Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-04-18

CULTURE or WHEAT-For wheat l plough
but twice, breaking up IN June and July. as late
&c possible before hlytrg. which commences COM
monty IN the fore part oiJuly, cross plnug hing the
latter part Of the month Of August and the Orepart
of September Sowing Is commonly done between
ihe 10Th and 25th OF SePlember. Ifsown earlier.
the Hcssian fly and Il weed called sheep herd
sprout. Is apt 10 iujure. the latter by overrunninp 1
the mex; spring II Il obtains a fall growth sufficient
10 stand tic wiuter. Forty miles west of here
however. they prefer To SOW m august. Land
should ne before sowing. from 10 10 20 DAYS..
There are reasons Tor Tins, which | have not space
here 10 eEumeraie; suffice It To lay experience hos
taug tit Y,u will naturally ask. do you let weeds
nnd grass grow mp and Il ,urish on your IA llowl-
Certainty not. A ter breaking up. pass a roller
leuglhwise Of the furrows. shutting all in IL mo-
perry p~l"ughed; n few days after. pass u heavy har-
rw the same way; when " scds aud grass spring IN.
| have a large en- IIvaJcr With wrought teeth. drawn
by three horses, which is passed The same way the
first time, once IA a place; tapping one half is sui.
II len; It sIrs The ground. AMI cuts up The weeds
AID grass bette than The plouyhi The harrow would
he "i lItle use; next time crus,ing, repeating tins
rs often as necessary. | Kill Canada lhIslles inthis
way; II attended l. well, ten viii appear next year.
sometimes not any. A cultivation. such as | use, ~ III
pass over from ; 10 s acres n day; It cannot be used
10 advantage after shower, or when The surface is
wei. for It will clog up, as We call it. although the
land may he VA a CONDITION To plough. IL, alter
p~loughing the last time. and be ore sowing. weeds
aud grass spring up when the harrow VIII not tear
up nhd Kill, the cultIvlt,r must be used GA lLe fur.
row, before sowing; passing once in a p ace; the
harrow VIII take up all after that
! Will now e. dcavor To give YOU an account of
my method Of Preprring and applying straw manure.
Wheat straw stacked up carefully Ia The barn yard
affords a good shelter IL stO-k IN The winter. aud a
large part Of Their living. | iced mine w ICE a day
but they do not need as much hay it they have
good dry bright straw 10 run to. Ia this way the
straw is all worked down, aud a heap Of excel ent
manure Is formed. with The d~ropp,ngs and urine.
winch is mostly collected here. particularly II the
slack stands on a low part Oi the yard. !his heap
viii but = Ighily fer peni, II lett untouched. unil
wanted for use. A part Of ,hIs : taken Tor spring
crops, together with what collects in The remaining
part OF the yard. not occupied by The straw aud
stable mlnure and p%lOughed IN. After The ground
Is ~pl1ughcd FOR The lust time, belore sowing the
wheat, a few loads OF this manure, say from five Ia
eight per acre, are drawn and thrown in small
heaps about the field on The iurruw, When ready
Tor sowing. these are spread evenly as pussible. aud
the harrow passed over lengIhwise Of the burrows.
10 smooth down for sowing; the straw may look as
It It would clog the harrow, but il will not # the
wheat was ihreshed with a machine, and never
use any other. | have used II dry from The stack
without any inconvenience tu The harrow. a large
squire one. with SO teeth. Aier SOW ing the wheat
IL is narrowed in as usual. have always put this
manure on pieces most liable 10 be injured by ireez.
ing II has always saved The wheat; ia fact have
lred parts OF fields where ] had always lost my
wheat before. with the most perfect success; the
straw would he perfectly bright and The grain p umr
The surface water must he drawn off by draining
for II waller stands on a piece Of ground nothing
will save the wheat. Tnis can be done with a
Plo Oh on most OF our fields; even ,n land which dc.
sceuds fast, frequent iurruws are necessary To Don,
duct the water of rapidly.
4 ah,Il ,.,,- 800 -. -
table ground. | consider rust, in most cases. the
elect OF winter InjurIng and r~egarIIng the growth
"i wheat. As ! have not space 10 gave you all IN,
experience and observations bearing on tins poini,
| Will merely sInte a few facts. The wheat plant
I' injured by freezing aud rhawIng. and retarded -,
us growth; when II RECEIVERS from this the season
Is ad"anced:rf The land Is strong. the plant START,
with redoubied vigOri The fields look iO The unnc
chSiomed eye, rich and promising. in fact the straw
5 larger and ranker than that of early grain, which
comes ioI ward gradually aud fipens sloNly-rhIs
comes on with rapidly, apparently sndeavurng to
nVeTiake The early grain, aud rIpen al The same
Imei a warm growing rain falls. which serve to H.
pen the early plant. but increases the circulating
hn'ds in The late plant to such an extent, that the
sapvessels burst, and The sap flows out, nnning a
black gunmy substance on The outside, aud the
rents IA the straw can easily lie seen with The naked
eye; depnvlng The grain OF its nouushment,it shrinks
mi should be cut as SOON as possible.
GEO l. BECKWITH.
West Henneun. n. Y, Feb "a, 1913
CUIiiuator.
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