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| We extract the following from the Gene.e
Farmer Of the isih ultimo. and commend !, /,
the immediate attention Of our Farmers:
tChs~s"ssa,g REPOSITORY.
CULTIVATION OF SPRING WHEAT.
Extract Of g Isl,, from the Rgs. JAYNE, .pCsH
@ Ru'hJora, .iHsssny Co, Pa.
In answer TO your inquiries with re
gard 20 my experiments and experience,
IN The culture OF Spring Wheat, ] hav.
the pleasure Of saying they have boil
been very satisfactory. Previous {,
1888. had not for fifteen years sowr
any OF that kind OF Wheat; when I va
induced TO sow two acres with ,hre,
bushels Of seed. The product Of thes,
two acres was seventy bushels Of heat
In 1884 my winter wheat was yer,
badly frozen out; | went on and har
-o~td in Spring Wheat as soon as the
frost had left the ground. Twelve
acres Of this wheat produced two hun
dred and seveniy-six bushels. or TWEEN.
ty-three bushels per acre. Another
piece Of FIVE acres produced one hun
dred and forty and a half bushels,
or thirty bushels TO the acre. Another
piece Sown on wheat stubble, produc-
ed twenty-five bushels TO the acre.
Last spring / sowed ten acres OF
wheat stubble. which was ploughed
once in November. and the seeh was
narrowed in Us early in the spring as
the frost would permit; this will yield
me twenty bushels per acre. | also,
sowed four acres from which corn had
been taken the year previous: and
which will give me thirty bushels TO
the acre. As a continuation OF my
former experiments Of sowing Spring
Wheat on winter killed wheat, ] sowed
one bushel on some spots where Win
ter Wheat had been killed out by snow
dnits, one half OF which at least was
picked up by the pigeons, yet the re-
mainder produced sixteen bushels. and
bad | have sown all that was killed out
Of the piece Of nine acres. il would
have added to my crop fifty bushels
more.
/ am so we'll satisfied with my ex-
Perience on this subject. that would
IN all cases where wheat is badly win
ter killed, whether in spots, or genci-
ally. recommend to SOW the ground in
Spring Wheat. aud harrow IL 10 as ear.
ly As you are satisfied the old roots are
dead. Narrowing lightly over wheat
that IS alive will not injure the roots at
all, and the scattering Winter Wheat
that grows up will produce no injurious
effect. BeiWe the two you are sure
OF good crop; and besides, you keep
out of the land, grass, weeds, and other
foul stuff. such Is cookie. chess, SC.
which every farmer knows will spread
on the unoccuPIrd soil TO thousand
fold.
Some Of my best neighboring far
mers. have been for a number Of years,
IN the practice Of preparing their
ground intended for wheat. IN the pre-
Vious fall, and sowing their Spring
Wheat ss stated above as early as pos
sible, and have uniformly succeeded in
getting good crops.
Spring Wheat is more apt TO smut
than Winter Wheat; but ! have not
had any snuity wheat Of this kind.
neither do have any in my Winter
Wheat. Beng satisfied that smut is
contagious. I have for twenty years
washed all my seed wheat in strong
brine. Tor pickle. and skim OF all tina,
floats on the top. When the wheat has
drained 10 a basket a few minutes, I
mix dry lime With II, letting IL lie
twelve hours. and II longer it will sus-
tain no injury.
There are two kinds OF Spring Wheat
raised by farmers in the country, the
and the bald; which - the
best 10 yield ] am not able TO ssy.
having raised none but the bearded
but IL is evident the bald would be the
most pleasant TO work amongst
Yours, &C. JAMES M'CALL
Rushford, Nov. ~, 1856