The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-06-13
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Let the farmer cut his weeat as seon as he has
the least fear ofrust. The GLOWING from Mr..
ElIsworth's repOr; will show ~ advas.age OF
cutting two or three weeks easicT llraa usual.
Some experiments lately made also indicate
that there may be any Improvement as TO the
usual time of securing tie STOP. by the guar
terly ournal of the Royal Agricultural Society
il appears that wheat cut q fortnight before II
was ripe, produced an icreased quantity and
weight in -four and straw, with a better quanti-
ty Of both. Mr.. John Hannah, Of North Deigh-
ton. near Weatherby, 10 Englandse cut a sheai IN
his field, Aug ust 4, 1874; The wheat was then
green-i. e., both the straw aa~tars were IN
iuil vigor and sap;the grain wss perfectly torm-
ed; but chaff so strongly adhered 10 It, that II
was scarcely possible to seperaie them by iric-
ton in The hands; it was then plump but so Ju-
'cy, that on the slightest pressure il yielded It's
milk. He let it stand in the field a fortnight,and
then housed.
On the same day this was done. (kagust 49,
he cut another. This, too, was yet green, or at
least not ripe, or what is usually termed raw ;the
straw, though looking green, when closely cx-
amined was fast approaching 10 yellew, and a
foot from the ground was quite yellow. The
ears, also, were more open; the chat Of various
shades OF yellow and green; and the gram tho
soft and PUPPY, yet not so full of fluid as before.
In a fortnight after the whole field was. ripe.
when he cut his third samples. (Sept. The
same day he housed the second sheaf. This 81.
was not SO far ripe that the straw would break,
and the ears curl. and the grain shake out ;but
it was in its usual state when reafIaa commen-
ces, when the straw is entirely JVay. This
third sAeaf was left (as in the case otsthe
former ones) a fortnight on the Geld, and then
carefully housed. From each sheaf one hun-
dred ears were selected and pnt way in a bag,
preserving also the straw of each.
A miller valued them at the. same rate, with
H. . a.. g NJ q u.s. 90 - ~
3 at 81 shilling s. Mr.. HaHnam's deductions
are that the wheat reaped a fortnight before 1t
was ripe has tn advantage of the ripe in every
point of view first, OF weight in gross produce,
thirteen and one-ftth per cent. second, in weight
of equal measures, nearly one half per ceat.;
third, in weight of equal number OF grains,
nearly two and one-ffth per cent; fourth in
quality and value. above three and one-fonrth.
per cent; fifth in weight of straw five per cent
That reaped q month before it was ripe, has
the advantage of the ripe twenty-five per cent.
in point of straw but in other points the disad-
vantage, thus: first, weight of gross produce,
eleven and hVe-thlrteenIhs per cent; second,
W eight OF equal measures, rather more than one
third per cent; weight of equal number of grains,
better-than thirteen and one-tenth per cent.
fourth, quality and value. rather more than four
Fl flhs per cent. The advantages, then, of cut
ting the crop q fortnight or SO before it fully
ripe, may be summed up: First, straw of better
quality; second, a better chance of securing the
crop; third, a saving in securing it. 1t is stated
that. with regard TO the crop Of 1883 in England,
the beginning of the reaping was late; and the
! result IN the North of England was, that full "a
per cent. of the whole wheat crop was damaged
The saving the crop was Two fold; there is less
waste IN reaping or rom strong winds; and the
expense Off is said 10 be less. Mr. Hannah
tried another experiment.; which showed a r g.
suit, in one hundred pounds of grains grown, as
follows: