Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-07-19

The wheat crop is the most important Of
all crops to the farmer. A man who has one
hundred acres of cleared land, of common
quality ought to raise on an average one thou.
sand bushels Of merchandise 7uheat, and al
sorye, corn, oats, and potatoes, sufficient to
defray the expenses of carrying on the farm
ing. The wheat crop should always be clear
gain.
Don't startle at this, farmer. A man who |
has farm of one hundred acres of cleared
land, can yearly put forty acres of it in wheat
and if the land be in order as it should be
and as every farmer may have it, every acre
OF the forty will give 25 bushels, amounting
altogether to one thousand bushels. / shall
now show how land must be farmed, in Or
der to produce in this way. Never break
your land before harvest and stir it after, as
is customary with many farmers. Much
ploughing impoverishes land, and is produc-
tive Of bad effects. Your wheat ground must
be heavily set in clover, and broken up after
harvest with three horses, when the seed in
the clover is ripe. By thus turning clover
down after harvest, when the seed is ripe, it
will never miss coming up in the spring,
which is frequently the case when sown in
the spring with seed. You also save between
forty and fifty dollars worth of seed annually
which it would take to SOW your ground
> When the clover is poughed down after
harvest, before you seed the field, you must
: harrow it lightly the way you have plough
ed it, in order to level the ground, and pre-
vent the seed from rolling between the fur
rows and coming up in rows. Never plough
your seed in with shovels, nor harrow it in a.
cross the ploughing, when you have turned
down clover after harvest, lest you raise the
clover, but always harrow it in by twice har-
= rowing with light harrows the way YOU have
broken up your ground. Many farmers have
ploughed down clover once, and finding that
their crop was not bettered by it, but injured
as they believed, have never attempted it a.
, gain. This is almost invariably the case the
first time clover is ploughed down after har-
!. vest, especially if the tall be dry, and the
7 winter frigid and close. In turning clover
down you must necessarily plough the ground
deep, and the first time you do it you turn up
the clay, which being unmixed with manure
) OF any sort on the top, is in bad state to sow
: wheat on. The wheat after some time will
sprout and come up, but will look yellow and
very spindling Its roots after some time,
=, Will get down among the nroted clover, and
there will choke, and for want of moisture a
: great deal OF the wheat will dwindle away and
( DIE. he unrotted clover, too, below, will
4 keep the ground loose and springy, so that
u the frost will injure the wheat not little
! But when the clover is ploughed down a Sc
u cond time, thc bad effects to the wheat croI
{ arising from unrotted clover, are not expe-
IS renced. You then turn up the clover from
g below which was ploughed down before, ant
s. which is manure on the top. The seet
! sown on it springs up directly, and before
IT the winter sets in has taken deep root The
clover now turned down rots very soon, il
consequence of the rotten clover turned up
ii which as manure always keeps the grount
y. moist, however dry the fall. You may nov
|, go on farming in this way-every time vol
as turn up a coat of clover, turn down one ant
IN your wheat crop will never fail, until YOU,
4 laid becomes so rich, that you will have t.
IN reduce it with corn.
10 Who pays the Pper2-Bils of expens,
IN incurred for the reception of the Presiden
o in this city, are said to have come in to
+ the amount ofno less than Seuen THOUSAND
80 dollars! and it is calculated that Others
ST to the amount Of not less than t,vo thou
$ sand more, will soon be Forthcoming.
L. The items, it is to be hoped will be spreae
before the public.-N z. Com,