Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-09-22

fee'. Since thea i, is their nature Ii "a se.
$3.50 - ms. DC obvious, that the eres!ehc be-
d. ct pusser,zed earth they have ,n,,s. 80
the better, az the less difficulty they exn.,.
IN their downward course che less ohsr.
they meet with, the more profitable viii n, n.
bors prove, and the more vigorous viii ,Asyro-
In times OF drought, il must be a!so s,hv;r.s
ideePiy pioaghed grsands ufforj the rrensrr,.
lection, affor1ng they do pas,ur. me..siS,
beyond the reach Of the intense heat or ,h.un
Again, should the season De wet ono dec, vs,s
iverized groand furnishes 4 medium by whica he
roots OF the plants may be relieved from ,hedel-
eiefious effects Of any supe.abundancs Of ya.e-,
by means OF the drainage thus provided Ncw
the subject IN whichever ligk NAV, common
sense and reason concur in the pr"prssiy Of deep
ploughing and thorough pslyerizatios Of the
SOIL
! PREPARATION OF THE SEED
| All estraneous bodies and substances shouid be
carefully separated froa, the kernels Of wheat.
All ,ceedseed my be separated by means Of
riddle or seive. After being winnowcd, let tho
grain be thrown into vessels OF clean water, IN
small parcels, and thoroughly washed. Stir TIN
grain well and skim off all floating substances
After it is thus washed and cleaned, put Il into 6
pickle made SO strong of salt as TO float an egg
in i!..- ii should remain from "a to IS hours. then
strain it off through baskets. and to every busbe'
Of wheat add quarts Of fresh powdered line,
fslucked) and one of Plaster Of Paris: mix the
lime and plaster thoroughly with The wheat; after
which it should he dried and sown rs speedily as
possible, though it will not niure by remaining IA
dav or so, provided il be not kept in too great n
bulk.
Ther re are other soaks strongly recommended
as solutions OF Copperas, solutions OF Blue
stone, lev of Wood ashes, 10y of Potash, Lime wa
ter (cold.) Solution OF Arsenic, solution Of natire
s. boiling water Bat the one we have first named,
we believe will be found most convenient and e.
quaijy salutery.
QUANTITY OF SEED TO THE ACRE.
Less than pecks to the acre we think should
not be sown, and under peculiar contingencies wo
should not hesitate TO Sow from TO "a bush.
els.
If the ground be good, well prepared by deep
plouching and thorough narrowing, and the seed
be put in early, pecks to The acre will be enoncf
as under such circumstances the loss from tins
failure of the seed TO vegctatc, and the freeing
nut of the plants, will be much less than il sown
late.
If The ground be not good, and the seeding late.
allowance should be made for the loss OF sced by
:. RI - G..s ai.At
ma mar ,. maen grea'es amount Of growing grain !,
owances for these things stouId .I,va,y. Al
ior should the farmer be in,tfec,;,. VIC maze;
hat the kernels Of some wh.-t e ,,,,,.. me TACT
han those Of others, in which "a, ". iarges
owance should be made, as 4 busheI / use an al
on,nins much less number Of kerncreh wheat
mailer kind. the
TINE OF SOWING.
The bcs, time of sowing, we believe to be from
h, Is, September ~ the first of October; many
,erons recommend both earlier anu later Porioos
# sowing than either Of these, but all things
onsio,red We believe those We have named the
'esf.
GENERAL REMARKS.
We have no doubt in our mind that IN many
,s,,pcos too l,,,,c wheat is sown and hence II -
hat ,he wheat fields arc mostly covered with
WORTHLESS. weeds, which while they extract the
INSTANCE from the earth and thus rob the wheat
its food, 10 not in the least benefit either tho
oil or its owner. Hence it il that we have a.
yavs beer, the advocate Of heavy seeding and Of
owing clover seed on nil grain fields as early ia
ne spring as practicable BY the occupancy OF
he soil with grass plants, the growth eli weeds -
xcluted in = great degree, and when the wheat
ripe, your ground will have q covering OF young
lover to protect il from the scorching rays OF
nc sun.