava
! CANT p recommendation. But do repea, hcf,r,
the agricultural world. thai from the pyu.rt
ence Of the four last years OF my life aud iron
that Of the period hetsecu the wears 20 Am,
1904, consider the early wheat more trlg1p
? from all the disasters that have known 10 h.
. fal he wheat crop or the last iwcnty-nnp YEAR
than any other species of wheat thar has bee,
Z. grown on the Eastern shore Of MARYLAND du
ring that time.
There is species Of early bearded wheat
Understand Oft this | know nothing bur by re
= ,port. The EARLY wheat speak Of nas smoo,l
: head and short straw that cures UNI
8 suay bright IL is white wheat with plum,
/, grain.
= As the early wheat natures earl, many p.r
sons have been led TO believe that !. therefor
: requires very early seeding My own pr.et,c
aud esperience, AS well heiirve as tia, of 9th
/ ers oppose ihs theory. Tins autumn 4 h,,,
seeded two thirds of my Whole crop nftbs car
" wheat Tor the pas1 Two ycais oniv sccdl