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

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H oad;ng. NV own practice and experience, as well
ol;oye as that of others, oppose this theory This
NJ ~,umn have seeded two thirds of my whole crop of
I'M carly WHEATON the past two years only seeded
ma half of nv whole crop of it. have always be-
n with the white wheat red chail, and completed
u - .oedino of these kinds and then followed on with
I'M oarlv wheat never beginning with any wheat be-
the first of October, and generally completing my
whole seeding in that month"; My impression IS, that
be early wheat on good ground, and put in when the
round in good ORDER will certainly produce good
N .ron if seeded any time in November-nor should
#obt its success on sc GROUND IN such oraer II SEED
NJ a nny time in December.
When the early wheat heads out, there are apt TO
Nn,c,r n rood many black or blasted heads, which
in number according to the season, commonly most
Bghndant after wet spring. This has presented rath
or terrifying prospect to the farmer, and caused
emnorary dsnay among those who did not expect It,
his circumstance is preferred objection against
tis wheat The fact as stated is undoubted. never
knew otherwlse-and for several years particlpa-
ted in all the evil forebodngs that such appearance
cave rise to-bu after repeatedly reapng and measu-
rms up nv crops finding that the average product was
greater per acre than from all other sorts of wheat
that the grain was heavier per bushc, and that the
SAMPLE was as fair, if not flirer to the eye, looked
man thc black or blasted heads with diminished
crn and feel entire confidence now IN the safe and
ample productyeness of The crop.
let me here recapitulate. This early wheat has
shorter head, shorter straw; IT does not seem to
branch so much as some other kinds of wheat it has
more black or blasted heads than any other sort have
Sen-yet under all circumstances, 1t Is subject to
fewer disasters, and produces generally better crop
than other wheat
is objected against this wheat, that 1t Will not do
TO seed it in very poor land. Will it do to seed any
wheat in poor land Poor land is indefinite, but any
land that ought, upon principle of thrtncss to be
seeded in wheat, will produce more bushels and more
pounds weight per acre in early wheat in an average
Of any number of years more than one, than IN amy
other sort
Another objection made is, that the straw of this
wheat is shorter, and you do not get so much rack
food or long litter (which ever you apply the straw toy
as from other wheat. The answer to this 1856 you
grow wheat for the grain not for the otfa
Among the advantages attending tins wheat II may
be stated that you may harvest it earlier than other
wheat Judging from the appearances they present
for different from other kinds of wheat. the head APP
pears to mature earlier than the straw, and no wheat
falls more completely and neatly nthe cradle than the
early whcat--tle loss in harvesting will always be
less, with equal care and skill, than from other wheat
1t has been inquired whether the early wheat will
bear feeding in the autumn winter, or spring.
without more loss than other wheat. From my own
experience know of no wheat that bears feeding on
ii half so we'll. This time twelve month, had de-
tached piece of early wheat on which | permitted
colts and calves to feed from the last of October un
I'll Christmas. At Christmas, in consequence OF the
number of Young stock that had been upon it, there
was little or no appearance of wheat in the field 8