Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-08-20

ny moving te ehcat alone before the seed rlpcncd
! ! will now state another fact which occurred aud
put all my wits to the 10 solve the mystery.
which II had not succeeded IN doing at least 10
lmy satisfaction, would hot only have proven
that wheat and timothy would turn 10 cheat
| but rye also. Some four five years back | had
sowcd a very rich tobacco lot IN rye the seed I'VE
| was certain had no cheat IN it, and to my great
surprise when the rye began 10 head 1t was uln,os,
g.. halt cheat and although the rye was a very hea-
Wy crop, not less than twentv-f five bushels to the
acre, the cheat was equally good and maturod well.
1t will be proper 10 observe that this lot was graz
ed through the winter and spring by many sheep
| hut knew that nothing passing through sheep
Vegetables, and, therefore, had TO look for some o
| her cause. Fortunately | Was able To find one
perfectly satisfactory to me- and thus 10 stahlsh
| my taith, which admit again became shaken.
he facts were these about half the 10, had been
used as cowpen, as preparation for tobacco
/ the other half had been MANFRED heavily with barn
| yard manlire, not well rotted From this manure
the cheat was produced for TO the very line where
The cowpen came there was 30 cheat. Now the
only doubt with me is, how the seed of the chea,
remained IN the ground during 4 summers culture
| N tobacco yet tins must have been the case else
why not have had the cheat III that part OF the rye
! which had been USED as cowpon II Is well known
to all farmers that red clover seed will lay IN the
ground ior years, and then veeetute, # exposed 10
she surface this must have been the ease with the
seed OF the cheat, WITCH had been turned under so
| deep by the following up the ground with three
! horse plough
| The reason why many farmers think that
4, where the Wheat mas been destroyed either by the
| fly the winter, IS turned 10 cheat, Is olvous e
! noush. On close examination, the wheat under a
200. preparation Is the hard 81, OF hriites laht
and when not molosted by the fy or ONE other cn-
cny, viii generally oeculy the whole OF the STIR
face lesyin. space for the cheat 10 spread and
thrive bu,when from the fv, OF any other cause
the wheat gets destroyed il leave. the cheat plants
that nre III the gtound the ip POSSESSION 10 spread
and thrive al wit SO also with respect To cookie.
have seen wheat fields soWed thai grew oil
handsomely for some time, without any nppcal
ance OF cocklc beng DE wheat; hat as soon as
II was attacked by the fly, tho wheat gives way,
the cheat and cookie spread out and tlte possession
Of the land. For 4 while both the cheat and cookie
will thrive pretty well without cultivation liz
whca, plant will very seldom naltut. as rn,1n
stcer on siugie bunch With respect to the gram
!. OF W boat, turning 10 L. cl.e't, IL cannot be SO
have been IN the constant praelgc 81 grazing ny
I wheat and sometimes y Ill SIcai advantage a. u'
,rop, and never IN one single instance have bee,
0Lie 10 d,ioct change Of wheat 10 ehcst but tina
they are separate a.id distinct plants have no non
doubt than have an existence ali the care an'
pans that can be bestowed on N, cheat plant wi
uever bring 10 wheat, nor VII. all the neglect nnt
bad farming you may beslow on the wheat turn i
10 cheat for while care and attention TO our scct
I" Of az kinds VAL 1"'.- tho Greatest effect on I'll,
quality 81 the Seed, yet ilIr iriud win ..o>.., Tn
same venture q aarH ihat no state Of culture
t,I 1 Ill A. 1T. IL 4 i 4
his I hnye the very uest authority Hour worth,
friend l)r. Harden, had pursued his inquiry III
lie further, while he was on the subject OF the par
able oftho sewer, (Which evidence certainly ogcr
dtcs against hmm he might have found proof ,nucI
more positive where God himself says, in die Is
chapter Of Genesis, iitt s. 18th verses . And CO.
said lei the earth bring forth grass the herb yield
mr. seed, and the :tlit tree yielding fruit allr ht
i Kind whose seed Is IL .,sclf upon the earth, am
i It was so. And the earth brought forth 9russ, am
2 the herb yielding seed, after bis kind and the ire
yielding FRUIT, whose seed was III itself, after HI
q kind and God saw that il was good"
e must also think our worthy doctor knows muc
S more about the cultivation OF cotton thar he doe
Of wheat. from his own statement Tile advice b
o has given about thin sowing, think is calculate
: to do great injury. From his statement | Shout
Judge, that both the climate and soil were unfl1ora
Bic 10 the wheat crop, and that neither the drlln
nor thin sowing will succeed, as he advises. Hay
lnp been raised III the Northern States where the,
f SOW thinner than We do in Abcmarle and inherit
log enough otthe Dutch blood to be ut least prtia
TO the practice that my father had pursued, which
was 10 sow from three pecks to one busheI 10 IT,.
acre persisted in this thin sowing for some years
until found my noighbors wheat who sowc,
thicker, always came more 10 maturity than min
did and that 1t was not near liable 10 the rust
commenced sowing thicker by degrees and Oh
very strong land at this tine | seldom SOW les
than two bushels TO the acre. My average yield j.
never less than ten bushels to ono. and IN one III
} stance, made from one and hafbushcls Of sccl
sown on less than of land iorty-two bush
els weighing sixty-thrce pounds to the bushel.
have gone INTO this statement 10 show the error o
thin sowing. | have frequently drilled small par
GELS of choice wheat, that wished TO propagate, bu
have never, in instance, made good gram an,
+ while admit that one bushcl or five pccks of goo
t seed, may yield as much seasons as NOR
seed, yet II is safer to sow theker,--the fly II
all cases destroys part and frequently onc-h hall
II these hurried remaks viii throw any new
light on the long agitated question ofcheat they
are at your service. With much respect am. sir
your obi servant, john II craven
FoR THE VtRGrSIAN.
Ndn"riaF fyon' May 1881, to Nay 1882.
Spread from farm pen 249
do from stables LOG
do from tobacco houses 81
do saw dust and shavings l22
do corn stalks, brush, &c. &c. 40
do from hog pen (not no,ed)
do from Negroes cabins, not noted)
Making OK cart loads G53
Which did beautifully dress l3 acres.
make large calculation mnnurng, by May
next, having already spread about, OK loads,
100