Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-03-31
WINTER WHEAT .owN IN SPRING.

l CCU1UcT COIlIluS NIiV ISSuiI VI dtS CAPS.
riment made at Snow Hill, Maryland,
of sowing winter wheat in spring.
From the statement it appears that the
result was highly satisfactory. On or
about the first of March last, bushel
Of the common red chaff winter wheat
was sown; it "sprung up and came TO
perfection about seven to ten days la
ter than usual when such grain is seed
ed in the fall, say September or Octo-
ber." The wheat sown, Zone bushel)
produced ten and according, to the tes-
timony Of the correspondent of the
Cultivator, Geo. Hudson, the grain was
very fine. The farm lies open to the
Atlantic, soil rather poor and sandy.
On kind soil the yield would proba-
bly, have been much greater. Please
give publicity to this fact, as it may be
of service to many ofy your readers, and
thereby oblige subscriber.
S. w. WILLIAMS.
In connection with this subject we
would call the attention Of our readers
to "suggestion," in the first volume
Of the Cabinet, page 374. 1t is there
stated, and on high authority, that the
sowing Of winter wheat in spring, has
been partially adopted, with the hap
piest results, in some parts of Tonnes
see. For the benefit of our readers,
and with the hope that some of them
may make the experiment, and COM
municatc the result, we re-copy the
article. 1t is as follows: In winter
uhe earlier the better, we presume)
the seed grain is put into casks, and
sufficient water added to soak and COW
or it. 1t is then exposed SO that the
water become frozen, and is kept in
this state as far as practicable until the
soil is fit for its reception in the spring.
1t is well known and established fact,
that the operation of frost upon the
seed of winter grain has the same eff
feet as il it were sown in autumn-as
wheat and rye sown at the setting in
of winter will grow and mature. The
advantages which are experienced from
sowing in the spring, are LIST, that the
grain is not subjected to be winter Kill
led; ed, it escapes the Hessian fly in
autumn, and possibly it may escape it,
in the spring; Sd, the ground being
fresh stirred for spring sowing, the
growth will be move vigorous; and
9TH, as it will come into ear late, there
is at least probability that it may
escape the grain worm. The advanta-
ges are so manifest, that the experiment
is worth trial. We hope that many
Of our subscribers may be induced to
try it on small scale, say, by sowing
from peck to bushel OF the grain
prepared in the above described man
ner.
Ferdinand de Soto, the discoverer'
o/the Mississippi.-His stubbornpride
was changed by long disappointments
into wasting melancholy; and his
health sunk rapidly and entirely under
a conflict Of emotions. A malignant
fever cnsucd, during which he had lit
tic comfort, and was neither visited
not attended as the last hours Of life
demand. Believing his death near at
hand, he held the last solemn interview
with his faithful followers; and, yield
ing to the wishes Of his companions,
who obeyed him to the last, he named
successor. On the next.day, MAY
81, l542) he died Thus persisted Fer
dinand de Soto, the Governor Of Cuba.
the successful associate Of Pizarro. His
miserable end was the more observed,
from the greatness of his former pros
perity. His soldiers pronounced his
culogy by grieving for their loss; the
priests chantcd over his body the first
requiems that were ever heard on the
waters Of the Mississippi. To conceal
his death, his body was wrapped in a
mantle, and, in the stiffness ofmidnight,
was silently sunk in the middle Of the
stream. The discoverer Of the Mis-
sissippi slept beneath its waters. He
had crossed large part Of the conti-
nent in search Of gold, and found Moth
ing 50 remarkable as his burial place.
Bancroft's History Of the U. S.
A Pady went hunting and cham
ced to get alongside Of frog pond,
and seeing a squirrel ahead, drawned
up, and says he .now my swate dar-
ling, I'll give you dose Of Irish pep
per sauce" when bull frog from the
pond bawlcd out. "you lic.'' CHOW,
who the d are yer" inquired Pat
seriously, and at the same time throw
ing down his gun and rolling up his