The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-09-12
EUIe.fL ECOVO.WY:
From the American farmer.
AGRICULTURAL.

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Seeding Of Hhedt-Alhouch the tim
) has not yes arrived for putting ~ this crop
as II IS one Of tue most important staple
of our husbandry- which is sui lee, 1
various casualties and drawbacks by iree2
: ing out aud dlsease--it is full time that h
careful and proyident hUsbandman SHOULD
. be lookiug around hIm, and making hl
; arrangements to prepare bis fields, IN or
der that hc may not 5e behind hand in tht
time OF getting 10 his seed. No larme
ever yet lost any thing IN being IN advance
Of his work but on The contrary, is alaayt
|, SIRE 10 derive benefit from having PLACED
himself 10 sch position, both 10 a nenta
and pecuniary point Of view. To a maj
who takes pride in his business, the rcnec
t'on that he has not, by neglect, delay ed The
necessary operations OF his farm, and thai
he has his work under bis control, should
carry TO his mud the most gratifying sen
saiion of on honorable ambition, as while il
places hlm IN the relation OF an example to
ms neighbors around him, 1t assures him ol
al. hose advantages arising from the abili
" II gives him OF getting in his crop in due
season.
The particular object we lave in Wow
IN wiring this article, is TO call the atten-
lion of the Wheat eroirers to a few sub
lecis which We consider OF vital importance
to theIF success IN the growth Of the crop.
The first al order is the time Of SoWiag.
Ia speaking upon this poin, we feel a
delicocy arising from our respect for the
opinions Of others, and Odd we moi consider
I! orr duty TO advocate what we consider
truth, VIC ehould feel still more embarrass
nent 10 speaking on the subjcc: than we
d. To prevent the ravases Of the fall al
tack Of the HesSian Fly, farmers have in
our opinlon, got into the habit Of seeding
their wheat entirely 700 late, as in their de-
sire 10 avoid the fan attack Of this banetul
insect, they deny The ~heet plant sufficient
time to entrench itself with roots, 10 with
stand the effects Of the thawings and
iretzIngs oil winter and early spring. If
our winters we're as they were many
years ago, something like an approach TO
an evenness Of temperature there would
be policy IN such late sowing, as to The Ger
ialn,y the grain would be protected from
the aoldmnal warning Of the Fly and no
disadvantage would result from the alter.
nations OF seasons OF which we have before
spoken but, as from the precarious nature
Of our wlniars and springs, there is no
making any calculation upon their charac.
mr. sfahtitt,. IL [. IT. r.
plan will he found in sowing early, and
hazard the fall visitation Of the Fly, as in
so dong we conceive there would he found
less peril than IN trusting crop Of scanty.
rooted wheat plants 10 The mercy CT our
ever varying aud changing temperature of
the seasons. What we are about 10 say
nov, we desire to be considered as mere
opinion for although there are facts TO sus.
tain the practice, We do not consider them
sufficient 10 treat the matter as a settled
QUE stIon. 1t has been stated upon credit.
able authority, that if the when, grower
Use due vigilance and watch his wheat
plants IN the fall, SO as 10 detect the Fly
when II Is IN the pnpd, by The use Of the ro.
Ter he may destroy the insect, and thus not
only protect his cropfrom the fall attack but
lessen the number of the insects the ensu
ng spring, and thus relieve his licld from
serious inJlry from their second appear
auce. We Iacline 10 the opinion that tins
remedy is practicable. Ii certainly has
common sense to recommend IT, as every
one mist know that the pressure of some
hundreds OF pounds, which the roller
weighs, passing over The i1y while in the
pnpl state, aust necessarily grind il into
atoms, and thus cut Of all subsequent
chances from indulgence in the soft dalI I
anccs Of love. or Of dcpositiug its eggs with
il view to the perpelua.ian Of its kind. If.
then We can sc, rid of this enemy by watch. I
fitness and the application Of The roller, .
why reed any dread be entertained of ear
ly sowing We know that there is
greatly apprehended danger from early
sowing, of the wheat being lodged; but
this we think may be obviated, if there be
sufficient potash IN the soil to dissolve the
sand, so as TO form the siiicate of potash, /
that substance which gives strength aud
elasticity to the stem Of the plant. Potash
exist originally in all clays; but if by long
culture the soil may have become exhaust. /
ed Of it, il may be supplied by applications
OF ashes, lime, mari or pirgia clay, so that,
without naming any other, here are four 70.
sources al hand and TO these who reside OIL
salt water rivers, where the sea weed wash |
up, we will state, tina. 10 that weed potash |
abounds.
In the event of an attack Of the Hessian
Fly, and the application of the roller, we
have no doubt that the crop would derive
solid benefit from the consolidation of the
soil, and the increased disposition and abli-
ty it would impart to the plants to tller.--
But should early sowing conduce 10 rank
ness, it would DO an easy matter to feed the
wheat plants down by turning 10 a flock of
sheep in dry pedther in early spring. Blu,
We mus, be candid we confess, notwith.
standing existing opinions, that we should
have no dread upon the subject, if we were