The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-09-12

With but oDe single exception, all tht
wheat we have examined this season ha:
favored The belief dat early sowing is best
This brings US 10 the time for SoEiag.-
We would always endeayor 10 make our
arrangements to commence by the 18th o.
: September and flash from tue lst 10 the
, lOlb Of October.
5 Tue second subject 10 which we would
} call the attention OF the wheat grower, is
The use Of chdrcoal.
? In France, as well as IN America, exam
pies are al command 10 show that the op,n
; ION prevails in the minds of practical far
MerS 10 both countries, that the wheat cIol
, has been preserved from the Ill effects o.
: tue Rust by the application of fine charcoal
TO the soil as a top dressing The quantities
J are not stated, but We should thiuk that
,Ffy bushels to the acre would be sUfi
cleut. This is a substance that every far.
ner may provide d, but lillle cost Of labor
and time. As Se have before promised,
the conservative properties Of charcoal may
arise from lis great powers Of ABSORPTION,
silnly for ammonia, carbonic acid, and
the retention oil those substances when alb
sorbed, as also 10 the fact OF lis possessing,
IN IT'S constituent properties, portions Of the
ahcate Of potash. The experiments Of
agricultural chemists teach US, that char.
coal will absorb ninety times lis weight Of
ammonia, and that i! yields il aa slowly to
the voItatc action Of the roots OF plants, aud
The more approved opinion is, that ammo
MIA forms very material food of plants
II these facts be as stated, the exemption
arising 10 the wheat plant from the use of
charcoal may accrue in this way-frSt, by
/ the supply of The silcate Of potash to give
strength and the power Of resistance 10 the
stem Of the plants-aud, secondly, BY lis
yielding up the nOtriiive food SO slowly,
f; as not to endanger their disruption through
! grossness Of hu!i. or surcAarge Of the
sap-yessels.
We otfer these suggestions in the hope
that they may induce experiments 10 be made
the approaching season. 10 les! The virtue
OF charcoal. II it possess the property as
crIbed 10 il, Of being preventive against
Rust, It Is desirable that the truth of lis eI-
ticacy be es,abIlshed--if II do not possess
1t, /, Is equally important that fact be also
established, in order that delusion may be
put TO rest. But as ueliher It's efficacy or
netbcacy can be established without O Sc.
( RES OF well conducted experiments, we sin
ce'ely rust taat wheat growers will feel
themselves called upon TO make them.
Thirdly We would suggest in every
instance where whea! may be sown, that |
The ground undergo thorough preparation,
and that all should consider deep pIoughing /
and repeated borrowings essential opera
tons.
Fourti'y. We would advise, tia, if the
land mny not have been previously lined,
that from 70 10 bushels or ime per acre
be snwn thereon. or on equal quantity OF
ashes. These quantities are small, buI
will be found suAicen! for the uses Of q sea.
son. And wherever wheat may be sown
on c!oyerley, we would SOW from = 10
bushels Of salt 10 the acre. !
FYihly, We would, by all means, be
particular in the selection Of good seed,
having due regard to weight of grain,
strength Of straw, earliness Of maturity,
and quality OF flour.
Strthly. We would not have any wheat
sown without having it first thoroughly
washed in pure water, and then soaked IN a
brine Of salt, that would bear an egg OF pc.
tatoe, for "a hours, which, when taken on,
should be drained, aud then dried in lime.
We are more particular in Insisting upon
this mode Of preparing seed wheat, because
we have noticed many accounts Of injury
to the crops during the late season from
smut, disease perfectly within The con
troll Of The wheat grower, and Which can
never occur but from cul pable neglect, as
tho means We have pointed out, we do
know, will prevent its occurrence.
Sercnthg. While we are upon the sub,
lect, let US advise all whea, growers to
give TO his land bouutiul allowance Of
seed, as should he fail TO do this, the bare
portions Of his soil vii! call into being some
of those numerous weed, the seeds Of which
arc always at hand, to occupy spots left by
the neglect Of the husbaudman. He tina,
wants clean field of whea, mus, fill that
field with wheat plants. If he does not
commit sufficient quantity of seed to the
earth, nature will not supply them, but she
will supply crop of pesilIent weeds to rob |
his wheat plants of their food, diminish his
crop, and thus punish him for glect of duty.
A correspondent Of the Albany Cultiva |
tor says his horse was cured of iuhamms.
ton in the eye by the following treatment
" Take sassairas twiss of years growth
take the inner bark,a handful to a pint OF
could water lot il stand for a few hours; it
will become thick, like the white OF an egg
wash the eye out well it will remove the
inflammation. Fer a tim on the eye, pul
verize loaf sugar as fne as possible; fill
quill with it, aud blow it in the eye it will
remove the film. My horse was entirely
blind, and the above cured him, SO that he
can see as we'll as ever
lNFALLIBLE CURE FOR CORNS. l.