Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-10-17
From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
TO THE FARMERS OF TuE L. STATES

From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
TO THE FARMERS OF TIE L. STATES.
iha, care and skill have improved irui, trees,
vegetables, and domestic animals, are fact,
known to all classes OF husbandmcn; and the ad-
vantage OF rearing cattle from tho best breeds is
now we'll understood oil over America The aJ- !
vantages that accompany procuring the be ST grain
Tor seed Is as yet but partially understood and very
little attended to.
Repeatedly sowing some kinds of grain on the
same land, Is IN many cases followed by an evil |
dent deriiue IL the quality sill this II must be-
observed, is not a uniform consequence; there
are many and well authenticated instance, where
the change to new soil and climate i. accompa-
MED with deterioration. and IN others us great
an Improvement has taken place
As II IS known that gfaln DC. in some eli !
mates ana SOILS, degenerate In "A minimum, so,nc-
umes IN quahy IN OF or. III quality, and ire |
quenty IN both; practice calculated TO rcmed,
these advantages Is OF great importance to the
agriculture Of the United States On tn, nr,-
sent occasion IT is our "&,ret 10 pom, on, wha,
may be done, thereby showing cha, !, dome in a.
Their countries, and under circumstance f., l..x
favorable 10 the hnsbandmiu, o. ia the opc,a,;onx
OF hushandry, than IN America. Ia Scotland for
exemple the climate is cold, wet and stormy
Yet by care and Industry crops produced, re-
markaoic oo'hf0' qu'tiiil, snd quality There
~"'oH - pau 70 he changing OF
'.'es from the hisi u,.. procure the" seed po-
a''"s and labor. The Who'll s'e'' expense oil
"'' Is bought for, and slowed e.. =, so ,'.'
l,vl,, ' WV" portion Of county CALI M
ny h"t lays south of Souiria Hill, "'''h'-
u" country has til. culrur, -, .,
n'o'benchcIal, AT nded viii, h,,,'. zee"
~ ~. scotland, Yet the climate is 50 mfr,
- ne r'prnIng of clover seed tb,, naI -,
i,a 7 10 Dc procured from EnplnnJ ~, III
-, Farmers Of that country Ir-1nond,
wy I'ea' s'cd, and procure the best thai
andIe greatest 10 an,l;ty 'f W P'''',
~ would appear tina, tho H.. ,
go Gu farmers are guided to I'o ,..,,,,. 49,.
k " S'''' 'hr'' seed from r.ox. I;.,,,.,
AZ - f''"n IN ID" greatest perlrrson f,an,
eye ana son being best adapted 90 M.
II a.. ' "'S choose secd oats nnd pot.,,e.
''h oN" growing, these being plan,, hes, No.,
tea 10 mountainous, cool and mo,, r.n;.,s '"p
.'.p' "nd wheat seed from England und Holland
""'" are comparatively low warm and drv a.,
oe,'er adapted Ia their Production. - ''''
N wen known that in Amrric, our ,
gre NOT good they hav, little kernel or mel ..,1
"e q'a'''! OF our barley Is not what il .,ch, =,
IL :" TO the following circum,t.nc, TN. ,,.....,
address owes its existence ''
In Tue year 1888, a well inf.r,,., nr,:,
''er visited pennsylvania with the obi, =, ,r
" '" oI our practice OF infm,u, .o,I ,,l
.""'"''' rs" short stay here would prrn,;, a.
us return |" Scotland, he procured and ..,, =,
1, "''"as IN Philadelphia some Anyus Oar,
,,.. o"''' oari"y, Wheat and Ry. pra,,
Tue case containing the seed ,,;c,,, -
"o arrive here until The Fall Of 1873 '''
some OF each kind of lle,e seed h,v, 49,,
'""n mere the wheat came np very hin, :, :.
presumed the seed suffered from III, Ian, x,,,.
y" ''e 18Th April, 1896, the O,,, ,nl III
"''e so"h on rather poor but fresh lam, -
uue' ''e season has been cool, and favorable =,
,I;,,r n' s''" ''e'r success hes surpassed an,
uhg That could have been cal,nl,,,j m ~
.ra.,l, =; a"' 'o'' KINDS OF Oats are of superior
t'"".' III strength OF stem, as well AZ tbir k,...
y" ''e ground they would lose no,b;n, j.,
COMPARISON win the crops of Oat, ar Rarlo, r
w., ..o'""!' ana are I'key 10 suffer loss from or.
-; S''"'"' causing them to lodr, On.
J! 't " - '"e 'ao commenced shooting in the ,,,
tenth IL. 'u'y' and the other about the
m. o,a "'"' - winch "src placed to distinguish
inc one tom the other hive yo, H.; s"''"
inns accident prevents Knowing whaJ' anu
angus or Iiopeton Oats that first nu,s o,,, "" n
ear. s' Pu's OUT the
W." 'et us inquire into the economy of c,r.
q. ,s Tue Pr"e"ce OF annually supplying them.
80: WIN new seed gran-and found our c,lc,-
o"' y" "'afm where about 90 busbcl, of Oar.
az. I..J Wv" " year the farmer of such a piece
al
change OF his Dat seed in the f,lI,,;n Wv ""n""'
IS presumed that each buslel of tho nmnr"rai
sn, s nc sows will produce 10 bushels Them nv
" :,, ouying two bushels their produce w,,,,
f'e me ~ bushels required for sownc ON h;.
to he 9, suppose 5n the price ofrhe imported Oa,
md the orso oa ~ the two would cost ga
,,yo W.. price OF country oats was 80 cents III. ,
m WV, would cost Sl.-The expense of ebano;n,, , um
not o;va a'' DC per annum So. The estimate i,
null, no '. as d matter of accuracy. but a, far
a,;n,. W which every can make his own calcn
points neca.sa.' Grange OF seed, there are other
I"'s o. the grain, and one of these !. ',''es ."s
eeuney ',"s'g with it the weeds incident 70 e' 'ha
"anny or ftld where il has grown G,r 20 'he
,rodnc"a !" ms there are farmers who Sa "".
they .au. %o ,h e'r fields, along with tho clover
roo., s'Nen. me narrow leacd piantain. Will,
'as :" sefa place which would o,hsr., 49," ar
SIp'eo by el"vrr. 10 the detrmsn, 80 Use De