The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-07-08


lover BY ehih!lrn and sle@Hed By hand II
every Meud. E
We do moi propose 10 our fIners lie
h0eing az Inc hand wrrtlihg hut Ee lliink
serious regard should lie paid 10 the ques-
lion Of drilling What. There sIe llnee
permanent advantages aeeEuing !. The
saving If seed; .. Tie ineresse Of the
yield, IN quantity and quality .. Tile
better maturity Of Ihe shaw. Ihesaving
VI seed Is not a small consideration. IN j.
q question Of great importance WhrlheI
one-eishlh, One-lenil. ene-lillielh or nne-
hundreslIh part II tie whole crop shall be
cosumed for seea. .........- .s.
IlIhTee busllsls per acre yield SIXTEEN
bu'h els, very nearly nnc 9Th ni the rrap
is taken 10 seed The ground il Two bush
els are sOwn, one-eiehih Of the hrai eTnp
is reserved for sowing. Rul il Thirty
bushels arc raised 10 three bushrls s0wn.
only one-iCnih, insiead ef 0ne-iilIh,l OF
the crop Is consumed in seed. On the
other hand, ii one busheI uf WHEAT were
made 10 seed an acre and 10 yield ten
bushels, one tenth oniy is eunsuned in
seed. If II yield sixlrGn bushels, only
one-sixicenlh goes for seed. by diminish
ing tie quantity sown, or by ineFra.ing the
yield, the proportion between the outlay
and income is increased. Experiments,
however, have shown that single grain
Ofwheai, planted al"ne, is capable Of yield
ing four hundred inld. II j. true that such
Il return is no, to be looked for on large
scale, for no farmer can cultivate thirty
acres as he would one square Ioot ~
a garden. But. the common rcinrn in
the United States is less than ten fold ;
and this enormous dispropOIiiun between
what wheat may return and what IL does
return, between four hundred fold AMI le.
fold, cannot be accounted for on any Other
reason, Than that Of grossly unsklIiul eul'
iiyaiion.
In general cnlIurc. MI increased amount
of seed must Lc allowed for casnltIes but
whatever mode Of sowing will save seed
improve ihe crop, and not increase Tho
proporiionate expense Of the whole, is IL
be preferred. - ...-..~-
By drilling heat, seed is saved iht
yield Of that which is sown is greatly IN
creased; BY giving a free circulation ii
the air and space TO the light the straw
grows stronger, but not so rankly. Th'
Juices are more thoroughly elaborated an,
The stem Strengthened whereas, il ihicl
s"wn, air and light being but partially IN
lroduccd, the stem is more surculent, an,
therefore, more subject 10 falling, TO mil
dew, and 10 other attacks. $3.50.
We do not believe that the expense o
drilling wheat, ordinarily, would be grea,
err than that of sowing il broadcast. From
six 10 eight drills, nine inchcs apart, ar
! opened, sown, and covered nj each pass
age OF The drill machine. A machine o
six drills sows ii each passage across th,
field, strip Of more than four aud hal
feet wide. The seed is evenly sown, il
moderate quantities, without the expense
Of narrowing. II, now, the saving the ca
pcnse of narrowing and of seed be reck
oned, together with The increase Of I'll,
, crop, in quantity and in qualify, inasmucl
as the quality is improved by reason o
its comparative immunity from dseas,
. and of the superior weigh, Of kernels ii
, pcned when the crop has room enough
il is believed that drilling would be a
. cheap, and ultimately cheaper than TIL
, usual mode OF sowing.
Ii is true, that. al present, machines can
not be procured: but so soon as there i
, demand, or even the chance Of creaiin,
, demand, there will be little difficulty il
|. that respect. The other objections, tina
only we'll cleared lands will admit the us
, of drill machines, that most farmers can
I. not afford the expense Of purchasing, ap
ply with no more force to this particula
i labor-saving machine than TO any other
Threshing machines are expensive, We
a they are already numerous, and the ,em
!. ploymen, Of them is steadily increasing
Reaping machines are expensive, yet tn
. patents are every year multiplying an,
a sales increasing and reapers, like drill
! machines, require well cleared land 10
their operation.
!. We wish that opulen, aud en,erprisin
farmers would turn their attention to thi
q matter. We believe that a man NAV b
+, public beneIartor in a much less suspi
q cious way than offering 10 go TO Congress:
). or 10 endure, with patient self denial, 70
:. the love Of country, fat aud lucrative o
a flee. Il, in each county, ten acres wer
j. put, with the leasl. expense, to the highe.
: state of cultivation, il wouldbe practir;
=. example that would be felt on every iarl
% in the ncighborhood and the man VIII
. should, BY well doing ON his own farm
d gradually raise the standard all abou. hin
q would be, in an important sense, a publ
10 benelacl0r.
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