Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-06-15
No. 90.

ther, and male an Improvement nv sowipo
y" June, and mixing it with barley. supges
10 us The making experiments 10 ascertain
me result m our ewn country. u is very
oes""oie Inst our farmers should, this very
season, try the sewing of wheat, mixed wiki
} barley, so early as June that, il il answe rs.
'he practice may he adopted as soon and as
generally as possible. The two-ye bag
ley must he preferable TO all other grains, on
account OF its rapid growth, and the certain
ty that il is 10 he killed by winter. Grain
that may, in part, survive winter, would mix
with, and injure she value of, the wheat In
the next place, we have not been in tho prsc-
lice OF sowing two-rewed barley there
will be some difficulty IN procuring il for the
mixture and, should il prove thai the June
sowing is an advantage, there viii be ne
ceSs"y Tor raising or importing this kind of
barley The wheat that remains in the stab
bic, after reaping the June sown grain, forms
The crop that comes 10 maturity in she sue
ceeding year.
vi late years, from some cause, even in
the best wheat districts the wheat crops have
been very moderate and precarious. Be the
cause what Il may, perhaps early sowing will
mitigate the evil and The presence of the
barley may attract the attention OF the Hess
sian fly, and thus protect the w heat from this
ravages of that insect
ToeXtend the cultivation as far North as
possible, render the crops moro certain in the
wheat districts, and protect il every where
from the destructive effects fike fy, are OBJ
Jects oil great importance, and ought to secure
Inc attention oil farmers 10 this, and all pro-
Jects that are recommended 10 us by their
feasibility and experiment is the only test
10 be relied on, as to utility : and the fact of
wheat having been in the ground for thirteen
months, and the accounts Of sew ing in June,
along WIN barley, warrant the presumption
that the plan may sucseed here, and will in
duce experiments, on moderate scale, TO be
made all over the United States
Where two-rowed barley cannot be got.
four-rowed (viz. besr) should DO used {; and,
in the absence Of both, employ oats and,
should II barPon that part of the oats, OF the
four-rowed barley, survives tho Water, their
mixing with the wheat viii injure its market
value but this cannot mar the experiment
hope that yourself and associates will
give TO the subjs0i your serious attention
and, as the season for early sowing is at hand,
proceed with as much expedition as the pa
tnre Of the business will pernit. As for this
communication, you are at liberty 10 make
such use OF II ne appears most likely TO pro-
mote the object we have in view.
Very respectfully, yours,
JAMES DONALDSON.
ELIJAH WooD, Esq,
Kennebec County Agricultural Society.
so guard against giving 30 you a
PROJECT founded on false principles. submits
ted the proceeding to frIead, in whose good
sense and agricultural knowledge, practical
and theoretical, have full confidence.
md his opinion is in favoT of sariy sowing,
ana considers Tho plan Of sowing in June,
July: and August. worthy u your attention.
Al his instance, request yeur attention to
the fact that the presence Of lime is on essen
tlai constituent in good wheat soil and that,
II tins element is absent in your lands, he
ADVISES the farmer to manure with lime
For further particulars, he refers &c the May,
1897, number of the Farmers Register,
published in Petersburg, Virginia. Ny
friend recommends that the land for early
sowing should be well prepared, and made
mellow by repeated pleughiags and he
thinks the stable or other manure should be
put on, as top dressing, at the commence
ment OF winter