Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-09-28

sowed and narrowed. 1t will he seen
that the expense attending this mode of
culture was trifing, compared with the in
come The land likewise being left in
excellent order for following crop of In
dian Corn, or Potatoes, by ploughing in
the spring through the first furrowslice or
rotted sward deem it not out of place
here to observe that this field, six years
previous had been stocked down to grass
with previous dressing of l8 cords of
manure to the acre. The grass crops
had probably averaged 2 tons to the acre,
ofthe best ofhay, (of clover, herds grass,
and red top,) Lmention this to show that
the farmers ofthis country are too apt to
till more landthan they can manure prof
itably.
The Smyrna or Black Sea Wheat ap-
pears to possess properties superior to al
other kinds which have come within my
observation; these qualities are strength
of stroc, thereby bearing better the pei
tings of our New England storms: the
kernel large and plump, with large yield on
rich land, weighing 81 lbs. per bushel and
more in bushels on poor land, than spring
rye.
Last season my crop of wheat was about
80bushels; about one half was disposed Of
for sowing, at $2,50 per bushel. IS of these
bushels were grown on less than acre, which
also received gratuity ST $40, (by the de-
cision of the Committee on Crops for the
Mass. Agr'l Soc.) What the product will
be from the sowings of this year, am un-
| able to state,-not any of it having been
threshed. Twill state that my own field (be-
ing in very rich filthy is not so we'll ker-
nelled as last year. The reason for this
may be found in its too rapid growth for
about IL successive days, previous to the
formation of the berry or kernel, followed by
successive and delnging showers; which
has often beat the crop nearly down. On
harvesting the wheat, the kernel is more
plump than was expected during the weeks
previous to the cutting; the crop will not
much exceed 80 bushels to the acre; with
such a season as last, it would probably have
been ever so.
In giving the above facts. Mr. Editor nv
aim has been, to establish in the minds oil
the agricultural community in this section
OF our country, what is so strongly impressed
on my own, viz. that in most of the New
England States, the husbandman can take
a greater profit from his acres, in a wheat
crop, than in like number of acres in any
other grain There will doubtless be sol
itary exceptions, especially where the sowe1
casts his seed upon the ground with much
faith and little 1oorks, as it will be recol
lected, that wheat demands fine filth, with
a pfevious notification of the authority O
certain interlopers, commonly called aoeeds
My method in preparing seed wheat fo
! sowing, is to mix sufficiency of thick whit,
wash, made from good lime, to coat owe
every kernel, say one quart to bushel O
seed: lie, from wood ashes, will answer a
we'll, except the sowing cannot be perform
ed so evenly. Ihave never been trouble,
with the smut on crop thus prepared.
If the farmer can procure 20 bushels q
good wood ashes for every acre of wheat, t
pc sown on the wheat plants when 2 niche
out Of ground, he will be amply remunerat
ed.
Thirty or forty bushels of the Smyrna, o
Black Sea seed Wheat, perfectly clean
may be had at $3.50, at the granary of,
: Yours, respectfully,
PAYsoN WILLIAMS.
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