Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-08-28
From the Ohio Cuvator
WHEAT.
Crops require 10 be fed as well as
Animals.

'nes'ic animals found food growing spontaneous
ly In the prairies and forests, aud they lived al
most entirely without the aid of iher owners.
As The country became more populous, and the
animals had greatly increased, this spontane-
Gus !ood became exhausted, and they had 10 be
fed by the hand Of man.
When The soil was first reclaimed from the
forest, The crops obtained their food, for num-
Der OF years, from the abundance of vegetable
matter which had been accumuating in the soil,
as well as from The inorganic substances, W which
had been brough, here by natural causes But
IN a few years, by constant drain upon the
soil, without making any recompense, this spon-
'aneous food, which nature has provided, has
become principally exhausted and it is now
as much The interest of the farmer TO feed his
crops, as it is to feed his animals
81 do feed my crops" says The practical far
mer, 81 haul ou, stable manure and straw, and
sometimes plough in clover, and put my land
in frs, rate order before sow my crops"
VERY well" says science, "ihs is all right
so far as il goes, and grant one in a hundred
NAV do this but should like TO be able TO
make this statement in inverse proportion that
there shall be one in hundred who does not
do it.
" But, Mr. Practical Farmer, there is anoih-
er matter connected with feeding your crops,
that wish 'opress upon your attention, which
Is this: IL is as important 10 feed your crops
with The kind of food most suitable 10 their di-
gesilve organs, as it is tha, Of animals. Did
you ever think of this We do not feed hogs
on hay; neither do we give pork 10 horses; but
we are, nevertheless, careful TO give them
enough to keep them alive, and 10 cause the an
mals 10 thrive and increase, and at The same
time we avoid giving them so much as TO sur
felt or founder them"
"AGer all the pains lake" says The Prac-
,ica Farmer, 81 cannot raise good wheat; when
| sow 1t OH my land without manure, il is struck
with rust; the berry shrvels, and do moi gel
half a crop. And then | 60 TO caring on ma
nure, and my wheat goes TO straw, falls down
fla, on the ground, and has no grain worth the
labor of saving; and so turn my hogs into the
field, to get " ha, few grains they may find. II
is useless for me 10 try 10 raise wheal on my
farm; il is either TOO rich or TOO poor. II put
on manure, the straw grows too rank, and is TOO
weak to stand up; if sow without manure, the
heat and moisture strikes il with rust. | must
60 10 raising some other crop"
"S.op, neighbor" says Science, "here have
book that will tell you something about raising
wheat | think it probable that you have been
giving pork TO your horses"
Prac Farmer. Oh! go way with your book
| Do you think want any OF your book farming
about me! | have been practical farmer all
my life, and in early times used 10 raise tbs
best wheat in The country, without manure OF
books either Do you think that don't know
how TO raise wheat!
Science. Will you read il
Prac Far No. Ii is so seldom read tha, i,
is quite task for me to read book.
Science. Well, will you listen while read
Plac Far. have not time to stay long, but
have no objection to hearing you read linle;
il won't COS, any Thing, will II!
Science. If you will listen anenll'ely, will
read you few lines with pleasure. From each
acre yielding twenty five bushels OF wheat there
is extracted from The soil, in the gram, 3 lbs
OF potash, and m straw. 0 of a pound
Prac. Far. What! does wheat contain pot
ash
Science. Yes. Aud the lwen'y-hre bush
els of wheat will also take from the soil, IN The
grain pounds Of lime, and Ia The straw o9
pounds.
Prac. Far All does wheat contain soda
100!
Note The weights here given are in pounds
and decimal fractions, thus 33 is three pounds
and three tenths OF pound. 1t may also be re-
marked, that the language hele used Is not taken