The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-04-17
AGRICULTURAL.

METHOD OF RAISING WHEAT SEVERAL YEARS
I'm SUCCESSION ON THE SAME LAND.-Mr. Ed
mund G. Millet, of Minot, observed that he pur-
chased iarm few years since, that had been
running down for 20 years. and as he could not
at once obtain manure enough to improve the
whole of the farm, and us he wished to raise on
more land than he could prepare in the usual
manner he followed the method OF improving
his land by clover, as recommended IN the trst
volume of the Farmer Two years ago last
spring. he commenced sowing about pounds
of clover seed to the acre, with his wheat, and as
soon as the wheat was harvested, he ploughed
in the clover stubble, and last spring he plough
ed the ground again, and sowed wheat and cio-
YER as before, without any manure. When he
harvested the wheat, he kept what grew on
rods less than half an acre, by itself, as 1t was
Black sea wheat, different kind from the rest
of the crop; the produce was l8 l-2 bushels
The other kind of wheat on the same ground
was good crop, but being harvested with sew
eral acres, grown on land differently prepared,
the produce not ascertaned.--Mr NJ. says
that he shall manage part of his land in the
same manner for years, and see what the result
will be: he thinks it will be favorable He in
tends to get a cultivator, and work his ground
with that IN the spring, as it will be cheaper
than ploughiug, and he can loosen the surface
without disturbing SO much of the stubble and
clover when il is we'll ploughed under.
Plaster sown with clover, would increase the
crop on most soils, and on that account benefit
the succeeding crop of wheat but whether a
very rank growth of clover would injure the crop
of wheat with which it grows, or not, we cannot
say it is good subject for experiment. We
select the following remarks:
Experience has demonstrated that when the
sulphate of lime, or plaster of Paris is applied
to soils, that it increases the growth of clover
and that when clover is grown upon the soil
mixed, either by ploughing in the whole crop
or by turning under the clover stubble, that i
prepares such soil for producing wheat in great
er perfection than when manure is applied from
the yard
1t has been, by pursuing this course of tllage
or rotation of crops, that many lands in western
New-Yorh, which by nature were thin, ligh
soils, and which did not, when first cultivated
produce more than Is bushels of wheat per acre
have been made to produce from 30 to 40 bush
els. How long the fertility of lands thus manag
ed,wi continue to increase, is unknown, but thu
far our fields which have been cultivated the grea
est length of time, where attention has been pait
to rotation, produce not only the greatest quaint
ty but the BEST quality of wheat. Where field
are clear from slumps and stones SO that the,
can be ploughed deep and regular, and wher
proper attention has been paid to seeding will
Timothy and Clover,many prefer turning Glove
either in crop or subble under, allowing it to re
main, working the soil lightly with drag and rol
lers. In this way it is thought the greatest ad
vantages by the preparatory crop is realized
Yankee Farmer.