Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-05

10 Peae'rate.-2diY. The plants from tho -,
e. ylng seeds became visible in about ,iyb, =,
zen Gays later. The disadvantage of th,s fardv
appearance is well known TO every husband
mah.-odiy' The seed corn appeared in ho,h
casrs alter twenty or one and twenty days on.
."eiy hoi'ow aod decayed, but il took fast hold
:" '"e spo' on germinaton with its roots the
p'''s h'so "hich came later 10 the surface
were Wholly without that nour,shmept ,vh,,h
."o,e "ehi me surface received through their
fresh seed leaves (cofyiedones. 4thIv Tbs
whHIsh sheath, forming a tolprsbIv hard ST.
growing from The dreper living corn. !. DIT
ded ~ a small white pipe. which po.s - ,h.,
surface as soon as If come. 10 the Lph, .om.
raves aud knot are produced. This sheath
""" me deep lying small roofs decay. and
/ roofs shoot forth afterwards from the kuoj
o'hlJ' lhefe rs joint in the knots G + the seeds
F'hg high the surface, or rather IN. ioipt and
the hrst kR0t are one. Hence shoot firth vetv
q"eniy small roots of Indebtedness of n hair
w"'en nave seen penetrate the clay with much
'o'ce rom Two 10 three inches. In the Sen.
'e"oer OF 1877, caused all the rye seed 10 be
put very shaiiowy underneath the soil, Alter
aoou' 'hree weeks, the plauts which had been
covered with hall an inch of earth had already
oTGnched The seeds which had purnosely
Iaid on the surface without Covering them
ke'mihated leo days later, and put forth a leaf
whist the slightly covered cues had aIrt al, a
small handful Of leaves, rising from u powerful
mass oil little roots, which were full two inches
Tonga wonderful provision OF nature, which
makes the plant thus fix itself more carefully
IN me SOIL, where its situation near the surface
fendefs IL necessary. | took especial notice Of
one entire ear which lay on the surface II hard
put iof'h strong roots from each seed into the
EARN, ara powerful leaf above. | was never
'pore convinced that one does not lose much
ny sowing IN natures fashion. From 1926
mad been considering in what manner 10 sow
near the surface and yet TO leave the seed some
what covered. Small experiments had satisfied
me tha' nothing would be gained by ii ii thr
surface were not pulverized, so as to allow The
h'st ii'te roots 10 penetrate easily and The
young plnnts TO iasten in the soil, which alter
wtIds imbibe through their leaves nuuri,ampnt
Tor the latter crOlen roots. had already long
! age remarked, and always with renewed vexa
uuns, mat according 10 the old mode o sowing
the corn WAS not only a very unequal depths
IN he ground, but also very unequallv 1isri.
/ huied on the land Il IL was soWn Ia field
that had beer narrowed, the sped tell into I'll e
! 'ofTo"S made by the harrow. whose teeth
stand seven Inches apart The cross harrow
ing does not properly spread the seed the
rows remain visible, the seeds are TOO close to-
Re'her IN them, aud few plants are ia the six
inched space between The harrow tracks, a
good deal Of land is wasted, and an opening
given TO weeds. IL is much worse when he
! seeds fall in the burrows. This mode possesses
also all the faults possible for any way Of SOW
| ing to have, the seeds being uneuuay .distr
bu;ed and different in depth. he Flemish
! harrow, whose teeth stands eight inches ssun-
der, drawn diagonalIy by one horse, makes
! only n stroke OF four inches. Mr.. COke's SOW
! ing machine, which is used throughout Ing
land, makes lines niue inches apart, aud brings
! too many seeds into one line but II posse seS
the advantage OF sowing Ae eed Throughout
! NJ the same depth j. az shaowy as you choose
| OF late years | have never narrowed where
have sown with THIS machine.
The arabic land OF Flanders, as we'll as mine,
is TOO fine and clean TO profit by drilling. All
obi AIMED Ihereb, is an equal division Of the
seed, and the getting it near the surface |
| f1snd this only practicable by employing fine
harrow, which Tho slack Condition of the par
tcles permitted TO be use5. In 1926 had
IN dr some small iron and wooden harrows,
whose teeth stood three inches and halt asun
der. These | had, before sowing, dragged
over the already finely narrowed land har-
ro~ed IN Win THIS, aud with the Flemish Schlep-
p-iEnr harrow. gained greatly IN the equal
cumrngup Of the seed, in the number Of branch
ed plants, and their equal condition. For the
comparative experiment | had always man
aged a few fields in the old way. IN 1927
had Flemish harrow made, with teeth three
inches apar'. II requires two horses, hat rs op-
Grafton is very great In 1873 provided n
gainst the fault noticed in it, THAT il showed
forward even in finely narrowed land,) by
dragging it over the field, Nitk the horse at
idched 10 the centre after had narrowed the
land finely with the old Flemish harrow. BY
means of the wave lines which il makes, all
small clods become loosened Then have the
field dragged over with strong harrow re-
versed, which in case OF need, loaded aud
afterwards draw sharply over the Flemish gar
den-hHrIow, with the horse yoked cornerwlsr.
Thence come lines an inch aud hall from one
another. At his dis ance falls the seed, and
then have it crossed either with CID or the
new Flemish drag-ihe first when | tear TINT
The harrow may shove the soil forwards. No
garden-harrow can make the soil SO fine The
plants thus ,own stand from one ana a ball to
Two inches from each other, over IN the earth
TO the depth of an inch, strong and healthy, as
if they had been planted. | can appeal TO the
testimony of all agrIcuiIuIis's who have IN for
mer years visited Flolbeck, or Of those who
are willing 10 honor it this year. The heids
which in 1926 and 1927 had narrowed IN as
shailcwIy as possible, gave result coniorma-
DIe TO the Improvement of the narrowing. In
1928, after sowing with tue gardrn-harrow ana
harrowingwh the Flemish drag, had II per
cent. more corn, and 1T or 10 per cent. more
straw, in the light clay land of i.ifile flote-
heck, than 10 the fields sown after the old me-
ihod IN Great Flotebeck, in the best
sandy soil, 20 per cent. more corn, no di''
ference in straw 10 the worst sandy
soi,, 10 per cent mJre corn, IN straw no diner
ence. That, however, which last autumn
FOR experiment, have sown or eet under alter
orub-furrow or the coarser Kind OF harrow,
stands, Notwithstanding the careful narrowing
in with the usual harrow uuequdtig, crcmded an
lines, aud less strong, than That sown alter ,he
Flemish garden-hsrrow, and dragged in WIN
the Common Flemish drag.
british Farmers Nag.
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