The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-11-17
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ESSAY on WHEAT.

! lgsIcLliLriSi :-GEN1LEMEN - SEQ IN
the April No. Of the Agrlculinrisi, you OF.
/ fer premium for the best Essay on tho
culture Of Wheat adapted TO 1ennessee.--
Although am plain old Faimer' aud
have never wrote much for The public eye,
| | feel disposed 10 give you my experience
ON tba, subject, vhich you can publish II
you think proper.
A farmer should ia the fast place selec.
the hes, variety of wheat, having regard 10
The quantity produced and also the quality
ofthe flour. | viii give you short bls'o'
~ of INV layoriie kind, which is the Lau'
Ter. | introduced il into Tennessee las
believe) some Is years ago. commence
ed with two heads, that being all l could
procure. | drilled and worked II. The
| fire, crop produced about one pint, The Sc
cond, managed III the same way, produced
d bushels. then sored broadcast, and
made ubou, 90 bushels. The largest crop
| ever made was 30l bushels per acre, ono
bushel Of which weighed 90 lbs the small.
lest crop about ! bushels per acre.
have generally made from d 10 20 bushels
per acre. believe 1t is generally admit.
ted, that tho Lauler wheat makes iafres
Gaur than any other wheat, and the ladies
saw, iha, i, is not only ialrer, hu, better +;
that it is more lively, and tises Le;ler than
any other -four. The L&ulcr wheat should
ia soan from the 20.h Of September to
Goth October The other v6rle'ics with
which am acquainted, nav be so~n from
Il a N =. 4 Il 10y III
IL is intended to SOW On corn land tho
ground should be as fee from weeds as
possible. prefer plougL'ng in my wheat
with the bull tongue plough, as II leaves
lie surface a little rough, which believe
causes the wheat 10 stand the winter better
than # the ground was perfectly smooth
and level. In corn laud the hoe should loi-
low the plough and cover the WHEAT about
slumps and places where The plough falls 10
DO il. To prepare iuilow lor wheat,
break The ground deep 10 the month oi Az.
aust, aud cross plough It necessary.--
Plough N tho Nhea, With The boil tongue
pough. lis important that tie ground
should not be very vel when she wheat IS
sown; inde, d ii cannot lie too day. he
lese that rolling u any ether process I'M.
medlately after sowing, which would leave
The surface smooth, would cause she lfcA 10
k,II more wheat than Il the surface was
little rough; for when the ground IS smooth,
aud there comes hard frcczr, The surface
{ rises in solid sheet but not 50 when 1t IS
rough. The roller might be US 10 ad'au'
taee ia the spring to press The dirt 10 the
roots Of the wheat. Tile quantity sown on
Ordinary land should be bushels per
acre. and IN rich rev land OF Hard made
rich By manure ! ! will 10 sufficient !
believe that thin sowing often causes our
wLea, crops to foil shon. Wheat that
stands thin is more subject 20 rnsi than that
a hich stands thick, for The tcascp The ihick
natures the quickest. To avoid tho zee.
) vti, Us soon as tho wheat gets sufficiently
dry, th'esh il ou' aud sun II we'll snd il will
keep good for years. 7 he lIrssiau hy
consider the most formidable enemy Ni'h
which We have 10 contend in the cultivation
, OF wheat Without saying any thing On
the different opinions az to how The fy or.
: islnates or operates, will state the best
! preventative with which am Acquainted.
Sun the wheat well. say two days, sow
!, when the ground is dry, and SOW on rich
lard. Il is useless 10 expect coed crop Of
wheat on land that is too poor 10 produce n
g good crop Of corn. Il has been said ~
. some persons that late sowing would pre-.
j. vent the operation Of the 0y, but the last
fes years have decided that matter boy ond
q doubt lur the latest soun wheat has been
= The mos; injured, at least as Ear as my &c.
. qaa,niauce extends have heard Of only
tNo crops Of wheat tie present season which
arc injured by the tiy, and they are both Of
: the spring wheat sown late in February or
4 early 10 March. Ny wheat crops have not
). been materially injured BY the o. during
), the las, . years, with the exception Of two
!, years, ard those two years my seed wheat
i was not sufficiently stunned. consider 1t
Ii important TO select tho largest and best
grains for seed. For TINT purpose ! have
. a wire sieve, which will lei tho small grains
). Of wheat and cheat pass through and retain
the large only II is certainly as impor.
tart TO sow The best grnins Of shea, as il is
to plant the best grains Of corn. Nv pres.
eut prospect for a wheat crop is very prom.
lsine. ! have small quantity Of Cuh(or
MA wheat, which think has the finest
looking heads ever saw, though have
70 my doubts whether it will succeed uel ia
. nur climate, as the last winter killed about
h Of what had growing, and the las, win.
!, ter was unusually mild. design however
d giving il fair trial. think | have seen
i it recommended in the Agriculiurisi, TO the
farmers TO cultivate less land and bestoa
!, more labor on tho improvement Of ihrir
q lands by monuriug, &c. From some ,rial.
oc | have made am fully convinced or the
m correctness Of the advice. In February
!, 1911, pu, tolerable dressing of barn
II ta'd and stable manure on few acres o
10 land, and IN tho fall gathered an excellent
70 crop Of corn from it, II is now ia wheat
% and think vii Yield 30 bushels por mere
If whilst the land adjoining will perhaps no
!; yield more than . or 90. feel very so