Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-02-26
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crop overrun 100 bushels and all averaged upwards Of
500 bushels per acre
WHEAT.
Mr. Williams in every sowed Spring Wheat the
next these potatoe fields. We will now no.
tice of the crops Of Wheat raised by him. The
following is his statement to the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural Society, of crop of So bushels Of Black Sea
Wheat raised on the acre Of land which produced the
year Previous The crop of potatoes, (625 bushels):-
"The acre of ground upon which the present crop
of Wheat raised the year previous dressed
with 90 cords Of sheep and planted to potatoes
The crop, according 10 my statement made 10 your
Society last year, was 6a5 bushels. In April follow
ing, the ground was ploughed deep and fine, and on
the 9th day 1-2 bushels Of Black Sea Wheat was
sown upon this acre. The ground was then narrowed
and rolled. The wheat was cut the 18th of Aug.
when the berry to the FEEL like India rubber; in this
state of the berry should all English grain be cut
the flour will be whittier and sweeer, with further i'd
vantage, that the grain will not much in the
feld-the straw likewise is more valuable for fiddler
When the whea. was threshed it measured So bushels
and 8 pecks"
al need not add, perhaps, that this field
ing in high state Of cultivation, made perfectly clear
from weeds the previous year"
"a few words in passing, on the proper manner Of
seeding down lands to grass Having procured BUSH
el Of red top Seed it mixed with like quantity Of
herds-grass, q SOW no clover seed on my moving lands
enough Of that seed is carried on 10 the land with
the manure) and sowed in company with the wheat on
this acre. In order that it should be sowed erenly,
the sower followed the harrow, which was covering
the wheat-aiter which the grass seed narrowed
and rolled in In due time il up finely, COM
pleey covering the ground with The farmers best
pet"
"fparsimony says this is too great quantity Of
seed, answer that not only get back my money in
fall feed, but the following crops of hay much finer
and of course better quay-added to this thick rich
sward is formed, which when broken again by the
plough afjrds large quantity of vegetable matter,
which if carefully turned under and there allowed to
rot, wonderfully enriches the soi.''
"The first crop from my fields managed in this way
will be Ia clover-second crop 2s heIdsgrass and is
red op--third CROP half Of each-fourth crop % red
top and is herds.gIass, and he fifth and sixth crops
mostly red top, with thick under crop Of white clo-
ver giving surface for the scyihe eren that of
salt marsh. The six crops above mentioned will usu-
ally average me l.2 tons each year-superior ii is
believed TO any other hay, for the stage horse, work
ing OK, any other herbverous animal while perform
ing hard iabour."
Mr. Williams presented other crops Of Wheat TO
the Massachusetts Agricultural Society, for which he
ceVeu the nfSt premiums One crop OF Do OushelS ana
another of so l.2 bushels Of Black Sea Wheat the
acre. As the management each year was substantial
ly the same, the above statement of his management
of the wheat crop will for ALL In all cases he
applies 90 cords of manure 10 the and plants po
taioes, and The next year l2 bushels Of seed
wheel and stocks down 10 grass.
From the above statements we infer the following
conclusions:-
L
growing country, more cayey and limestone soil is
congenal; yet, much more might be grown of
this valuable grain giving the farmer greater profit for
his labor than many other products now cultivated
Let it be understood that wheat crop should not be
attempted on our soils, with less than l6 to 90
cords of unfermented 10 10 10 cords of ermented
Tor roten) manure, contributed TO the previous CROP
t 10 believed that potatoes the best for prepara
tory crop) let il be understood likewise that the tih
for wheat must be more fine and particular than for
rye or oats; sowing on also 90 bushels Of uneached
wood ashes to the acre, after the wheat is up
will also make il kernel better. further advantage
of sowing wheat arises from its being the most proper
grain for protecting the young and tender grass plants
which are designed TO give a crop the year following.
3D. From Mr. Wiamss remarks above upon stock
ing down to grass that far too little grass seed
is usually sown. The benefits arising from liberal
cause thicker and better not only from being finer hut
from the fact that thick seeding shuts out all wild
grasses aud noxious weeds from the land. And last tho
not least thicker, 6rmer and richer sward is formed
which when broken again by the plough affords fine
body OF rich vegetable matter 10 enrich the soil, (by
decay underneath and furnish nourishment for sue
ceeding crops.
3d. The foregoing results 600 bushels potatoes, S.
bushels of wheat and average OF Is tons of hay,
for years in succession, from acre, 10 proof su
Gent that the American farmer in too many instances,
sprnkles his manure over too msnyGerss,-and conse-
quently,
9TH. Too many attempted to be cultivated.
For if we can, by liberal manuTng and careful cuva-
ton get from one what 60 s, and
acres Obtain il is manifest that actually MrOV
atOay vast amount of labor. The very article of all
others too, is this item labor, for the American
farmer to economist.