Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-09-29
MEDITERRANEAN WHBAT

Many interesting particulars have been
conected during the year relating 10th q
ody'et''s of wheat in use in our count,,,
as Wen as the uncommon growth of ind;
vidual specimens. An inquiry was an,
braced in the circular issued from iii.
once, relating to the most approved, and
we hoped! to have been able to present -
classification Of them, distinguished b~ :,
their peculiarities and fitness for the vor;
Gus climates of the United States: but
this must be deferred, for want Of com
pleteness, to another time. 1t is crafty.
ing to observe that the .Mediterronoon -
[ wheat, which was recommended cow
years since in the report of this office, still
holds ITS place, toa great degree, in the
eStlmation OF its cultivators. We have
noted' numerous instances in different
states and section Of the country in which
IT'S mentioned with high commentators.
ana It's freedom from rust and other evils
"mch more commonly attend on other
varieties OF wheat asserted. We have
noticed among other accounts of this
KIND OF wheat, one in MARYLAND. which
speaks OF an extraordinary crop. The
mode CT cultivation was as follows: The
ground, the previous season was deyoted
to oats, and almost as soon as these were
taken on, the manure was carried on. the
stuDble broken up and well narrowed. IT.
was then left till the 25th of August at
which time it was sown, at the rate Of
two bushels of seed Eer acre, then plouob-
cd pretty deep, then large harrow Was
passed over it; the first growth is stated
to have been destroyed by ,e fly, but by
having an early start, it came out from
the root wonderful, some roots bearino
nifty four or fifty FIVE stalks. The pro-
duct of a single grain numbering fifty
TWO stalks, IN one instance, was counted
and found to be one thousand three hun
dred and seven grains, another gave fiftv
eight stalks yielding one thousand five
hundred grains.
Another person, alluding to the Medi
terranean wheat, says that it is proof
against the fly, and that its quality, which
is sometimes the subject of complaint as
inferior to many otler kinds, depend !,
greatly ON the nature of the soil and time
OF harvesting. He states that in order To
make fine flour from this wheat, it must
De cut In greener state than other varie
ties, and indeed as early as can be done
withoutinJur AS a proof that much
also In this matter depends on early har
vesting and the kind of soil, and that a
sandy soil is to be preferred to a CLAW. he
mentions the following facts: His first
crop was sown on clay soil of limestone
order, and the crop was allowed to ret
quite ripe before it was cut His grain
IN IN. This case was almost as dark as rye.
Ills next trait, however, was made on a
soil more sandy. and the crop was cut
when the grain was in q pasty state. On
being threshed he found it much fairer,
and 1t weighed sixty four pounds per
bushel. The bread made of it he also
pronounces as good as any ever made in
his house.
In third instance, alluding to two
heads OF Mediterranean wheat, six, and
five and one-halfinches long, and thus of
uncommon length, well filled with good
sized plump kernels, the person says that
these were taken from the centre of the
held, the land on each side similar, and
the cultivation also: except the two lands
which furnished the sample The soil
wa'a heavy clay on lime rock. The
two landssn question were dressed heavi-
ly with half decomposed straw. 1t ma
tured slowly, but the crop he states ex-
ceeded any thing he had ever known
from this variety, and he attributes the
unusual growth to the top dressing
These facts prove that the failure often
particular varieties which have been
recommended may be ascribed not so
much to the badness of the seed as to tho
ignorance or want of care in those into
whose hands itmay have fallen.
THE HESSIAN FLY.
In Canada journal we have found the
following receipts, which are said to have
been effectually tried there as remedy
against the wheat fly by which we pre-
sumo is meant the midge so often con
founded with the Hessian fly.
"Take orpimcnt. (Which can be pro
cured at any druggiste and with lightot
charcoal, burn the orpiment close to tn,
wheat, any time after sunset and befor,