The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-13
from The aibo0y Guitioqtor
WINTER GRAIN.

rs eaIIy lO Sep'tWutl 70 l'clthuIe iduu
where there Is no dangel TO be loartdI
from the dy, we would observe the
slme rule IN regard to wheat There
tsa particular reason Tor cary sowing
ryeothi' season, aud that is the sivan.
Nege it will siord for feed TO sheep and
young stock. The dry weather hS'
lessened the hay crop los g'e'l 'xlen
add the supply OF grass in pastures nus
an many cases be very small. Rye Il
allowed to get go0l root, may be pas
tured with light stock in the fall, and toI
some extent during the winter. lnI
some cases It may be even expedlenI to
feed ia The spring, The dlmlnulionI
which results 10 The yield of grain Is
not equivalent to The advantages as pas
lure, The crop starts very soon,& Is par
tcularly adapted TO the dry lands on
which the grass has suffered most.
Would it not be judieious 10 sow lhs
crop largely, to be used this fall and
next spring as substitute for hay and
grass2 la passing through the country
we notice in The barn.yards, and around
the barn, or sometimes by the roadside
considerable piles 81 manure, exposed
to waste by evaporation and washing oI
rains. II some Of the fields where the
grass i, dried up were plowGd, and all
The manure now lying useless, was care.
fully collected aud applied 10 them, q
large amount Of feed might be produced
which would be available before much
grass would be had next season.
In the preparation of ground for win
Ter grain, either wheat or rye, we doubl
the propriety Of bringing 10 the surface
the swsrd, and vegetable matter which
had been buried but few weeks before
especially where The soil is Sufficiently
porous and loose. Some tool should
be used which sufficiently mellow the
soil, without reversing the furrows. a
cultvator if rightly constructed, and
worked at first mostly leng,hwise Of The
lurrows, is found 10 answer good pur.
pose!
The preparation of the seed is an i'm
portant matter The cleanesl snd heov :.
esI should be sown. .ftcontains seeds
cI pernicIous plants they should be Ia
ken our, 1t will amply pay 10 pick
over by hand peck or hali bushel oi
good clean ground, purposcly for seed
Chess, oaIs, and other seed ligh'er than
whes, kernels, s,may be principally ,0ker
oul by putting The grain in strong brine,
small quantity al time and stirring II
with q stick. The foul seed will rise,
and may be skinned of, When it has
been flushed it may be pu, on Hoor
end dried of, or rendered fl for sowing
by mixing with it air SACKED lime o,
plaster, Passing the gain slowly
through good winnowiug mill, will
clean ii from nearly all The small seeds
such as wild pink, wild mustard, aud
seeds Of most shrveled and imperiecI
kennels.
The various kinds Of smut in grain
have been well ssrerlsined 10 be vpge
table parasites of The fuogi tribe. The
species known as UredO JGHdG, and
commonly called 'dus', or pepper brsnd'
is the most i"inrious 10 wheS'. l.,
seeds are so minute that they are beIlev'
ed to be 'Oken by the spuOgoles of the
plant, and are with the sap carried up
the pores into the cavity as the embryo
kernel, WHARF The funghs reproduces II
self; causing an ahOTniiiOn Of The gain
end giving in It's place black du, oI
the most pungenl and dsogr ee1bIe odoI
aud TASTE.
There is no longer any doubt lha'
rihIs substance may he etsdcaDe0 lrom
wheat by means of certain substance,
applied to tie seed, s. o(eu has thj'
been proved by actual experiment, tha
we hold him no longer guiuIes, who
reg elects The application ofthe remedy
The veGetr,ive power Of The fungus may
be killed By lime, ashes, brine solutions
e arsenic, virrol, &c. We have lrir'
nearly all these subSlanCea. and give thr
Irc!'renCe 10 vj'rul 0ur mode OF US
ing it has b,en as follows:-.Dissolve il
Lot water two ounces Of blue viIroI,
('u'phale Of copper for ccch bu'hel o
wheat; add ss mach water as is necessa.
10 cover the grain. stirring The so,ulior
well. Soak the wheat two or lhre,
hour', end dry it with plaster befor
sowing.
,7GRlCULTURAL ANECDOTE.