Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-08-13


by FREQUENT changes of weather, the saccharino
matter is deeomposed, md the plant pcrishes from
the want of food, and perhaps also from rupture
of its vessels
All wheat, shalou-sowod, must have 1t, rescr-
.ors Of food but slightly covered with soil, and Of
they fully exposed. Nhcn whea, Is
sown earl, Al any dcpih. second, and sometimes
third system of roots il formed within an inch oi
the surface. In these. many stems originate, each
OF which has its receptacle Of nonfishmcnt a, its
base and is quite certain that IN most instances
the food which was contained in the seed and tho
adjoining knot is cntirel, oshausted b, the supplies
of nouri,hment it afford the upper portion, of the
plant. The life of carly sowcd wheat must then,
Ike that which Is shao" sowed, depend upon the
preservation Of the reservoirs of saerhatlnc matter
which are placed ~ near the surface oil the
ground. and Of course exposed TO the unias orablc
action of variable weather during WINTER.
" heat which is late sowcd, generates no second
blaze OF new system OF roots, aud Of COURSE the
nourl,hment for spring use is retained in the
eepiaclc which adloins Tie seed II then We SOW
sufficiently late ~ autumn and place the seed deep
in The soil. shall provide every security against
the hazards OF bad weather, which tho nature Of
the case admits Of
In the ordinary ceuf.e OF husbthdty. some al
the wheat Is necessarily deposited NJ considerable
ciontly late IA the scason the receptacle OF food
will be protected 10y lis covering OF earth, aud
partial crop will of II be realized, although there
may be, when the spring opens, no signs oi life on
the surface ot the field. Ia such eases the de-
siracton ol thr blade which issues from the seed
root, in autumn can be Of little importance, ono
would suppose that the Surviving plants will grow
the more vigorously, from thcir beng less IN Mum
Der, and By tllcrne produce many stems with
large well filled ears; such, however is not the
fact usually the Stems single and the heads
are not afee. To dccount ior this II must be rceo
leotcd that alter the ground has lhawed IN the spring
the earth settles aud often becomes extremely
hard Stt doublIc,i many plants die, in their strue-
eo 10 overcome the opposing resistance, and the
surprise Is, thai any should possess yigor enough
10 prolrudc even a snole item through the hard
earth that covers II.
From tn, view of the subject the practice may
be recommended, Of ctleetually narrowing the field
IN the sprlns after the efoand has settled, IN order
10 supply the plant with fresh air aud give free
passage to lis upward growth After the harrow
has hccn used the ROLLER oneh, 10 be employed TO
reset such roos rs have beru displaced and dmin
sh the evaporation Of moisture.
In England, a whca, plant has been taken up
separated into eighteen parts and feplantod, and by
successive divisions and organizations, a crop of
les, than eighteen months from the time the seed
was Sowl. II the roots Of wheat can be 50 min
uiely divided and successfully rrplantcd, there i,
little danger HAT the ifeest u>n OF the harrow can
be injurious, provided the roller be also used. The
fact appear, 10 be- that nothing Is necessary to the
vernal growth al the plant, but the preservation of
the apparatus which contain, the saeenrinc matter,
which j. il proper ,crna food 50 that if the roots
and top BIO cut of and the bulb be planted in a pc-
nal soil, the plant viii grow.
NotW ithslanlmg the arguments which have been
urged IN favor of sowing wheat late it must be
conceded that when call, Sowu aud our fields are
cultivated IN the usual manner, IL produces the
largest crop, II IT survive The cold season Whcth-
er such Improvements may not be made to
binc the benefits Of d and large crop, i, ques-
hon still open to Investigation; the probability is,
that both advantage, may be- secured, by a more
correct knowledge Of the proper time to SOW, and
OF the best methods of culture
In the hr>t volume Of the transactions Of the so.
elctl Tor the promotion Of agriculture, arts and
manufactures, instituted in the state OF New York,
II Is stated that in Huntington, Suffolk county. IF
ty-two bushels Of wheat had been raised by ma
nuic on an acre OF land, aud MIR. Downs is sad 10
have raised, on poor, u vclly, dry soil, by the
use OF fish manure, II the rate OF l2S bushels
OF rye per acre In this case. the rye would
doubtless have lodged and been oi little value were
II not thai II was twice eaten Oh 10y his ncighbors'
sheep which broke into the lot; once when the rye
was nehcs high, and aean when i, was about Z
inches hieh.
The production OF "a largo crop of wheat and
OF rye must have proceeded from causes which are
steady and uniform in tler operations, and if all
tie circumstances winch had occurred to produce
them had been distinguished and noted down. SINH
iaf crops might have been again raised. Some