Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-07-05
AGRICULTURAL,
E'nnrt The Planter.

STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Eepon OF ihc COMMITTEE on ST7zA GrdiH.
Tie co,nnIitIet ~ whom was referred .llc
snb;ec, Of snail grain. submit The following
report
!fnc;r principal attention has been directed
4, wheat which they believe, Tor great par!
Of the State. may be made s. proh!ah'e staple
crop. So far Ms Ii.cir observation has extended,
they think i; can te suya n,a .cousy cultivated
every where, except on ,he tide swamp lands.
Wherever a clay basis can he found. wheat
can be raised. In my last spring circni'. ! OBJ.
served tha, WHEAT grew well in CollciGn and
Orauschursh. and was delighted 10 no'e flie
change which, in This respect lev years had
broush, ahoai. Indeed. the prcvloiis year. 1
did no, ubsrrsc riusle blade oi wheat IN the
same region.
Tie value Of such crop may be Tins com.
payed with coi,uI. On .uveIase-land, wheat
well put in, vii! make 4 result of iroin . TO ID
bushels per acre; ;tis Is wor'h as many dollars
An average cotton crop. may be ptf' dowa at
500 lbs in the seed so the acre !; this is not, nj
preseu,, worth ,nsrc Than 80. Awheai crop.
: madc with about onc-Ihiid at the labor oi the
cotton crop, aud cer,ainly not with Onetenih
of the waste Of the soil. These facts wil!show
how laf wheat may be- resDTtcd 10 ns uiiitnpoT.
taui staple crop. I; cannot, and II ought not
10 supercede cotton; bu, il may ,io mich ~
make less cotton avail us, than has heretofore
been the case.
In preparing Cor wheat it is best 10 scs tue
field lie iallow the year previous; It this cam
mol be, aud wheat Is 10 Inflow corn IL - adris-
able 10 plough early. aud turn under well the
yryesaSe matter before Il is killed by The 'rosl
or dried up by the sun. In ali INSTANCES,
whether corn or Ellow. the land should be
plou.hed deep. THIS, in The "pinion oia most
successful and experienced whea. grower. VIII
prevent failures in the CROP.
Seed should be selected from good variety;
the hes; with which we ere acquainted, is the
Red. and Blue Stem, the Holland the Big
White and the early Spring Wheat. Seed from
Che North or from England, seldom snccreds
weH with us. II requires longer winter than
ours--aud is seen III. The beginning 0! summer
10 be killed ty rust. lf we could obtain seed
wheat from similar parallels Of latitude, ~ the
old world, we have no doubt il would succeed
admirably. But we have cuoash Of our own
already ciimaiized, and il is only necessary TO
give il farmers treatment, and il will abun-
DAINTY reward our abers. The heaviest aud
hes, wheat should bc selected Tor seed We
usually take ours from !iint portion which Tire
ihresber throws beyond tic riddle.
Before sowing. the seed should be carefully
SIZED witi, sand seiye, so as 10 remove the
immature grains and the cookie. To prevent
su,is. tho seed shoaIi be soaked for about twelve
hours, IN solution Of blue stone, prepared in
the ratio Of nns pound to every five bushels.
When this % carefully attended to- .oa, expe-
rienee is that sinpt win not eiiec, the wheat.
CopPcras. i has been susses,o,I. may answer
asa subj tituie. but if 80. II mus, be r.scd in
larger 81 antiiics. Lime Will, Think, have
I,4G1 &c, yr., URiUn.