The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-11-25
WHEAT.

4 WHEAT.
This great and important ernpnow &c.
eupies the attention Of lhuse whase lands
and siluaii"n lead them Ia cultivate il.
We nred mt say that The best snIIs for il
are The sIr"ns well prepared clay snLl lea,
y W leans. but the very best wheat NAV
also he obtained from many light. anl!
irom all marty aud calcareOus soils. Ia
deed. lime, in the land. in any form, is
the great thing Tor wheat. The great as
mount 81 silica in the straw ofsuch grain.
as wheat. rye. oats. &c. (il is about fur.
hilhs 81 the whole ashes when burnt re-.
qnlres an ample provision for il in the
snil, IN fam susceptible of a ready as.
sImllaion by the plant. This il afforded
by The action Of lime upon the soil. Ilis
also offered By ashes. Lime j. also al.
saniageons To wheat by checking an exit
herant growth Of the weak lonse straw,
with which the rust makes il appearance.
On the CONTRARY. fresh barn ward manure
nn wheat land, mot alone sows a quantity
"f foreign seed among The wheat. but il in.
dures this rapll growth of wheat straw (;
and thus causes the rust. There is the
same nbl"rlIan To lands rich with decay.
ing vegetable matter. But wheat NAV be
successfully obtained from this last men,
timed soil. and also from land enriched
with fresh manure. if prepared with lime
also, which will prevent the evil mention.
ed. A dressing Of charcoal, il is said, is
also an aiIrciual preventive. and il is now
extensively used in France for the wheat
crop.
There is another thing indispensable 10
a large wheat crop besides good sail. aud
that il depth "f snil. lf The reader will
take the trouble 10 examine the Innis Of
his wheat, lie vii find that there are two
sets Of them: one Of which pulls along
the surface of The ground, and the other
".'~..i- i--r i"''' 80. EaITh, pvHrua""s
dOwnward>. Thus this grain extracts
nourishment from every par, Of the soil.
aud 10 produce i, in abundance, The soil
must not only he good. but deeply plough
ed. II should be thoroughly turned M
with a plough, and underlrained, for
wheat on clay lands is always most GER
tain tn he winter.killed. unless the lands
he well drained. BY successive freezing
and ,haw ing. the roots are broken and
thrown out. But when the ground is
pImshed deeply and thoroughly, the wa.
ter on the surface has an opportunity for
percolaling the depth which renders the
wheat in measure safe from il. An intel
ligent coiemporary remarks: " In grounds
not naturally vet. we believe that This evil
would be remedied by suhsoil ploughing.
We mean the passing ola subsoil plough,
al the time of the latter operation, so as TO
pulverize some six or eigh, inches below
the depth of the lnrrow slice, and not to
turn up, ar invert the subsoil. There are
plouehs 10 he had Of most Of the manu-
facturers, expressly made for such Fur
pose. The practice Of subsoiling does
not much obtain in our country, but has
never been tried but with the best effects,
resulting Invariably in the Improvement
of the quality, and the increase Of grain.
! In England it has obtained great popula-
! ri,v, and il is said, together with draining,
to have added one-third to the product Of
/ that realm. II gives. in fact, two acres OF
| soll for the plants 10 pasture on. for every
one surface Of culture. l, protects them
alike from the ills ofextreme drought, and
excessive vet. 1t unfnlds new mineral
resources 10 the roots Of the plants, while
The ease with which their descen, is made,
encourages a vigorous growth, and thus
defends them from the uprooting intlu'
ence Of the freezings and lhawings Of win
ter"
I |, is always hest, in our opinion, to har'
row The land ploughed from day to day
as il is then easies, reduced to fine tilih
IN the selection OF seed. the heavies
and plumpest is of course the best; ant
many people find out which is the hesvl
esl by casting, or throwing the grain some
distance on the floor, and only using tia
which falls farlhesl. This is certainly ;
summary method, but il is probably at
lended with no further advantage than Thu
sepa, alton of the wheat from the hgh'e
seed of chess OF weeds. In some wa,
; the wheat should be carefully cleanse'
from every other seed, and il Ibis method
: does not cleanse il, The sieve should be re
sorted to. Washing in strong brine vii
: cleanse it of most things; as the ligh'e
. substances will float on the surface, ant
may be then picked off. II the wheat i
: smu,,v, i, should be again washed in an
other brine. with little quick lime mike
with il; or in the brines mentioned in III
following recipe, which we get from III
a...:.. r,,.,,,r T l'ba srut may nj