Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-05-12

shea, and straw. They have only to
nv this method, and feel assured they
will find II to their interest.
In the summer Of 1888. ! soWed one
and three-four.hs Of an acre OF wheat IN
one lot. When harvested and threshed.
had seventy bushels. One full acre
was stouter than the ihree-fourths; there
fore l calculate the one acre produced
forty-two bushels, and the three-fourths at
the rate ofthirly EIGHT bushels to the acre.
The kind of wheat sowed was Siberian
and red chaff. | generally SOW to the
acre one bushel and half OF seed. |
have had the most wheat TO the acre when
sown from the 18th to the goth OF May.
NV usual crop of wheat is from 25 TO 80
bushels to the acre, with common tillage.-
Preparation Of Land.
| plough and harrow my wheat land
three or more times. and harrow between
ploug Kings till think it sufficiently mex
low before sowing. like the practice,
after sowing the last time, of going over
the ground to have it done with light
bush. II leaves the surface of the ground
smoother and covers all the bare kernels.
seldom can make my wheat ground TOO
rich or rich enough. Iapply barn-yard
manure with about an equal quantity oil
leached ashes from my potash, ashes that
4 have used for the last twelve or fourteen
years on tillage and moving land in lois
in different years from three 10 eighl
thousand bushels. After they have been
thrown out from the ashery, find leached
ashes are valuable on all tillage land in
preventing worms from destroying the
seed.
| A few wears since neighbor of mine
planted piece of corn on his land ad
Joining mine: soil naturally about tht
same. The worms destroyed his corr
before wedding, so that he did not hoe
and had no crop, while had from fifty t.
sixty bushels to the acre. Leached ashe
are good on moving land if spread OF
the surface. They will prevent Iarg
white worm which often cuts off the ROOT
Of the grass under the surface of tn
ground. The reason bis obvious. The
do bur little injury on ground wher
Happily generally 10 the acre, is about /
OK cart loads, with as much more barr
!. yard manure. The farm which | occup
is an upland farm, strong and retentiv
soil. Leached ashes are good on dr.
moving lands, and | find from exper
ence, have good effect on quite moi
soil.
General Remarks.
: | sometimes hear farmers say they {
= not believe in the idea of book farmin
= In answer, would say, if my neighb
raises 40 bushels of wheat 10 the acr
and another Is bushels of corn to the acI
= another raises from 400 TO 600 bushels
= potatoes to the acre, and another CT
= from three to four tons of hay to the acl
II which have done for years past, and &
= land is not impoverished, is this boz
:. flaming or an experiment worth publis
i ing2 Will it be known unless it is COZ
= municated to the public in the Farme
= Monthly Visitor. or some other public
- ton / am persuaded it is of importan
= to farmers 10 know how this is dene. t
{. kind of soil on which it is done, and t
IS method of cultivation.
:: think much of the improvements u
are now making in our country in far
ing. and l do think every farmer ought
NO take or read an agricultural publicati
III, for his own benefit and that of his sons
ng "to teach the young idea how to shoo
eil | am persuaded that the farmer who c
ne raise as much bread on five acres Of la
d. as he used TO do on ten, or make I,
G. bushels of wheat grow where he former
or did but one, onght to communicate
- Iexperience to the public. We complg
Of hard times, and that the banks do /
ny discount. The best remedy for farm
J. is to know that he has bank on his far
and that he is the only director. If
he SO manages to raise more than he wal
ur for his own consumption and many kin
it of produce 10 sell, we shall not aear
mt much about hard times tn. FULLER
TX Enosburgh, vi, Mar. IL, 1871.