The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-13
From fhe Aibony Guhicator.
WINTER GRAIN.

from the fly, we would observe The
anne rule in regard 10 wheat. There
-isa particular reason tor cary sowing
rye this season, aud that is the sdvsn-
tage II will aEofd for feed to sheep aud
young stock. The dry weather ha.
lessened the hay crop to great tx,en.
and the supply of grass in pastures mus
10 many cases be very small. Rye il
allowed to gel gool root, may be pas
,ured with light stock in the fall, and to
some extent during The winter. Ia
some cases It may be even expeGienl 10
feed in The spring. The dlmnulion
which results 10 The yield Of grain is
not equivalent TO The advantages as pas
ture. The crop starts verylsoon,& & spar
ticulsrly adapted 10 The dry lands on
which the grass has suffered most,
Would it not be judicious TO SOW this
crop largely, to DO used this fall and
next spring as substitute for hay and
grass? Ia passing through the county
we notice in the barn-yards, and around
The barn. or sometimes by the roadside
considerable piles Of manure. exposed
to waste by evaporation and washing oil
rains. II some Of ,he fields where the
grass il dried up were plowed, and all
the manure now lying useless, was care
fully collected aud applied to them, a
large amount of feed nigh, be produced
which would be available before much
grass would be had next season.
In The preparation Of ground for win
fer grain, either wheat or rye, we doubl
the propriety OF bringing TO 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 burrows. Il
Culuvstor if rightly constructed, and
worked at first mostly lengthwise Of the
furrows, is found 10 answer good pur-
pose'
The preparation of the seed is an i'm.
portanl matter. The cleanest and hesv :
est should be sown. .fitconlains seeds
OF perncIous plants they should be Ia
ken out, 1t will amply pay 10 pick
over by hand peck or half bushel OF
good clean ground, purposely for seed
Chess, oats, and other seed lighter than
wheat kernels, may be principally taker
ou, by putting the grain in strong brine,
small quantity a, time and stirring III
with a stick. The foul seed will rise
and may be skinned of. When ii thas
been fnsked il may be put on a Aoor
and dried of, or rendered fl for sowing
by mixing with i, air SACKED lime OF
plaster. Passing the grain slowly
through good winnowing mill, will
clean II from nearly all the small seed,
such IS wild pink, wild mustard, shd
seeds Of most shriveled and imperiec
kernels.
The vsrions kinds Of smut in grain
have been well sscertsined 10 be vege
table parasites of The fungi tribe. The
species known as Uredo Jatida. and
commonly called 'dusl, or pepper brand
is the most luxurious 10 wheat. |
seeds are so minute tina, they are believ
ed TO be taken by the spungioles of the
plant, and are with The sap carried up
The pores into the cavity as the embryo
kernel, whore the fuogns reproduces i
self; causing en- sborniIon Of The grain
and giving in its place a black dust of
the most puugenl and dsagreeabte odor
and taste.
There is no longer any doubt thai
This substance may he eiadicated from
whea, by means OF certain substances
applied TO the seed, So often has this
been proved by actual experiment, tha
we 'hold him no longer guiIlles, who
neg'ects The application ofths remedy
The vegetative power of The fungus may
be killed by lime, ashes, brine solution
Of arsenic, vtrol, Sc. We have triet
nearly all these substances, and give tho
preference 10 vi,rol. Our mode OF US
ing il has been as follows.--Dissolve il
hot water two ounces Of blue vilrol.
(sulphate of copper. for eech bushel o.
wheat; add rs moch water as is necessa.
10 cover the grain, stirring the solution
well. Soak The wheat two or three
hours, and dry ii with plaster befor'
sowing.
urs~sEFzy-zSEzzsy
&c RlCULTURAL ANECDOTE.
Furious Cresious, as mentioned by
Piiny, The Rom'r historian, was origi.
na'Iy slave Having been made
freed man, he purchased small spot Of
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