The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-01-03

may be relied on, that the early wheat NAV be seeded
so late in the autumn as certainly to escape the an
tumn fly, and when so seeded that the early sprpo
growth will it to escape the ravages of the ay
the sprng-that Notwithstanding its shorter head and
shorter straw, and its generally less propensity TO
branch, IFS greater certainty to mature well, and ts
almost invariabe excellence of grain, causes it to weld
as many, f not more) bushels to the acre as anv 9th
er whcat-and that grain will generally be of greater
weight per bushel
The fact, believe, will be obvious to all who will
give their attention the subject that this wheat in
all vegetang seasons whilst ii is in the ground out.
grows any other species of wheat under like crcn.
stances II progresses too fast for the fly in the spring.
and maturing earlier by fortnight than other knd,
it has all the advantage of rlpenng in cooler season.
and being reaped and secured fortnight before the
other kinds of wheat it has the advantage too of be.
ing exempt all that time from the casualties that the
wheat crop is subject to. Among agrcultlrists the
remark is universal, viz an early harvest is always
good oneal the reasoning that susains this position
applies with increased force to the early wheat
A most intelligent gentleman of my neighborhood
informed me that he seeded early wheat last year
the middle of December and that the product per
last harvest was equal to any made on equally good
ground, and the quality of the grain, if at all different
he thought rather superior to that from similar ground
seeded in October.
The seeding Of my own crop last year was com
peted in the month OF October except lot of about
ten acres, which was seeded the 18th November !
lost my whole crop of wheat this year by the hail
storm on Whitsun- Monday, but the wheat on the ten
acre lot seeded in November, was, whilst growing,
equal to any wheat | had and promised a crop Of at
least 90 bushels to the acre.
The rust for the last two years. had entirely destroy
cd the crop Of all the other kinds of wheat seeded with
such old favorite white wheat, the red chat
bearded, the yellow-bearded, the New York flint, the
Lawler wheat, &c. but in every instance that have
been able to learn of where the early wheat escaped
the hail storm, the abundance of the crop was fully
correspondent to the land it grew on, and was Of fine
quality
| have, since my last communication, heard of the
early wheat having the rust-this was new to me-bu,
upon investigation, was induced rather to believe
that it owing to bad growth from defective seed.
Very thin wheat every body knows, is subject to rust
but if any sparse wheat can escape the rust aver
that the early wheat will be the sort most likely to es.
cape it, have seen no cause as yet to reract my
sertlon, that where there pretty good crop of car
y wheat upon the land, will rarely if ever, be al
fected by the rust never knew nor Aever heard OF
ninstance. South of Maryland, it is said, the wheat
crop is particularly liable to injury from rust Where
that is Wa case, should consider the introduction OF
the early wheat the surest remedy
never pretended to say that the early wheat was
exempt from all disaster. | could have had no knowt
edge that would justify extravagant recommends
ton. But do repeat before the agricultural world,
that from the experience of the four last years of my
life, and from that of the period between 1899 and
1904, consider the early wheat more exempt from all