Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-09-09
From dc S. c. Tluperanee .ideoea,e,
Re Ne,c5trry .dgrieuitural Society :

from llc .. L. Temperance -fdcocaiS
To The Se,c5sry Agrienitural Soeieiy:-
In discharge Of the duty assigned To me, with
other members, at the last meeting Of tho Agri-
cultural Society, will, as well Us | am able,
put you in possession Of oil the information
,-hch possess, on the subier, Of wheat.
have now, for 2l years. annually sowed crop
OF wheat: and | have uniformly made sninc,
although in Two years, that SOME was very liz.
lie, and very indifferent. Yet, on the hole, |
have generally made enough for the use Of my
family. and am persuaded that there are few
farmers, who cannot do Us well. and mauy who
can do abundan;ly better.
The attention should be first directed 10 the
selection Of seed. IL is an old saying, that 'a
change from snnd is no change al all. by which
rs meant, when you change your seed wheat,
d" not take from sandy soil. strong clay
soil gives The best varieties OF wheat. For o'ir
climate, wheat from the North or West does not
answer well: il IL generally Too late. aud Is
more liable TO the rust. II we could Obtain
whca, from parallelsoi' latitude in the old world
corresponding with ours. think il would sue.
coed admirably. So 400, wheat, from the
| South aud Son;h West Of "ur own continent.
will do well, and hence have no doubt. that
tno variety of'rcxian Wheat, introduced among
us by our cs,imablc citizen. aud eueiprsing
and skilful farmer, Judge Wilson. will Succeed
admirably Of our own varieties, nouc have
answered 80 well with me, rs that which is
known by the name of the Holland Wheat.
II is small yellow grain and wes shs uniform
" 90 lbs. and upwards TO the b,lshci. lirpens
| abom week earlier than our common win;eI
wheat. aud viii stand longer after II Is ripe. AS
IL ripcnS, the field exhibits most beautiful yc
low soldrn appearance looking at il, a. gently
moved by The wind, IL looks like sen OF mul.
ten gold. II is not as liable Ia rust. blish, or
smut obtained il from John llul!and. OF Lau-
rens, in the year 1888 when the wheat of the
upper country, was entirely blIsh,cd and d..
siroyed. he made from 20 acres, 200 bushels
Of ncel, cleaned, lncrchantablc wheat have
sowei it every year sincc. This year. and
1880, il was slightly touched BY III" rust, but not
so rs To iujure i, in l-:io. found Irlc smut
in it, bur no, enou.h 10 compel lis t" wash ii.
The seed ought nn, only 10 be selected from a
good variety, bu, i, should he well prepared for
being sowu. In the first place, it should be tho
roughly dried by the sun belnre ii is put up !uI
secd this prevents wcavels, and gives snund LEd
healthy grains for vcseta,ior. In The mex, place,
siit the seed carefully with COED sand seivc :
this will take out all the small immature grains
IN the third place. for 81 hours before you SON
il, soak your seed III preparation OF water 81.
tura,od with about lb. OF blucs,onc 10 every
bushels of wheat. Before ynm take out your
seed wheat. which will be found nj the bottom
Of :ke cask or tub, ir which you soak ii. skim
of the floating grains and trash. When hnve
pursued this course. which was recommended /
to NE by nv friend John 5. Carsie, | have
escaped the slaat. ~ least n busllel Of seed
Il sa ;s iIe si alIh G shsSgs PEG q l ae eana a
hasf bashais ,ssay ba sown. Wheat thus sown
will l.ialsc greater Yield, and is no. 30 liable tc
rust. This idea. ITalncmber, was suggested
many years ago. by Mr.. North, to the Farmers
Society of Pcndle,on and vas enforced by such
reasons, as induced Inc 10 yield my assent 10 !,
fully. | wish. ,ha, hy some means The AgrI-
cultural community could again have the op. |
por,uuity Of reading thu; valuable practical cS-
say.
More attention know ought Ia he bestowed
OH the ground OH which! wheat X s"wn than
we generally do. Fnllow land Is hes, for wheat
II i, is well broken up, and thc wheat well put
in with shovel plough, and the ground made
level and smooth witt, harrow ar roller.
think we should hear little complaint Of the Hes
sim fly. Few WILL however, for the present.
take SO much pains. Our S"riely Is INTENDED
10 encourage improvement, aud nope some
one will Try ths suggestion.
Wheat uusl, ,u be- sown OH clay soil. and
never later THAI, the 1T or I'd wcc; ~ October:
still earlier wonld. | ;hink. be- better. Twcnl!
bushels OF cotton seed 10 every acre will give I"
the crop fine healthy and vigorous state.
incline to think that top dressing ahont the l>i
of March. of aEou, D bushels 10 The ucrc OF
Stacked ashes would greatly Improve The crop.
have never tried i, on wheat. bu, know that
i, is grca, benefit ,u cultivated grasses.
The crop Of wheat on.ht 10 be cut before 1t
is dead ripe it should stand for two or three
Iays in the field in small shocks. l. the V"a-
ihrr is dry. IL may tl,c, be housed safely. As
soon as the crop is laid hy. (about the middle "i
Juy,) the whea, should be ihrashed ont. ceam
ed. aud summed. One days sun is scarcely ever
sufficient. Two successive days is generally
enough. take il np and pu, Itaway while hot
from the sun; in the course of u few days ai
terwards commence 10 grind, In this way
my flour al the end o!a year - just as good IL
/, was on the day on which il was ground
Good -four eau only be exp, c'ed from good
wheat in good condition. When TIN, is the ease.
good mil. with good cloths aud u sk'llful nil
Ter. can make as good Hour here, Is can be mndr
any where. Many pers"ns ruin their flour hy
desiring 10 have more than can he made My
father whose long experience and skill in the
manufacture Of -four is well known. states that
the following ought 10 be the results of well
arou d bushel OF wheat, weighing 60 !lis. One.
tentl., lhs must be deducted for toll onc.sislli,
10 lbs. for bran-9 lbs. FOR middlings and shorts.
which will make an aggregate Of ~ lbs lcav-
ing 50 lbs. Of -four. From: wicl, IL appears
that lille less than 6 bushels {sny five und n
half will make barrel of flour weighing 1872
neat.
JOHN BELTON O'NEALL.
Springfield, July 8, lsil.