Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-07-31
Agricultural.
From the Genesee Farmer.
; rpnRrs CIV FARMS--No. 4.

Nh. Tucker-In my sketch of Wheat
land, mentioned that might furnish Tor
vour use, particular account OF the man 4
agement, produce and profits of several ?
farms | visited, individually. As have |
the liberty to use the name Of Gen. Raw
son Harmon, a1d as neglected to obtain t
the same liberty from the other gentle
men visited, will commence with his.
Gen. Fl. has farm of 260 acres, 200
under cultivation, and about 60 acres in
wheat, annually, this year rs acres, aver
aging, for a course of years, 81 or %
bushels to the acre. In one instance 81
bushels, from one bushel of seed, on IA
acres of land. In 1887, crop only Is
bushels, in '38, 10; in '33, fruitful
year, 81 IL bushels.
He thinks fall ploughing not good for
any crop, though sometimes warranted for
killing blue grass. Summer follows the
greater part Of his wheat ground, first
ploughing in June, sometimes ploughed
but once, generally twice more, before
sowing, which is from the 10th to the
Goth Of September; except for the fly,
would prefer from 9Th to the 18th.
Once ploughing, in August, of land
that has been moved or pastured, follow
ed by the roll and harrow, produces good
crops. Frequently sows wheat after
corn, and barley, but not 80 much after
oats and potatoes.
Prefers cutting wheat before the kernel
IS hard, thinks the -four better, straw
worth about double, and harvested with
less waste. Uses the cradle entirely for
cutting wheat, even when lodged, which
is followed by tne rake, put in shocks of
l2 sheaves, without caps, put in the barn
in from Ito days, after cutting, from 10
20 l2sheaves producing bushel. Thinks
pecks of seed to the acre sufficient, sows
flint and Indiana wheat, the last 8 or A
days earliest. Sowed In March, of last
year, one quart of early May wheat, pro.
duced Ii quarts badly shrunk, which was
sowed in the fall by the side of about the
same quantity from Virginia, little differ.
ence in the wheat, now growing from
each. Usually sows A or 5 bushels o
summer wheat, thinks it preferable fol
bread to winter wheat.
The Hessian fly deposits its eggs, some
time before the last of September, below
the lowest joint near the root. From Ma,
TO July a nit, about the length of fla:
seed, and half its width. may be found il
the straw. In its first stages, the nit i
white, when more matured, about the col
or and smoothness of fax seed. From
this Fit fly is Matched, about the lengt
of the common house fly, but more slim
which deposits the egg producing the Nil
above described.
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apt to be injured by this insect, and some
times attacks and destroys spring whea
but more rarely than the winter kind.
A worm has attacked wheat in this v
cinity for twenty years. The egg is d
posted in the kernel, while in the mill
and continues in it after the grain is Gu
frequently appears when threshing, ar
sometimes in the screen box. The iniul
from this worm is to the kernel, whic
turns black, is not much eaten after it b
comes hard. The worm is ga an inc
long. not larger than a common knittir
needle Is far less injurious to the whe
crop, than the insect before mentione
and much evil or danger is moi to be a
pretended from it. Does not answer Il
description gwen by Judge Buel, Of Il
grain worm in the eastern part of Ii
State, and in New England; its histo
not known.
Land Intended to lie in pasture or mo,
iug ground one year or more, alwa
seeded with clover, from to lbs. to 4
acre, sowed on the wheat in March.
Clover culture considered almost ind
pensable in connection with wheat.
Plants corn on clover lay, plough
once, rolled and narrowed immediate
before planting cultivated, or clean
almost entirely with the shovel plou
and cultivator; does not hill, cuts /
corn at the roots, when the greater part
it is glazed, and portion of it only fit
roasting. Stalks nearly equal to hay,
cellent for sheep; produces from 80 to
bushels to acre averages forty.
Oats sowed with once ploughing, re
ing. and narrowing, bushel of plaster
the acre used produce about SO bush
to the acre. Potato oat best, had 33 Blu
els from Is quarts, weighing 43 lbs; c
tivated like common oats; now raises
other.
Beans planted in drills, feet ap
kept clean with shovel plough and Gu
valor produce IS to 80 bushels to
acre DO not exhaust land, good to
cede wheat, one season preceded ruta
ga, former planted 10Th Of May, latter
Of July. Peas have in great meas
failed for several years past.
Gen. Harmon thinks rula baga the n
profitable root raised, put on clover
with once ploughing, rolling and harr
ing, sowed in drills BY drill barr